Is Foundation DNS or Linode more popular?

Linode is used by more websites in our catalog: 568 use Foundation DNS and 1,346 use Linode.

Does Foundation DNS or Linode have higher-authority sites?

Foundation DNS sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Foundation DNS: 64, Linode: 33).

Is Foundation DNS or Linode growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Foundation DNS went from 0.09% to 0.06% of all tracked sites, while Linode went from 0.18% to 0.15%. Linode is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Foundation DNS and Linode?

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

Where does this Foundation DNS vs Linode 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 Linode — Site Stats Database

Foundation DNS vs Linode

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	Linode
Websites	568	1,346
Market share	0.07%	0.16%
Share of top 10K sites	0.89%	0.19%

Rank	#76	#42

Median DR	64	33

Average DR	61	35

Median keywords	4,396	1,096

Median referring domains	2,579	594

Median domain age	23 yrs	17 yrs

Average domain age	21 yrs	17 yrs

Average monthly traffic	2,163,402	91,662

Combined monthly traffic	1,228,812,188	123,376,955

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

rolltide.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords60,718
Referring Domains9,223
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)9,785,276
Traffic Trend
TechnologyLinode
wordunscrambler.me
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)55
Total Keywords156,454
Referring Domains2,774
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)9,657,742
Traffic Trend
Technology
parcelsapp.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)82
Total Keywords46,466
Referring Domains7,013
Domain Age9 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)8,698,554
Traffic Trend
Technology
mortgagecalculator.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)81
Total Keywords55,568
Referring Domains17,500
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)6,458,666
Traffic Trend
Technology
crosswordtracker.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)39
Total Keywords418,922
Referring Domains4,694
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)6,050,329
Traffic Trend
Technology
atanet.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords9,192
Referring Domains7,194
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,997,634
Traffic Trend
Technology
scrabblewordfinder.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)47
Total Keywords220,661
Referring Domains2,484
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,729,185
Traffic Trend
Technology
allscrabblewords.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)37
Total Keywords94,828
Referring Domains2,910
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)4,234,495
Traffic Trend
Technology
tfwiki.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords83,060
Referring Domains8,455
Domain Age18 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,615,364
Traffic Trend
Technology
zabihah.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)56
Total Keywords57,478
Referring Domains2,153
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,596,396
Traffic Trend
Technology