Is Bluehost/HostGator or NS1 more popular?

Bluehost/HostGator is used by more websites in our catalog: 18,060 use Bluehost/HostGator and 12,424 use NS1.

Does Bluehost/HostGator or NS1 have higher-authority sites?

NS1 sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Bluehost/HostGator: 12, NS1: 19).

Is Bluehost/HostGator or NS1 growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Bluehost/HostGator went from 2.0% to 2.1% of all tracked sites, while NS1 went from 1.4% to 1.4%. Bluehost/HostGator is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Bluehost/HostGator and NS1?

No. A site runs a single DNS provider, so Bluehost/HostGator and NS1 are mutually exclusive.

Where does this Bluehost/HostGator vs NS1 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 NS1 — Site Stats Database

Bluehost/HostGator vs NS1

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	NS1
Websites	18,060	12,424
Market share	2.1%	1.5%
Share of top 10K sites	0.15%	1.9%

Rank	#7	#11

Median DR	12	19

Average DR	16	25

Median keywords	798	650

Median referring domains	183	153

Median domain age	11 yrs	9 yrs

Average domain age	12 yrs	11 yrs

Average monthly traffic	15,701	424,078

Combined monthly traffic	283,551,948	5,268,742,964

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

yelp.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords34,240,481
Referring Domains773,122
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,590,167,976
Traffic Trend
TechnologyNS1
spotify.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)95
Total Keywords7,485,298
Referring Domains1,649,815
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)505,668,332
Traffic Trend
Technology
timeanddate.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords1,349,121
Referring Domains155,919
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)330,608,420
Traffic Trend
Technology
ebay.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)93
Total Keywords31,445,213
Referring Domains435,246
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)278,324,222
Traffic Trend
TechnologyNS1
linkedin.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)99
Total Keywords15,959,103
Referring Domains14,522,527
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)273,217,491
Traffic Trend
Technology
expedia.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords4,797,516
Referring Domains112,144
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)208,730,561
Traffic Trend
Technology
carfax.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords1,945,867
Referring Domains47,295
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)125,863,196
Traffic Trend
Technology
usatoday.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords5,248,227
Referring Domains596,283
Domain Age32 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)110,399,781
Traffic Trend
Technology
hotels.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)87
Total Keywords2,438,674
Referring Domains58,009
Domain Age32 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)107,434,804
Traffic Trend
Technology
cnbc.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords1,828,668
Referring Domains463,774
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)94,323,732
Traffic Trend
TechnologyNS1