Is nic.in or NS1 more popular?

NS1 is used by more websites in our catalog: 161 use nic.in and 12,424 use NS1.

Does nic.in or NS1 have higher-authority sites?

nic.in sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (nic.in: 66, NS1: 19).

Is nic.in or NS1 growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, nic.in went from 0.02% to 0.02% 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 nic.in and NS1?

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

Where does this nic.in 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.

nic.in vs NS1 — Site Stats Database

nic.in 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	nic.in	NS1
Websites	161	12,424
Market share	0.02%	1.5%
Share of top 10K sites	0.01%	1.9%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#209	#11

Median DR	66	19

Average DR	63	25

Median keywords	516	650

Median referring domains	1,740	153

Median domain age	14 yrs	9 yrs

Average domain age	14 yrs	11 yrs

Average monthly traffic	29,487	424,078

Combined monthly traffic	4,747,418	5,268,742,964

india.gov.in
Language
DR (Ahrefs)89
Total Keywords29,485
Referring Domains33,129
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,274,154
Traffic Trend
Technologynic.in
mp.gov.in
Language
DR (Ahrefs)82
Total Keywords147,651
Referring Domains21,628
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)605,943
Traffic Trend
Technologynic.in
surveyofindia.gov.in
Language
DR (Ahrefs)65
Total Keywords5,312
Referring Domains1,740
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)298,646
Traffic Trend
Technology
uk.gov.in
Language
DR (Ahrefs)81
Total Keywords52,107
Referring Domains15,415
Domain Age17 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)232,789
Traffic Trend
Technologynic.in
mea.gov.in
Language
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords26,474
Referring Domains20,935
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)213,093
Traffic Trend
Technologynic.in
delhi.gov.in
Language
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords14,671
Referring Domains15,515
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)212,677
Traffic Trend
Technology
up.gov.in
Language
DR (Ahrefs)82
Total Keywords33,590
Referring Domains14,684
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)208,624
Traffic Trend
Technologynic.in
tripura.gov.in
Language
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords4,187
Referring Domains9,748
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)121,257
Traffic Trend
Technology
mn.gov.in
Language
DR (Ahrefs)63
Total Keywords61,299
Referring Domains3,640
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)119,915
Traffic Trend
Technologynic.in
pib.gov.in
Language
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords29,073
Referring Domains35,797
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)118,748
Traffic Trend
Technologynic.in

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
india.gov.in		89	29,485	33,129	20 yrs	1,274,154		nic.in

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