{
  "asOf": "2026-09-05",
  "_source": "census, the raw DNS NS records -> registrable domain -> provider, raw-pass",
  "domains_with_ns": 312265466,
  "providers": [
    {
      "provider": "GoDaddy",
      "count": 52893395,
      "pct": 16.94
    },
    {
      "provider": "Cloudflare",
      "count": 49278555,
      "pct": 15.78
    },
    {
      "provider": "Afternic (GoDaddy parking)",
      "count": 11391194,
      "pct": 3.65
    },
    {
      "provider": "Google",
      "count": 10834046,
      "pct": 3.47
    },
    {
      "provider": "Sedo / parking",
      "count": 10772795,
      "pct": 3.45
    },
    {
      "provider": "Namecheap",
      "count": 9789617,
      "pct": 3.14
    },
    {
      "provider": "IONOS",
      "count": 7570172,
      "pct": 2.42
    },
    {
      "provider": "Alibaba",
      "count": 7205021,
      "pct": 2.31
    },
    {
      "provider": "Wix",
      "count": 7109613,
      "pct": 2.28
    },
    {
      "provider": "NameBright",
      "count": 3532871,
      "pct": 1.13
    },
    {
      "provider": "OVH",
      "count": 3133220,
      "pct": 1
    },
    {
      "provider": "Strato",
      "count": 3022028,
      "pct": 0.97
    },
    {
      "provider": "Spaceship",
      "count": 2744335,
      "pct": 0.88
    },
    {
      "provider": "NS1 (IBM)",
      "count": 2346132,
      "pct": 0.75
    },
    {
      "provider": "squarespacedns.com",
      "count": 2008728,
      "pct": 0.64
    },
    {
      "provider": "Porkbun",
      "count": 1939274,
      "pct": 0.62
    },
    {
      "provider": "co.uk",
      "count": 1843596,
      "pct": 0.59
    },
    {
      "provider": "reg.ru",
      "count": 1762171,
      "pct": 0.56
    },
    {
      "provider": "xundns.com",
      "count": 1678549,
      "pct": 0.54
    },
    {
      "provider": "siteground.net",
      "count": 1664127,
      "pct": 0.53
    },
    {
      "provider": "share-dns.net",
      "count": 1623240,
      "pct": 0.52
    },
    {
      "provider": "share-dns.com",
      "count": 1622497,
      "pct": 0.52
    },
    {
      "provider": "julydns.com",
      "count": 1619377,
      "pct": 0.52
    },
    {
      "provider": "wordpress.com",
      "count": 1586562,
      "pct": 0.51
    },
    {
      "provider": "com.br",
      "count": 1465652,
      "pct": 0.47
    },
    {
      "provider": "dyna-ns.net",
      "count": 1421868,
      "pct": 0.46
    },
    {
      "provider": "name.com",
      "count": 1416017,
      "pct": 0.45
    },
    {
      "provider": "bluehost.com",
      "count": 1372161,
      "pct": 0.44
    },
    {
      "provider": "one.com",
      "count": 1299108,
      "pct": 0.42
    },
    {
      "provider": "abovedomains.com",
      "count": 1284711,
      "pct": 0.41
    }
  ],
  "_concentration": {
    "top1_pct": 16.94,
    "top5_pct": 43.29
  },
  "_note": "provider = registrable domain of the first NS, mapped to operator. Based on top-60 NS domains; providers that fragment across many NS domains (e.g. AWS) may be undercounted. Counts include ~1.1% re-scan duplicates (raw-pass, not per-domain deduped); proportions/rates unaffected."
}