Is Bluehost/HostGator or Namecheap more popular?

Bluehost/HostGator is used by more websites in our catalog: 18,060 use Bluehost/HostGator and 17,227 use Namecheap.

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

Namecheap sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Bluehost/HostGator: 12, Namecheap: 18).

Is Bluehost/HostGator or Namecheap growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Bluehost/HostGator went from 2.0% to 2.1% of all tracked sites, while Namecheap went from 2.2% to 2.0%. Bluehost/HostGator is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Bluehost/HostGator and Namecheap?

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

Where does this Bluehost/HostGator 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.

Bluehost/HostGator vs Namecheap — Site Stats Database

Bluehost/HostGator 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	Bluehost/HostGator	Namecheap
Websites	18,060	17,227
Market share	2.1%	2.0%
Share of top 10K sites	0.15%	0.55%

Rank	#7	#8

Median DR	12	18

Average DR	16	22

Median keywords	798	816

Median referring domains	183	200

Median domain age	11 yrs	9 yrs

Average domain age	12 yrs	11 yrs

Average monthly traffic	15,701	28,898

Combined monthly traffic	283,551,948	497,824,614

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

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