Is Facebook or Google Ads more popular?

Google Ads is used by more websites in our catalog: 145,413 use Facebook and 253,663 use Google Ads.

Does Facebook or Google Ads have higher-authority sites?

Facebook sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Facebook: 34, Google Ads: 32).

Is Facebook or Google Ads growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Facebook went from 19% to 17% of all tracked sites, while Google Ads went from 33% to 29%. Facebook is gaining ground faster in our index.

How many sites use both Facebook and Google Ads?

116,192 websites in our catalog use both Facebook and Google Ads.

Where does this Facebook vs Google Ads data come from?

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.

Facebook vs Google Ads — Site Stats Database

Facebook vs Google Ads

A side-by-side comparison of two advertising platforms, based on the 288,541 Ad Platform sites tracked by Site Stats Database.

Last updated July 1, 2026

Metric	Facebook	Google Ads
Websites	145,413	253,663
Market share	50%	88%
Share of top 10K sites	18%	30%

Rank	#3	#1

Median DR	34	32

Average DR	36	35

Median keywords	1,131	1,125

Median referring domains	487	455

Median domain age	15 yrs	15 yrs

Average domain age	16 yrs	16 yrs

Average monthly traffic	91,899	102,815

Combined monthly traffic	13,363,344,741	26,080,243,861

merriam-webster.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords4,579,269
Referring Domains240,838
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,467,281,883
Traffic Trend
TechnologyFacebook
vocabulary.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)81
Total Keywords2,454,757
Referring Domains42,680
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)192,093,469
Traffic Trend
Technology
xe.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords320,559
Referring Domains58,181
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)124,921,364
Traffic Trend
TechnologyFacebook
medlineplus.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords2,121,047
Referring Domains164,178
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)105,709,950
Traffic Trend
Technology
harvard.edu
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)93
Total Keywords3,845,102
Referring Domains714,396
Domain Age41 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)104,117,233
Traffic Trend
Technology
study.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)85
Total Keywords4,953,237
Referring Domains123,063
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)74,304,102
Traffic Trend
Technology
caranddriver.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords1,598,856
Referring Domains86,813
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)72,754,571
Traffic Trend
Technology
byjus.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords1,666,559
Referring Domains55,721
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)65,601,851
Traffic Trend
Technology
wordpress.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)95
Total Keywords11,936,997
Referring Domains4,665,334
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)51,379,435
Traffic Trend
Technology
quillbot.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)83
Total Keywords398,745
Referring Domains23,174
Domain Age8 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)51,335,230
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
merriam-webster.com	English	91	4,579,269	240,838	27 yrs	1,467,281,883		Facebook

merriam-webster.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords4,579,269
Referring Domains240,838
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,467,281,883
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGoogle Ads
clevelandclinic.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords5,266,698
Referring Domains262,751
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)536,244,433
Traffic Trend
Technology
mlb.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords1,403,577
Referring Domains165,017
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)376,727,145
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGoogle Ads
dictionary.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords3,387,790
Referring Domains129,246
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)242,622,664
Traffic Trend
Technology
healthline.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords7,041,614
Referring Domains458,961
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)220,346,497
Traffic Trend
Technology
vocabulary.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)81
Total Keywords2,454,757
Referring Domains42,680
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)192,093,469
Traffic Trend
Technology
wise.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)89
Total Keywords740,245
Referring Domains55,017
Domain Age32 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)191,512,897
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGoogle Ads
wunderground.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords805,283
Referring Domains84,249
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)135,113,002
Traffic Trend
Technology
istockphoto.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords4,131,936
Referring Domains1,685,041
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)127,970,606
Traffic Trend
Technology
xe.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords320,559
Referring Domains58,181
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)124,921,364
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGoogle Ads