Is Bluehost/HostGator or he.net more popular?

Bluehost/HostGator is used by more websites in our catalog: 18,060 use Bluehost/HostGator and 264 use he.net.

Does Bluehost/HostGator or he.net have higher-authority sites?

he.net sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Bluehost/HostGator: 12, he.net: 40).

Is Bluehost/HostGator or he.net growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Bluehost/HostGator went from 2.0% to 2.1% of all tracked sites, while he.net went from 0.03% to 0.03%. Bluehost/HostGator is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Bluehost/HostGator and he.net?

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

Where does this Bluehost/HostGator vs he.net 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 he.net — Site Stats Database

Bluehost/HostGator vs he.net

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	he.net
Websites	18,060	264
Market share	2.1%	0.03%
Share of top 10K sites	0.15%	0.01%

Rank	#7	#143

Median DR	12	40

Average DR	16	40

Median keywords	798	1,041

Median referring domains	183	850

Median domain age	11 yrs	23 yrs

Average domain age	12 yrs	21 yrs

Average monthly traffic	15,701	43,893

Combined monthly traffic	283,551,948	11,587,817

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

nplindia.in
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)50
Total Keywords982
Referring Domains650
Domain Age15 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,640,511
Traffic Trend
Technologyhe.net
loudoun.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)76
Total Keywords58,359
Referring Domains8,864
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)903,165
Traffic Trend
Technology
tests.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)53
Total Keywords37,074
Referring Domains2,790
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)731,398
Traffic Trend
Technologyhe.net
mexperience.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)61
Total Keywords24,687
Referring Domains3,652
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)621,404
Traffic Trend
Technology
hmns.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords20,612
Referring Domains7,632
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)495,947
Traffic Trend
Technologyhe.net
plough.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)70
Total Keywords15,763
Referring Domains5,259
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)451,576
Traffic Trend
Technology
indastro.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)49
Total Keywords46,821
Referring Domains3,494
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)424,186
Traffic Trend
Technology
apponic.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)56
Total Keywords98,942
Referring Domains7,795
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)408,189
Traffic Trend
Technology
chathambarsinn.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)59
Total Keywords10,075
Referring Domains2,207
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)360,230
Traffic Trend
Technology
archaeology.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords23,654
Referring Domains17,109
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)305,181
Traffic Trend
Technology