Is nexcess.net or NS1 more popular?

NS1 is used by more websites in our catalog: 720 use nexcess.net and 12,424 use NS1.

Does nexcess.net or NS1 have higher-authority sites?

nexcess.net sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (nexcess.net: 26, NS1: 19).

Is nexcess.net or NS1 growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, nexcess.net went from 0.09% to 0.08% 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 nexcess.net and NS1?

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

Where does this nexcess.net 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.

nexcess.net vs NS1 — Site Stats Database

nexcess.net 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	nexcess.net	NS1
Websites	720	12,424
Market share	0.09%	1.5%
Share of top 10K sites	0.06%	1.9%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#63	#11

Median DR	26	19

Average DR	26	25

Median keywords	1,559	650

Median referring domains	389	153

Median domain age	17 yrs	9 yrs

Average domain age	17 yrs	11 yrs

Average monthly traffic	44,905	424,078

Combined monthly traffic	32,331,635	5,268,742,964

circuitcity.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)62
Total Keywords9,221
Referring Domains5,015
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,248,870
Traffic Trend
Technologynexcess.net
safepiercing.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords9,386
Referring Domains2,795
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,610,837
Traffic Trend
Technology
buffalojackson.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)59
Total Keywords36,539
Referring Domains1,934
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,266,783
Traffic Trend
Technology
davines.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords63,548
Referring Domains7,343
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,154,183
Traffic Trend
Technology
tutor2u.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords112,472
Referring Domains8,897
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,010,333
Traffic Trend
Technology
cabinets.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)47
Total Keywords13,071
Referring Domains3,603
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)974,883
Traffic Trend
Technology
splathaircolor.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)36
Total Keywords11,037
Referring Domains1,321
Domain Age17 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)744,281
Traffic Trend
Technology
lccoins.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)25
Total Keywords16,379
Referring Domains251
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)682,998
Traffic Trend
Technology
islandinpigeonforge.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)63
Total Keywords15,587
Referring Domains1,831
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)659,345
Traffic Trend
Technology
darntough.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords20,053
Referring Domains4,316
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)648,082
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
circuitcity.com		62	9,221	5,015	31 yrs	2,248,870		nexcess.net

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