Is Google Cloud DNS or NS1 more popular?

Google Cloud DNS is used by more websites in our catalog: 30,888 use Google Cloud DNS and 12,424 use NS1.

Does Google Cloud DNS or NS1 have higher-authority sites?

NS1 sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Google Cloud DNS: 13, NS1: 19).

Is Google Cloud DNS or NS1 growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Google Cloud DNS went from 4.1% to 3.5% of all tracked sites, while NS1 went from 1.4% to 1.4%. NS1 is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Google Cloud DNS and NS1?

No. A site runs a single DNS provider, so Google Cloud DNS and NS1 are mutually exclusive.

Where does this Google Cloud DNS 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.

Google Cloud DNS vs NS1 — Site Stats Database

Google Cloud DNS 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	Google Cloud DNS	NS1
Websites	30,888	12,424
Market share	3.7%	1.5%
Share of top 10K sites	1.8%	1.9%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#4	#11

Median DR	13	19

Average DR	20	25

Median keywords	802	650

Median referring domains	150	153

Median domain age	7 yrs	9 yrs

Average domain age	10 yrs	11 yrs

Average monthly traffic	223,006	424,078

Combined monthly traffic	6,888,205,435	5,268,742,964

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

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
youtube.com	English	99	157,188,909	18,877,970	21 yrs	3,508,519,347		Google Cloud DNS

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