Is Bluehost/HostGator or DNSimple more popular?

Bluehost/HostGator is used by more websites in our catalog: 18,060 use Bluehost/HostGator and 656 use DNSimple.

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

DNSimple sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Bluehost/HostGator: 12, DNSimple: 46).

Is Bluehost/HostGator or DNSimple growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Bluehost/HostGator went from 2.0% to 2.1% of all tracked sites, while DNSimple went from 0.09% to 0.07%. Bluehost/HostGator is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Bluehost/HostGator and DNSimple?

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

Where does this Bluehost/HostGator vs DNSimple 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 DNSimple — Site Stats Database

Bluehost/HostGator vs DNSimple

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	DNSimple
Websites	18,060	656
Market share	2.1%	0.08%
Share of top 10K sites	0.15%	0.18%

Rank	#7	#69

Median DR	12	46

Average DR	16	44

Median keywords	798	1,496

Median referring domains	183	796

Median domain age	11 yrs	16 yrs

Average domain age	12 yrs	17 yrs

Average monthly traffic	15,701	296,748

Combined monthly traffic	283,551,948	194,666,492

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

omnicalculator.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)82
Total Keywords1,117,888
Referring Domains27,730
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)89,887,035
Traffic Trend
TechnologyDNSimple
answers.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)82
Total Keywords2,788,216
Referring Domains111,941
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)40,029,142
Traffic Trend
Technology
theconversation.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords1,119,652
Referring Domains329,495
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)7,752,382
Traffic Trend
Technology
centralpark.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords35,108
Referring Domains10,418
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,715,890
Traffic Trend
Technology
bbtheatres.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)58
Total Keywords37,194
Referring Domains3,431
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,942,339
Traffic Trend
Technology
wisdompanel.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)76
Total Keywords66,031
Referring Domains5,194
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,771,831
Traffic Trend
Technology
visitindy.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords68,896
Referring Domains5,246
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,193,459
Traffic Trend
Technology
macduggal.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)59
Total Keywords52,934
Referring Domains2,118
Domain Age19 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,953,164
Traffic Trend
Technology
wordcounter.io
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)68
Total Keywords8,415
Referring Domains1,251
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,573,514
Traffic Trend
Technology
acmetools.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)69
Total Keywords304,313
Referring Domains6,738
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,568,783
Traffic Trend
Technology