Is Azure DNS or Linode more popular?

Azure DNS is used by more websites in our catalog: 7,583 use Azure DNS and 1,346 use Linode.

Does Azure DNS or Linode have higher-authority sites?

Azure DNS sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Azure DNS: 54, Linode: 33).

Is Azure DNS or Linode growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Azure DNS went from 1.1% to 0.86% of all tracked sites, while Linode went from 0.18% to 0.15%. Linode is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Azure DNS and Linode?

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

Where does this Azure DNS vs Linode 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 Linode — Site Stats Database

Azure DNS vs Linode

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	Linode
Websites	7,583	1,346
Market share	0.90%	0.16%
Share of top 10K sites	2.2%	0.19%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#13	#42

Median DR	54	33

Average DR	51	35

Median keywords	1,697	1,096

Median referring domains	1,257	594

Median domain age	23 yrs	17 yrs

Average domain age	21 yrs	17 yrs

Average monthly traffic	191,387	91,662

Combined monthly traffic	1,451,286,901	123,376,955

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

rolltide.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords60,718
Referring Domains9,223
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)9,785,276
Traffic Trend
TechnologyLinode
wordunscrambler.me
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)55
Total Keywords156,454
Referring Domains2,774
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)9,657,742
Traffic Trend
Technology
parcelsapp.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)82
Total Keywords46,466
Referring Domains7,013
Domain Age9 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)8,698,554
Traffic Trend
Technology
mortgagecalculator.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)81
Total Keywords55,568
Referring Domains17,500
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)6,458,666
Traffic Trend
Technology
crosswordtracker.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)39
Total Keywords418,922
Referring Domains4,694
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)6,050,329
Traffic Trend
Technology
atanet.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords9,192
Referring Domains7,194
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,997,634
Traffic Trend
Technology
scrabblewordfinder.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)47
Total Keywords220,661
Referring Domains2,484
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,729,185
Traffic Trend
Technology
allscrabblewords.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)37
Total Keywords94,828
Referring Domains2,910
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)4,234,495
Traffic Trend
Technology
tfwiki.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords83,060
Referring Domains8,455
Domain Age18 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,615,364
Traffic Trend
Technology
zabihah.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)56
Total Keywords57,478
Referring Domains2,153
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,596,396
Traffic Trend
Technology