Is Bluehost/HostGator or Foundation DNS more popular?

Bluehost/HostGator is used by more websites in our catalog: 18,060 use Bluehost/HostGator and 568 use Foundation DNS.

Does Bluehost/HostGator or Foundation DNS have higher-authority sites?

Foundation DNS sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Bluehost/HostGator: 12, Foundation DNS: 64).

Is Bluehost/HostGator or Foundation DNS growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Bluehost/HostGator went from 2.0% to 2.1% of all tracked sites, while Foundation DNS went from 0.09% to 0.06%. Bluehost/HostGator is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Bluehost/HostGator and Foundation DNS?

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

Where does this Bluehost/HostGator vs Foundation 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.

Bluehost/HostGator vs Foundation DNS — Site Stats Database

Bluehost/HostGator vs Foundation 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	Bluehost/HostGator	Foundation DNS
Websites	18,060	568
Market share	2.1%	0.07%
Share of top 10K sites	0.15%	0.89%

Share of top 100K sites	0.80%	0.24%

Rank	#7	#76

Median DR	12	64

Average DR	16	61

Median keywords	798	4,396

Median referring domains	183	2,579

Median domain age	11 yrs	23 yrs

Average domain age	12 yrs	21 yrs

Average monthly traffic	15,701	2,163,402

Combined monthly traffic	283,551,948	1,228,812,188

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

allrecipes.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)89
Total Keywords3,491,845
Referring Domains151,904
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)166,334,891
Traffic Trend
TechnologyFoundation DNS
people.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords3,306,939
Referring Domains249,058
Domain Age32 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)120,641,412
Traffic Trend
Technology
seriouseats.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords1,719,658
Referring Domains115,325
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)67,651,798
Traffic Trend
Technology
investopedia.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords2,098,866
Referring Domains406,047
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)66,831,883
Traffic Trend
Technology
kayak.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)87
Total Keywords2,410,381
Referring Domains65,916
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)61,496,142
Traffic Trend
TechnologyFoundation DNS
simplyrecipes.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)82
Total Keywords992,573
Referring Domains70,052
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)37,946,046
Traffic Trend
Technology
verywellhealth.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords2,792,245
Referring Domains157,167
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)32,883,437
Traffic Trend
Technology
groupon.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)84
Total Keywords821,862
Referring Domains61,566
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)32,266,779
Traffic Trend
Technology
southernliving.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords2,110,038
Referring Domains83,089
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)30,390,710
Traffic Trend
Technology
thespruce.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords2,309,818
Referring Domains199,858
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)30,091,273
Traffic Trend
Technology