Is Akamai or Google Cloud DNS more popular?

Google Cloud DNS is used by more websites in our catalog: 4,760 use Akamai and 30,888 use Google Cloud DNS.

Does Akamai or Google Cloud DNS have higher-authority sites?

Akamai sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Akamai: 65, Google Cloud DNS: 13).

Is Akamai or Google Cloud DNS growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Akamai went from 0.73% to 0.54% of all tracked sites, while Google Cloud DNS went from 4.1% to 3.5%. Akamai is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Akamai and Google Cloud DNS?

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

Where does this Akamai 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.

Akamai vs Google Cloud DNS — Site Stats Database

Akamai 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	Akamai	Google Cloud DNS
Websites	4,760	30,888
Market share	0.57%	3.7%
Share of top 10K sites	5.7%	1.8%

Rank	#16	#4

Median DR	65	13

Average DR	61	20

Median keywords	2,153	802

Median referring domains	2,631	150

Median domain age	25 yrs	7 yrs

Average domain age	22 yrs	10 yrs

Average monthly traffic	1,920,754	223,006

Combined monthly traffic	9,142,787,231	6,888,205,435

weather.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords1,156,559
Referring Domains130,903
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)560,457,254
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAkamai
mayoclinic.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords4,487,264
Referring Domains408,066
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)452,253,303
Traffic Trend
Technology
accuweather.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords1,212,850
Referring Domains102,315
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)437,528,273
Traffic Trend
Technology
tiktok.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)97
Total Keywords58,180,430
Referring Domains3,979,372
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)383,786,862
Traffic Trend
Technology
homedepot.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords7,651,168
Referring Domains156,486
Domain Age33 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)362,342,941
Traffic Trend
Technology
adobe.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)96
Total Keywords4,590,632
Referring Domains1,640,623
Domain Age39 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)293,123,914
Traffic Trend
Technology
nba.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords758,560
Referring Domains186,338
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)239,244,892
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAkamai
weather.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords1,098,961
Referring Domains132,221
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)221,232,646
Traffic Trend
Technology
target.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords10,174,393
Referring Domains208,795
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)204,573,119
Traffic Trend
Technology
lowes.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)88
Total Keywords4,826,414
Referring Domains158,334
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)135,785,869
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
weather.com	English	90	1,156,559	130,903	31 yrs	560,457,254		Akamai

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