Is Azure DNS or Google Cloud DNS more popular?

Google Cloud DNS is used by more websites in our catalog: 7,583 use Azure DNS and 30,888 use Google Cloud DNS.

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

Azure DNS sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Azure DNS: 54, Google Cloud DNS: 13).

Is Azure DNS or Google Cloud DNS growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Azure DNS went from 1.1% to 0.86% of all tracked sites, while Google Cloud DNS went from 4.1% to 3.5%. Azure DNS is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Azure DNS and Google Cloud DNS?

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

Where does this Azure DNS 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.

Azure DNS vs Google Cloud DNS — Site Stats Database

Azure DNS 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	Azure DNS	Google Cloud DNS
Websites	7,583	30,888
Market share	0.90%	3.7%
Share of top 10K sites	2.2%	1.8%

Rank	#13	#4

Median DR	54	13

Average DR	51	20

Median keywords	1,697	802

Median referring domains	1,257	150

Median domain age	23 yrs	7 yrs

Average domain age	21 yrs	10 yrs

Average monthly traffic	191,387	223,006

Combined monthly traffic	1,451,286,901	6,888,205,435

microsoft.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)96
Total Keywords3,038,378
Referring Domains2,803,353
Domain Age35 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)168,600,293
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAzure DNS
uefa.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)88
Total Keywords148,636
Referring Domains163,923
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)39,801,271
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAzure DNS
openai.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)93
Total Keywords210,993
Referring Domains330,512
Domain Age19 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)37,197,410
Traffic Trend
Technology
dennys.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords58,200
Referring Domains11,507
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)29,094,721
Traffic Trend
Technology
powerball.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords38,099
Referring Domains9,892
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)25,173,341
Traffic Trend
Technology
xbox.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords545,652
Referring Domains130,735
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)25,155,602
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAzure DNS
cloud.microsoft
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords155,714
Referring Domains128,832
Domain Age10 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)18,365,324
Traffic Trend
Technology
live.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)93
Total Keywords49,818
Referring Domains917,242
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)17,710,146
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAzure DNS
bathandbodyworks.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords89,451
Referring Domains23,742
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)16,958,001
Traffic Trend
Technology
atptour.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)81
Total Keywords104,804
Referring Domains57,991
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)16,024,226
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
microsoft.com	English	96	3,038,378	2,803,353	35 yrs	168,600,293		Azure DNS

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