Is Foundation DNS or Namecheap more popular?

Namecheap is used by more websites in our catalog: 568 use Foundation DNS and 17,227 use Namecheap.

Does Foundation DNS or Namecheap have higher-authority sites?

Foundation DNS sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Foundation DNS: 64, Namecheap: 18).

Is Foundation DNS or Namecheap growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Foundation DNS went from 0.09% to 0.06% of all tracked sites, while Namecheap went from 2.2% to 2.0%. Foundation DNS is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Foundation DNS and Namecheap?

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

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

Foundation DNS vs Namecheap

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	Namecheap
Websites	568	17,227
Market share	0.07%	2.0%
Share of top 10K sites	0.89%	0.55%

Rank	#76	#8

Median DR	64	18

Average DR	61	22

Median keywords	4,396	816

Median referring domains	2,579	200

Median domain age	23 yrs	9 yrs

Average domain age	21 yrs	11 yrs

Average monthly traffic	2,163,402	28,898

Combined monthly traffic	1,228,812,188	497,824,614

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

azlyrics.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)76
Total Keywords1,180,304
Referring Domains35,494
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)48,971,518
Traffic Trend
TechnologyNamecheap
zerogpt.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords11,616
Referring Domains8,202
Domain Age3 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)7,624,680
Traffic Trend
Technology
hyundaiusa.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords77,437
Referring Domains17,938
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,939,081
Traffic Trend
Technology
sftravel.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords48,646
Referring Domains10,955
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,679,080
Traffic Trend
Technology
logwork.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)83
Total Keywords48,762
Referring Domains7,489
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,099,978
Traffic Trend
Technology
hibbett.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)68
Total Keywords464,819
Referring Domains3,916
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)4,352,066
Traffic Trend
Technology
ellaverbs.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)25
Total Keywords40,072
Referring Domains532
Domain Age8 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,569,269
Traffic Trend
Technology
calendar-12.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)48
Total Keywords74,096
Referring Domains8,756
Domain Age15 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,729,638
Traffic Trend
Technology
icdcodes.ai
Language
DR (Ahrefs)15
Total Keywords155,300
Referring Domains703
Domain Age1 yr
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,640,346
Traffic Trend
Technology
allmusicals.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)48
Total Keywords85,285
Referring Domains3,693
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,639,588
Traffic Trend
Technology