Is Bluehost/HostGator or DigitalOcean more popular?

Bluehost/HostGator is used by more websites in our catalog: 18,060 use Bluehost/HostGator and 3,296 use DigitalOcean.

Does Bluehost/HostGator or DigitalOcean have higher-authority sites?

DigitalOcean sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Bluehost/HostGator: 12, DigitalOcean: 28).

Is Bluehost/HostGator or DigitalOcean growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Bluehost/HostGator went from 2.0% to 2.1% of all tracked sites, while DigitalOcean went from 0.45% to 0.37%. Bluehost/HostGator is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Bluehost/HostGator and DigitalOcean?

No. A site runs a single DNS provider, so Bluehost/HostGator and DigitalOcean are mutually exclusive.

Where does this Bluehost/HostGator vs DigitalOcean 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.

Bluehost/HostGator vs DigitalOcean — Site Stats Database

Bluehost/HostGator vs DigitalOcean

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	Bluehost/HostGator	DigitalOcean
Websites	18,060	3,296
Market share	2.1%	0.39%
Share of top 10K sites	0.15%	0.20%

Rank	#7	#20

Median DR	12	28

Average DR	16	30

Median keywords	798	1,050

Median referring domains	183	436

Median domain age	11 yrs	11 yrs

Average domain age	12 yrs	13 yrs

Average monthly traffic	15,701	38,704

Combined monthly traffic	283,551,948	127,567,718

mediterraneantaste.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)6
Total Keywords7,257
Referring Domains133
Domain Age15 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,859,057
Traffic Trend
TechnologyBluehost/HostGator
color-meanings.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)68
Total Keywords63,613
Referring Domains7,080
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,481,644
Traffic Trend
Technology
kylesconverter.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)36
Total Keywords108,819
Referring Domains1,052
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,291,902
Traffic Trend
Technology
emeraldpalate.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)41
Total Keywords38,624
Referring Domains1,861
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,968,431
Traffic Trend
Technology
sungoldpower.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)44
Total Keywords7,083
Referring Domains694
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,842,880
Traffic Trend
Technology
piano-keyboard-guide.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)36
Total Keywords21,244
Referring Domains1,645
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,780,891
Traffic Trend
Technology
wanderyourway.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)44
Total Keywords10,919
Referring Domains557
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,744,611
Traffic Trend
Technology
uglychristmassweater.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)59
Total Keywords14,101
Referring Domains1,982
Domain Age19 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,529,110
Traffic Trend
Technology
restauranthoppen.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)23
Total Keywords7,469
Referring Domains586
Domain Age8 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,369,055
Traffic Trend
Technology
alicesparklykat.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)40
Total Keywords17,960
Referring Domains808
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,305,263
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
mediterraneantaste.com	English	6	7,257	133	15 yrs	2,859,057		Bluehost/HostGator

xmasclock.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)50
Total Keywords4,242
Referring Domains1,411
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)10,441,998
Traffic Trend
TechnologyDigitalOcean
airnav.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords82,951
Referring Domains10,903
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)6,022,128
Traffic Trend
TechnologyDigitalOcean
mlbtraderumors.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords45,242
Referring Domains14,352
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,541,619
Traffic Trend
Technology
authentikusa.com
LanguageFrench
DR (Ahrefs)36
Total Keywords17,382
Referring Domains1,785
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,038,191
Traffic Trend
Technology
hoopsrumors.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)56
Total Keywords29,802
Referring Domains11,772
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,518,260
Traffic Trend
Technology
poolsupplies.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)33
Total Keywords40,247
Referring Domains997
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,671,458
Traffic Trend
Technology
annualreports.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)72
Total Keywords35,086
Referring Domains21,355
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,481,425
Traffic Trend
Technology
profootballrumors.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)52
Total Keywords38,696
Referring Domains13,650
Domain Age17 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,440,693
Traffic Trend
Technology
clocks.world
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)16
Total Keywords30,768
Referring Domains662
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,398,665
Traffic Trend
Technology
softschools.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)68
Total Keywords245,762
Referring Domains11,958
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,321,544
Traffic Trend
Technology