Google Web Server vs Nginx

Nginx is used by more websites in our catalog: 1,644 use Google Web Server and 133,349 use Nginx.

Google Web Server sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Google Web Server: 41, Nginx: 25).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Google Web Server went from 0.22% to 0.19% of all tracked sites, while Nginx went from 16% to 15%. Google Web Server is gaining ground faster in our index.

0 websites in our catalog use both Google Web Server and Nginx.

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.