Is Azure DNS or Namecheap more popular?

Namecheap is used by more websites in our catalog: 7,583 use Azure DNS and 17,227 use Namecheap.

Does Azure DNS or Namecheap have higher-authority sites?

Azure DNS sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Azure DNS: 54, Namecheap: 18).

Is Azure DNS or Namecheap growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Azure DNS went from 1.1% to 0.86% of all tracked sites, while Namecheap went from 2.2% to 2.0%. Azure DNS is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Azure DNS and Namecheap?

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

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

Azure DNS vs Namecheap

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	Namecheap
Websites	7,583	17,227
Market share	0.90%	2.0%
Share of top 10K sites	2.2%	0.55%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#13	#8

Median DR	54	18

Average DR	51	22

Median keywords	1,697	816

Median referring domains	1,257	200

Median domain age	23 yrs	9 yrs

Average domain age	21 yrs	11 yrs

Average monthly traffic	191,387	28,898

Combined monthly traffic	1,451,286,901	497,824,614

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

azlyrics.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)76
Total Keywords1,180,304
Referring Domains35,494
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)48,971,518
Traffic Trend
TechnologyNamecheap
zerogpt.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords11,616
Referring Domains8,202
Domain Age3 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)7,624,680
Traffic Trend
Technology
hyundaiusa.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords77,437
Referring Domains17,938
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,939,081
Traffic Trend
Technology
sftravel.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords48,646
Referring Domains10,955
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,679,080
Traffic Trend
Technology
logwork.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)83
Total Keywords48,762
Referring Domains7,489
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,099,978
Traffic Trend
Technology
hibbett.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)68
Total Keywords464,819
Referring Domains3,916
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)4,352,066
Traffic Trend
Technology
ellaverbs.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)25
Total Keywords40,072
Referring Domains532
Domain Age8 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,569,269
Traffic Trend
Technology
calendar-12.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)48
Total Keywords74,096
Referring Domains8,756
Domain Age15 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,729,638
Traffic Trend
Technology
icdcodes.ai
Language
DR (Ahrefs)15
Total Keywords155,300
Referring Domains703
Domain Age1 yr
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,640,346
Traffic Trend
Technology
allmusicals.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)48
Total Keywords85,285
Referring Domains3,693
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,639,588
Traffic Trend
Technology