DNS Providers Market Share & Usage Statistics (2026)
Above.com runs on 19,237 live websites, 87.8% of the 21,908 sites we detect using DNS providers. Below, all 8 tools we detect in this category, ranked by live websites, with market share and 30-day adoption momentum.
Data updated Aug 19, 2026
- #1
OpenSRS
OpenSRS is a wholesale domain registrar platform powering over 13,000 resellers worldwide.
Customers30,161Market Share0.58%Top CountryUnited States - #2
Afternic
Afternic is a domain marketplace and parking platform owned by GoDaddy, connecting domain sellers with buyers through a network of over 100 partner registrars.
Live websites99Market Share0.45%Top CountryUnited States
DNS & Domain Services Market Data
Adoption and 30-day momentum across 8 dns & domain services technologies, measured from our live detection crawl.
Biggest Movers
Market Share
- AAbove.com87.81%
- SSedo10.06%
- VVerisign1.22%
- Afternic0.45%
- UUrllo0.26%
- JJS.org0.12%
DNS & Domain Services
FAQ.
What is DNS & Domain Services software?
DNS & Domain Services covers the tools a site can load or configure to handle this part of its stack. We detect one of the 8 dns & domain services tools in this category on 21,908 live sites. A detection means we found the technology on the site, which is not the same as a paid account.
What are the most popular dns & domain services platforms?
Across 21,908 detected sites, the most widely found dns & domain services tools are: Above.com (87.81% share, 19,237 sites), Sedo (10.06% share, 2,203 sites), Verisign (1.22% share, 268 sites). Others we see regularly include Afternic and Urllo.
Which dns & domain services tool has the largest market share?
Above.com is the most widely detected dns & domain services tool at 87.81% share, on 19,237 sites. The largest share of those sites belongs to various companies, and to businesses in the 1-10 employee band.
Which industries use dns & domain services software the most?
The industries with the most detected sites in this category are Advertising Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, Construction, Real Estate, Retail. Industry mix follows where these tools get installed, so a category carried by website builders or agency templates will lean toward the verticals those platforms serve rather than the vendor's target buyer.
Which countries have the highest adoption of dns & domain services tools?
We detect the most dns & domain services sites in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, Australia. Country here is the company's registered location in our enriched data rather than where the site is served from, so read it as a ranking of markets rather than a measure of any single one.
How do I choose the right dns & domain services platform?
Start from your own size, industry and primary use case rather than from share. Above.com, Sedo and Verisign are the three we detect most often in this category, which tells you what is common, not what fits you. Compare their integrations, pricing tiers and support commitments against the workflow you actually run, and check each vendor's own documentation for current capabilities.
How many companies use dns & domain services software?
TechnologyChecker.io detects dns & domain services tools on 21,908 live sites. That is a count of sites carrying the technology, not a count of paying customers, and a site running two tools in this category is counted under each. We crawl 2 billion+ URLs across 29.9M live business domains each sweep.
What is the source of this data?
TechnologyChecker.io's web crawling and technology detection platform. We've logged 2.12 billion total detections over 20+ years, covering 40,000+ technologies across the 29.9M live business domains we successfully crawl each sweep. Detection methods include JavaScript analysis, HTTP headers, HTML patterns, DNS records, and certificate transparency logs.