A side-by-side comparison of two ssl certificate authorities, based on the 842,065 SSL Authority sites tracked by Site Stats Database.
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| Metric | GlobalSign | Internet2 |
|---|---|---|
| Websites | 5,990 | 978 |
| Market share | 0.71% | 0.12% |
| Share of top 10K sites | 1.7% | 1.5% |
| Share of top 100K sites |
|---|
| 0.97% |
| 0.53% |
| Rank | #7 | #12 |
|---|
| Median DR | 59 | 76 |
|---|
| Average DR | 55 | 72 |
|---|
| Median keywords | 856 | 5,101 |
|---|
| Median referring domains | 1,477 | 2,226 |
|---|
| Median domain age | 22 yrs | 34 yrs |
|---|
| Average domain age | 21 yrs | 31 yrs |
|---|
| Average monthly traffic | 309,580 | 817,556 |
|---|
| Combined monthly traffic | 1,854,385,824 | 799,569,907 |
|---|
A site runs one SSL certificate authority, so GlobalSign and Internet2 are mutually exclusive.
Monthly snapshots of each segment, 2026-06 to 2026-07. Website counts move when our catalog grows; the share of tracked sites is normalized, so it only moves when real prevalence changes.
Websites
Share of tracked sites
Combined monthly traffic
5,990 websites · rank #7
Top industries
Top markets
978 websites · rank #12
Top industries
Top markets
GlobalSign is used by more websites in our catalog: 5,990 use GlobalSign and 978 use Internet2.
Internet2 sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (GlobalSign: 59, Internet2: 76).
Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, GlobalSign went from 0.85% to 0.68% of all tracked sites, while Internet2 went from 0.16% to 0.11%. Internet2 is gaining ground faster in our index.
No. A site runs a single SSL certificate authority, so GlobalSign and Internet2 are mutually exclusive.
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.
Citation
Site Stats Database. "GlobalSign vs Internet2." Site Stats Database, July 1, 2026. https://sitestatsdb.com/technologies/ssl-certificates/compare/globalsign-vs-internet2
Site Stats Database tracks 5,990 websites using GlobalSign and 978 using Internet2, each enriched with full monthly traffic history, authority, keywords, referring domains, and the complete detected tech stack. We detect every SSL certificate authority by crawling each site's HTML, response headers, and DNS; traffic and SEO metrics come from DataForSEO and Ahrefs. Everything refreshes at least monthly.
See plans & pricing| English |
| 93 |
| 3,887,532 |
| 716,813 |
| 36 yrs |
| 145,867,646 |
| GlobalSign |
| cnn.com | English | 93 | 3,578,724 | 1,035,782 | 32 yrs | 110,708,925 | GlobalSign |
| study.com | English | 85 | 4,953,237 | 123,063 | 30 yrs | 74,304,102 | GlobalSign |
| cars.com | 85 | 2,101,260 | 76,702 | 28 yrs | 44,939,914 | GlobalSign |
| aaa.com | English | 88 | 1,133,231 | 81,033 | 35 yrs | 41,041,293 | GlobalSign |
| ncaa.com | English | 84 | 450,724 | 61,708 | 28 yrs | 38,619,244 | GlobalSign |
| bbc.co.uk | English | 93 | 3,033,726 | 965,273 | 29 yrs | 31,381,634 | GlobalSign |
| samsclub.com | English | 82 | 1,233,117 | 51,918 | 30 yrs | 31,229,729 | GlobalSign |
| ford.com | English | 88 | 463,900 | 98,985 | 37 yrs | 26,031,294 | GlobalSign |
| English |
| 92 |
| 1,692,749 |
| 372,628 |
| 40 yrs |
| 54,727,724 |
| Internet2 |
| stanford.edu | English | 92 | 1,198,840 | 511,286 | 40 yrs | 45,915,915 | Internet2 |
| ufl.edu | English | 90 | 855,336 | 184,301 | 40 yrs | 18,671,974 | Internet2 |
| umn.edu | English | 91 | 872,046 | 243,227 | 39 yrs | 17,043,429 | Internet2 |
| utah.edu | English | 89 | 710,042 | 124,764 | 39 yrs | 14,911,220 | Internet2 |
| mdanderson.org | English | 83 | 351,124 | 36,497 | 29 yrs | 14,049,960 | Internet2 |
| oregonstate.edu | English | 89 | 551,866 | 107,559 | 27 yrs | 13,045,470 | Internet2 |
| illinois.edu | English | 90 | 781,195 | 165,621 | 29 yrs | 12,771,348 | Internet2 |
| rutgers.edu | English | 90 | 402,403 | 132,809 | 41 yrs | 9,973,805 | Internet2 |