Is ac.uk or Google Cloud DNS more popular?

Google Cloud DNS is used by more websites in our catalog: 164 use ac.uk and 30,888 use Google Cloud DNS.

Does ac.uk or Google Cloud DNS have higher-authority sites?

ac.uk sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (ac.uk: 74, Google Cloud DNS: 13).

Is ac.uk or Google Cloud DNS growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, ac.uk went from 0.03% to 0.02% of all tracked sites, while Google Cloud DNS went from 4.1% to 3.5%. ac.uk is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both ac.uk and Google Cloud DNS?

No. A site runs a single DNS provider, so ac.uk and Google Cloud DNS are mutually exclusive.

Where does this ac.uk vs Google Cloud DNS 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.

ac.uk vs Google Cloud DNS — Site Stats Database

ac.uk vs Google Cloud DNS

A side-by-side comparison of two dns providers, based on the 840,922 DNS Provider sites tracked by Site Stats Database.

Last updated July 1, 2026

Metric	ac.uk	Google Cloud DNS
Websites	164	30,888
Market share	0.02%	3.7%
Share of top 10K sites	0.08%	1.8%

Rank	#205	#4

Median DR	74	13

Average DR	71	20

Median keywords	4,454	802

Median referring domains	6,967	150

Median domain age	30 yrs	7 yrs

Average domain age	27 yrs	10 yrs

Average monthly traffic	224,079	223,006

Combined monthly traffic	36,748,893	6,888,205,435

columbia.edu
Language
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords761,153
Referring Domains274,583
Domain Age41 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)12,983,734
Traffic Trend
Technologyac.uk
ox.ac.uk
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords293,969
Referring Domains241,652
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,502,605
Traffic Trend
Technologyac.uk
st-andrews.ac.uk
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)84
Total Keywords52,618
Referring Domains42,437
Domain Age
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,825,038
Traffic Trend
Technology
mathcentre.ac.uk
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)52
Total Keywords35,704
Referring Domains2,040
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,395,992
Traffic Trend
Technology
open.edu
Language
DR (Ahrefs)81
Total Keywords147,757
Referring Domains32,218
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,383,417
Traffic Trend
Technologyac.uk
ed.ac.uk
Language
DR (Ahrefs)89
Total Keywords120,839
Referring Domains104,521
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,217,056
Traffic Trend
Technologyac.uk
olemiss.edu
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords53,128
Referring Domains29,130
Domain Age37 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,114,931
Traffic Trend
Technology
ucl.ac.uk
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords137,041
Referring Domains130,914
Domain Age
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,094,211
Traffic Trend
Technologyac.uk
yourgenome.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords32,259
Referring Domains8,119
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)928,859
Traffic Trend
Technology
sussex.ac.uk
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)82
Total Keywords35,246
Referring Domains33,657
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)597,165
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
columbia.edu		91	761,153	274,583	41 yrs	12,983,734		ac.uk

youtube.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)99
Total Keywords157,188,909
Referring Domains18,877,970
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,508,519,347
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGoogle Cloud DNS
google.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)99
Total Keywords14,321,906
Referring Domains28,301,335
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,697,994,676
Traffic Trend
Technology
tvguide.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords2,488,608
Referring Domains79,766
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)128,872,105
Traffic Trend
Technology
tenor.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords1,436,932
Referring Domains121,955
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)59,510,157
Traffic Trend
Technology
waze.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords4,601,349
Referring Domains139,424
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)52,688,560
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGoogle Cloud DNS
cnet.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords3,252,836
Referring Domains443,193
Domain Age32 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)36,478,571
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGoogle Cloud DNS
zodiacsign.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)65
Total Keywords105,956
Referring Domains4,432
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)36,075,382
Traffic Trend
Technology
revolut.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords218,519
Referring Domains32,923
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)34,349,352
Traffic Trend
Technology
ubiehealth.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)62
Total Keywords519,101
Referring Domains2,750
Domain Age4 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)31,668,228
Traffic Trend
Technology
softonic.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords1,387,913
Referring Domains105,911
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)31,585,784
Traffic Trend
Technology