Is Foundation DNS or Google Cloud DNS more popular?

Google Cloud DNS is used by more websites in our catalog: 568 use Foundation DNS and 30,888 use Google Cloud DNS.

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

Foundation DNS sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Foundation DNS: 64, Google Cloud DNS: 13).

Is Foundation DNS or Google Cloud DNS growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Foundation DNS went from 0.09% to 0.06% of all tracked sites, while Google Cloud DNS went from 4.1% to 3.5%. Foundation DNS is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Foundation DNS and Google Cloud DNS?

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

Where does this Foundation DNS 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.

Foundation DNS vs Google Cloud DNS — Site Stats Database

Foundation DNS 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	Foundation DNS	Google Cloud DNS
Websites	568	30,888
Market share	0.07%	3.7%
Share of top 10K sites	0.89%	1.8%

Rank	#76	#4

Median DR	64	13

Average DR	61	20

Median keywords	4,396	802

Median referring domains	2,579	150

Median domain age	23 yrs	7 yrs

Average domain age	21 yrs	10 yrs

Average monthly traffic	2,163,402	223,006

Combined monthly traffic	1,228,812,188	6,888,205,435

allrecipes.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)89
Total Keywords3,491,845
Referring Domains151,904
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)166,334,891
Traffic Trend
TechnologyFoundation DNS
people.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords3,306,939
Referring Domains249,058
Domain Age32 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)120,641,412
Traffic Trend
Technology
seriouseats.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords1,719,658
Referring Domains115,325
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)67,651,798
Traffic Trend
Technology
investopedia.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords2,098,866
Referring Domains406,047
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)66,831,883
Traffic Trend
Technology
kayak.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)87
Total Keywords2,410,381
Referring Domains65,916
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)61,496,142
Traffic Trend
TechnologyFoundation DNS
simplyrecipes.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)82
Total Keywords992,573
Referring Domains70,052
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)37,946,046
Traffic Trend
Technology
verywellhealth.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords2,792,245
Referring Domains157,167
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)32,883,437
Traffic Trend
Technology
groupon.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)84
Total Keywords821,862
Referring Domains61,566
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)32,266,779
Traffic Trend
Technology
southernliving.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords2,110,038
Referring Domains83,089
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)30,390,710
Traffic Trend
Technology
thespruce.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords2,309,818
Referring Domains199,858
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)30,091,273
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
allrecipes.com		89	3,491,845	151,904	27 yrs	166,334,891		Foundation DNS

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