Is Bluehost/HostGator or nexcess.net more popular?

Bluehost/HostGator is used by more websites in our catalog: 18,060 use Bluehost/HostGator and 720 use nexcess.net.

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

nexcess.net sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Bluehost/HostGator: 12, nexcess.net: 26).

Is Bluehost/HostGator or nexcess.net growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Bluehost/HostGator went from 2.0% to 2.1% of all tracked sites, while nexcess.net went from 0.09% to 0.08%. Bluehost/HostGator is gaining ground faster in our index.

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

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

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

Bluehost/HostGator vs nexcess.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	nexcess.net
Websites	18,060	720
Market share	2.1%	0.09%
Share of top 10K sites	0.15%	0.06%

Rank	#7	#63

Median DR	12	26

Average DR	16	26

Median keywords	798	1,559

Median referring domains	183	389

Median domain age	11 yrs	17 yrs

Average domain age	12 yrs	17 yrs

Average monthly traffic	15,701	44,905

Combined monthly traffic	283,551,948	32,331,635

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

circuitcity.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)62
Total Keywords9,221
Referring Domains5,015
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,248,870
Traffic Trend
Technologynexcess.net
safepiercing.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords9,386
Referring Domains2,795
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,610,837
Traffic Trend
Technology
buffalojackson.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)59
Total Keywords36,539
Referring Domains1,934
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,266,783
Traffic Trend
Technology
davines.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords63,548
Referring Domains7,343
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,154,183
Traffic Trend
Technology
tutor2u.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords112,472
Referring Domains8,897
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,010,333
Traffic Trend
Technology
cabinets.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)47
Total Keywords13,071
Referring Domains3,603
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)974,883
Traffic Trend
Technology
splathaircolor.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)36
Total Keywords11,037
Referring Domains1,321
Domain Age17 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)744,281
Traffic Trend
Technology
lccoins.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)25
Total Keywords16,379
Referring Domains251
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)682,998
Traffic Trend
Technology
islandinpigeonforge.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)63
Total Keywords15,587
Referring Domains1,831
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)659,345
Traffic Trend
Technology
darntough.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords20,053
Referring Domains4,316
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)648,082
Traffic Trend
Technology