Is DigitalOcean or Google Cloud DNS more popular?

Google Cloud DNS is used by more websites in our catalog: 3,296 use DigitalOcean and 30,888 use Google Cloud DNS.

Does DigitalOcean or Google Cloud DNS have higher-authority sites?

DigitalOcean sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (DigitalOcean: 28, Google Cloud DNS: 13).

Is DigitalOcean or Google Cloud DNS growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, DigitalOcean went from 0.45% to 0.37% of all tracked sites, while Google Cloud DNS went from 4.1% to 3.5%. DigitalOcean is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both DigitalOcean and Google Cloud DNS?

No. A site runs a single DNS provider, so DigitalOcean and Google Cloud DNS are mutually exclusive.

Where does this DigitalOcean vs Google Cloud 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.

DigitalOcean vs Google Cloud DNS — Site Stats Database

DigitalOcean vs Google Cloud 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	DigitalOcean	Google Cloud DNS
Websites	3,296	30,888
Market share	0.39%	3.7%
Share of top 10K sites	0.20%	1.8%

Rank	#20	#4

Median DR	28	13

Average DR	30	20

Median keywords	1,050	802

Median referring domains	436	150

Median domain age	11 yrs	7 yrs

Average domain age	13 yrs	10 yrs

Average monthly traffic	38,704	223,006

Combined monthly traffic	127,567,718	6,888,205,435

xmasclock.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)50
Total Keywords4,242
Referring Domains1,411
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)10,441,998
Traffic Trend
TechnologyDigitalOcean
airnav.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords82,951
Referring Domains10,903
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)6,022,128
Traffic Trend
TechnologyDigitalOcean
mlbtraderumors.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords45,242
Referring Domains14,352
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,541,619
Traffic Trend
Technology
authentikusa.com
LanguageFrench
DR (Ahrefs)36
Total Keywords17,382
Referring Domains1,785
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,038,191
Traffic Trend
Technology
hoopsrumors.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)56
Total Keywords29,802
Referring Domains11,772
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,518,260
Traffic Trend
Technology
poolsupplies.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)33
Total Keywords40,247
Referring Domains997
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,671,458
Traffic Trend
Technology
annualreports.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)72
Total Keywords35,086
Referring Domains21,355
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,481,425
Traffic Trend
Technology
profootballrumors.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)52
Total Keywords38,696
Referring Domains13,650
Domain Age17 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,440,693
Traffic Trend
Technology
clocks.world
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)16
Total Keywords30,768
Referring Domains662
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,398,665
Traffic Trend
Technology
softschools.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)68
Total Keywords245,762
Referring Domains11,958
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,321,544
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
xmasclock.com	English	50	4,242	1,411	16 yrs	10,441,998		DigitalOcean

youtube.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)99
Total Keywords157,188,909
Referring Domains18,877,970
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,508,519,347
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGoogle Cloud DNS
google.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)99
Total Keywords14,321,906
Referring Domains28,301,335
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,697,994,676
Traffic Trend
Technology
tvguide.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords2,488,608
Referring Domains79,766
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)128,872,105
Traffic Trend
Technology
tenor.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords1,436,932
Referring Domains121,955
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)59,510,157
Traffic Trend
Technology
waze.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords4,601,349
Referring Domains139,424
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)52,688,560
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGoogle Cloud DNS
cnet.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords3,252,836
Referring Domains443,193
Domain Age32 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)36,478,571
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGoogle Cloud DNS
zodiacsign.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)65
Total Keywords105,956
Referring Domains4,432
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)36,075,382
Traffic Trend
Technology
revolut.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords218,519
Referring Domains32,923
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)34,349,352
Traffic Trend
Technology
ubiehealth.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)62
Total Keywords519,101
Referring Domains2,750
Domain Age4 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)31,668,228
Traffic Trend
Technology
softonic.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords1,387,913
Referring Domains105,911
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)31,585,784
Traffic Trend
Technology