Is NS1 or wordpress.com more popular?

NS1 is used by more websites in our catalog: 12,424 use NS1 and 8,074 use wordpress.com.

Does NS1 or wordpress.com have higher-authority sites?

NS1 sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (NS1: 19, wordpress.com: 12).

Is NS1 or wordpress.com growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, NS1 went from 1.4% to 1.4% of all tracked sites, while wordpress.com went from 0.93% to 0.92%. NS1 is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both NS1 and wordpress.com?

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

Where does this NS1 vs wordpress.com 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.

NS1 vs wordpress.com — Site Stats Database

NS1 vs wordpress.com

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	NS1	wordpress.com
Websites	12,424	8,074
Market share	1.5%	0.96%
Share of top 10K sites	1.9%	0.12%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#11	#12

Median DR	19	12

Average DR	25	17

Median keywords	650	867

Median referring domains	153	167

Median domain age	9 yrs	9 yrs

Average domain age	11 yrs	10 yrs

Average monthly traffic	424,078	31,506

Combined monthly traffic	5,268,742,964	254,381,451

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
TechnologyNS1
carfax.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords1,945,867
Referring Domains47,295
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)125,863,196
Traffic Trend
TechnologyNS1
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
TechnologyNS1
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

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
yelp.com		94	34,240,481	773,122	22 yrs	1,590,167,976		NS1

recipetineats.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords844,549
Referring Domains59,630
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)55,020,972
Traffic Trend
Technologywordpress.com
wordpress.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)95
Total Keywords11,936,997
Referring Domains4,665,334
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)51,379,435
Traffic Trend
Technology
thewanderbug.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)27
Total Keywords20,613
Referring Domains475
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,006,552
Traffic Trend
Technology
culturalfoodies.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)25
Total Keywords6,148
Referring Domains440
Domain Age8 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,998,834
Traffic Trend
Technology
thoughtcatalog.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords203,719
Referring Domains53,186
Domain Age17 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,942,702
Traffic Trend
Technology
hollywoodlife.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)78
Total Keywords381,714
Referring Domains78,515
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,934,749
Traffic Trend
Technology
witchesofthecraft.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)35
Total Keywords28,737
Referring Domains1,221
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,289,776
Traffic Trend
Technology
wanderingindisney.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)19
Total Keywords18,631
Referring Domains702
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,255,306
Traffic Trend
Technology
smittenkitchen.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords83,271
Referring Domains36,100
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,251,221
Traffic Trend
Technology
consequence.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords264,522
Referring Domains52,877
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,141,511
Traffic Trend
Technology