Web Hosting Statistics 2025: Market Size, Growth And More

The Web Hosting industry is taking a new step in 2025, with the global web hosting market expected to reach $192.80 billion by the year’s end.

This is a 23% growth from the previous year, i.e., in 2024, the web hosting market size reported $159.9 billion in revenue.

To be more specific, there are over 338,561 web hosting providers worldwide.

In this report, we will take a look at the market behind web hosting, including different types of web hosting, market share, and upcoming growth and trends in 2025.

Let’s get straight into it.

Web Hosting Statistics: Key Picks

• The global web hosting market size is estimated at $192.80 billion in 2025.
• Amazon (AWS) holds the largest market share in web hosting with 12%.
• The global web hosting market revenue was $159.9 billion in 2024.
• The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the global web hosting market is about 17.35% through 2029.
• The US web hosting market size is expected to generate nearly $73.71 billion in revenue in 2025.
• There are over 338,561 web hosting providers worldwide as of 2025.
• By 2029, the global web hosting market is projected to reach $335.85 billion.

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How Many Hosting Providers in 2025?

There are more than 338,561 web hosting companies worldwide. 

The number of websites being hosted grows daily, with nearly 177,372 new websites created each day as of 2025.

There are now approximately 1.2 billion websites on the internet, with about 18% of them actively maintained.

(Source: Hostinger, Exploding Topics)

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Web Hosting Market Size 2025 

The global web hosting market size in 2025 is estimated to be $192.80 billion.

This would be a growth of 23% from 2024, when the web hosting market size was valued at $159.9 billion. 

Thus, the global market grew from $130.1 billion in 2023 to $159.9 billion in 2024 and approx $192.8 billion by the end of 2025, representing a steady growth of approximately 23% year-over-year.

By 2029, the global web hosting market is expected to reach $335.85 billion, with an average growth rate of 17.35%.

Here are some insights into the year-over-year web hosting market size and the estimated market size in the upcoming years:

Year	Web Hosting Market Size (Revenue)	% Growth
2030*	$372.31 billion	–
2029*	$355.80 billion	13.57%
2028*	$313.30 billion	16.12%
2027*	$269.80 billion	16.19%
2026*	$232.20 billion	20.44%
2025*	$192.80 billion	20.58%
2024	$159.90 billion	22.91%
2023	$130.10 billion	34.25%
2022	$96.91 billion	39.70%
2021	$69.37 billion	17.30%
2020	$59.14 billion	12.58%
2019	$52.53 billion	12.99%
2018	$46.49 billion	17.52%
2017	$39.56 billion	18.09%
2016	$33.50 billion	–

(Source: Statista)

The U.S. web hosting market is expected to generate nearly $73.71 billion in revenue in 2025.

Additionally, the average spend per employee in the web hosting market is expected to reach  $53.68 in 2025.

The table below suggests the average spend upon each employee in the web hosting industry by year:

Year	Average spend per employee
2029*	$95.71
2028*	$84.99
2027*	$73.8
2026*	$64.06
2025*	$53.68
2024	$44.93
2023	$36.9
2022	$27.94
2021	$20.38
2020	$17.82
2019	$15.59
2018	$14.04
2017	$12.05
2016	$10.29

(Source: Statista)

Web Hosting Industry Revenue by Country

The United States is the biggest market for web hosting in the world. It made $58.3 billion in 2024. This amount is expected to rise a lot to about $73.71 billion in 2025. This means it will grow by 26.43% in just one year.

The United Kingdom and Japan come next as the second and third biggest markets. The UK made $11.6 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach about $14.69 billion in 2025. This is a big increase of 26.64%. 

Japan made $10.1 billion in 2024 and is expected to grow to $12.1 billion in 2025. This shows steady growth of 19.8%.

Germany earned about $8.9 billion in 2024. It is expected to grow to $10.7 billion in 2025, which is a 20.22% increase.

Below is the country-wise Web Hosting Revenue with year-over-year Growth:

Country	2025 projected Revenue	2024 Revenue	Percent YoY Growth
United States	$73.71 billion	$58.3 billion	+26.43%
United Kingdom	$14.69 billion	$11.6 billion	+26.64%
Japan	$12.1 billion	$10.1 billion	+19.80%
Germany	$10.7 billion	$8.9 billion	+20.22%
China	$9.7 billion	$8.0 billion	+21.25%
France	$9.26 billion	$7.6 billion	+21.84%
Australia	$4.91 billion	$4.0 billion	+22.75%
India	$4.72 billion	$3.7 billion	+27.57%

Next, China, with a very large online population, made $8.0 billion in 2024. It is forecasted to grow to $9.7 billion in 2025, with a 21.25% growth.

France was close behind, making $7.6 billion in 2024. It is expected to increase to $9.26 billion in 2025, growing by 21.84%.

(Source: Statista)

Web Hosting Revenue by Region 

North America is by far the largest revenue generator in web hosting. In 2024, the region earned approximately $63.73 billion, which is expected to grow by 22.39% to $77.96 billion in 2025.

It is expected to continue its growth at a CAGR of 15.6%, with an impressive revenue of $139.2 billion by 2029. 

Europe also shows strong growth. Revenue was about $52.02 billion in 2024 and is expected to increase by 24.15% to $64.57 billion in 2025.

Take a look at the following table that suggests Web Hosting Revenue by Region (2024-2029):

Region	Revenue 2024 (Billion $)	Growth 2024-2025 (%)	Revenue 2025 (Billion $)	CAGR 2025-2029 (%)	Revenue 2029 (Billion $)
North America	63.73	22.39	77.96	15.60	139.20
Europe	52.02	24.15	64.57	15.37	114.40
Asia	33.52	22.70	41.14	17.24	77.73
Australia/Oceania	4.20	18.10	4.96	17.61	9.49
South America	3.27	23.85	4.05	16.15	7.37
Africa	2.62	22.90	3.22	18.08	6.26

(Source: Statista)

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Global Web Hosting Service Market Share in 2025

The web hosting market is concentrated among a few major companies. Here are a few insights on web hosting market share by providers.

Amazon (AWS) is the largest web hosting provider, with 12% of the market share among web hosting providers 

Google Cloud ranks next with over 6% of market share. 

Take a look at the table below with the market share of top web hosting providers globally in 2025:

Web Hosting Provider	Percentage of Share	No of Websites
Amazon (AWS)	12%	79,331,161
Amazon’s AWS Global accelerator	9%	61,943,334
Google	6%	38,996,611
Google Cloud	6%	36,831,483
Cloudflare hosting	5%	35,464,657
GoDaddy	3%	16,988,485
Other	33%	–

(Source: Built with Trends)

Here are the percentages of websites that use hosting services worldwide:

Web Hosting Services	Percent of Share
Shopify	4.8%
Hostinger	3.8%
Wix	3.6%
Newfold Digital Group	3.2%
OVH	2.9%

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Web Hosting Domain Registration Statistics 

As of Q1 2025, there were about 368.4 million domain names registered worldwide. This is a slight increase of 1.1% (4.4 million new domains) as compared to 364 million registered domains in Q4 of 2024.

The registrations spanned all types of top-level domains (TLDs). By the end of 2025, it is projected that over 782.2 million domain names will be registered across the globe. 

These new registrations can be broken down as follows:

TLD Type	Number of Domains Registered	Share of Total Domains
New gTLDs	120.46 million	15%
Generic TLDs (gTLD)	341.07 million	44%
Country code TLDs (ccTLD)	320.69 million	41%
Total	782.21 million	100%

(Source: Domain Name Stat)

Most Popular Domain Extensions (Q2 2025)

The “.com” extension is by far the most dominant, accounting for almost half of the generic TLD registrations. Extensions like “.cn” (China) and “.de” (Germany) are the top country codes.

Among the 368.4 million domains registered in Q1 2025, the most popular domain extensions are:

TLD	Number of Registrations
.com	157.9 million
.cn	21.0 million
.de	17.6 million
.net	12.6 million
.org	11.2 million
.uk	10.2 million
.ru	6.7 million
.nl	6.1 million
.br	5.5 million
.au	4.6 million

(Source: dnib)

Domain Renewal Rates (Q2 2025)

Renewal rates indicate how many domain owners choose to keep their domains active over time. The top renewal percentages for popular TLDs are:

• .net leads with approximately 78.2% renewal rate.
• .org follows with 77.6%.
• .uk rounds out the top three with a renewal rate of 77.1%.

Domain Name	Renewal Rates (Q2 2025)
.net	78.2%
.org	77.6%
.uk	77.1%
.com	75.3%
.ru	73.1%
.xyz	22.2%

This data indicates strong loyalty and ongoing demand for domains under these extensions, particularly for nonprofit (.org) and network (.net) sites.

(Source: dnib)

Top Countries by Number of Registered Domains

As of 2025, the country with the highest number of registered domains is the United States, with over 140.93 million domains. This makes up about 18.02% of all registered domains worldwide.

Following the US, the countries with the next largest shares are:

Country	Registered Domains	Worldwide Share
United States	139.53 million	17.62%
Iceland	23.20 million	2.93%
China	19.90 million	2.51%
Canada	9.29 million	1.17%
France	7.73 million	0.98%
Germany	7.63 million	0.96%
Japan	7.08 million	0.89%
United Kingdom	6.87 million	0.87%
India	4.54 million	0.57%
Italy	4.40 million	0.56%

(Source: Domain Name Stat)

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Web Hosting by Country in 2025

As of Q2 2025, the United States leads the world in web hosting service providers by hosting over 92.18 million websites. 

The United Kingdom and Germany follow in second and third place, hosting about 16.08 million and 14.6 million websites, respectively. 

Other notable countries include Russia and China, each hosting more than 7 million websites.

Let’s take a look at the top 10 countries by the number of Hosted websites in 2025:

Country	Number of Websites Hosted (Millions)
United States	92.1 million
United Kingdom	16.1 million
Germany	14.6 million
Russia	7.2 million
China	7.1 million
Canada	5.95 million
India	5.94 million
Brazil	5.63 million
Australia	5.5 million
France	4.8 million

(Source: Built With Trends)

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Types of Web Hosting 

There are several types of web hosting services available to website owners in 2025. Each hosting type is designed for different needs and budgets. Here’s what you need to know about each one:

Hosting Type	Market Share (%)
Shared Hosting	37.64%
Dedicated Hosting	27.90%
Collocated Hosting	27.90%
Reseller Hosting	13.60%
VPS Hosting	10.30%

Note: Percentages can slightly overlap due to a few hosting services offering multiple types of hosting.

Shared Hosting Statistics 

Shared hosting is the most popular type of web hosting. It is the top choice for many beginners and small businesses. This is because shared hosting is affordable and easy to use.

• Shared hosting holds a market share of about 37.64%.
• More than 60% of small websites use shared hosting plans.
• The market size of shared hosting is expected to grow by 15%. This means it is expected to cross $70.6 billion by 2026 and almost $125.7 billion by 2030.
• Most shared hosting users, almost 90%, choose providers like GoDaddy because of their reliability and low costs.
• Prices for shared hosting usually range from $2.50 to $4.60 per month.

VPS Hosting Statistics 

VPS hosting is becoming more popular as it offers better flexibility and control as compared to shared hosting. 

• The market share of VPS hosting is around 10.3%.
• By 2026, the global market for VPS hosting is expected to reach $6.4 billion with a CAGR of 11.9%.
• Over 70% of VPS hosting is cloud-based, while 30% is on-premise hosting.
• North America generates the most revenue from VPS hosting, i.e, 40% of the global market. 
• Asia-Pacific comes next with 25% and Europe with 20% of the revenue.
• The VPS plans generally cost between $13.40 to $21.90 per month.

Dedicated Web Hosting Statistics 

Dedicated web hosting gives you access to an entire server just for your website. This type of hosting is mostly chosen by large websites that need more power, security, and speed. 

• Right now, dedicated hosting makes up around 27.9% of the whole web hosting market. 
• By 2026, dedicated web hosting is expected to grow by 11.1%.
• GoDaddy is the leading provider of dedicated hosting. In fact, over 35% of all websites that use dedicated hosting are hosted by GoDaddy.

(Source: BloggersPassion)

Cloud Hosting Statistics 

As of 2025, the global market for public cloud services is booming. In fact, companies around the world are expected to spend over $723.4 billion on public cloud services.

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the biggest cloud hosting provider with 30% of the global market.
• For large businesses, Microsoft Azure is the top choice with 81% of businesses using it in 2025.
• Together, AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud make up 68% of the public cloud market.
• 86% of businesses use more than one cloud platform.
• 70% of companies use a hybrid approach, which means they combine public cloud services with private cloud or on-premise solutions.

Do you know what Managed hosting is? It means your provider handles server updates, security, and performance. Learn more in our Managed hosting guide.

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Popular Web Hosting Providers 

Many web hosting providers compete globally, but a few stand out for their size, popularity, and market share. The leaders include GoDaddy, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, Hostinger, Cloudflare, NameCheap, and Bluehost. 

Provider	Websites Hosted (Millions)
GoDaddy	52 million
AWS	124 million
Google Cloud	58 million
Cloudflare	50 million
NameCheap	11.6 million
Hostinger	7.5 million
Bluehost	4.1 million
Microsoft Azure	2.87 million

Let’s look at each one in detail.

GoDaddy Web Hosting 

• GoDaddy hosts around 2.5% of all websites globally. It powers over 52 million websites and manages over 81 million domains.
• Among all websites hosted by GoDaddy, 78% of them use it as their only web host.
• GoDaddy hosts around 1.6% of the top 10,000 websites on the internet. 
• In 2024, the revenue generated by GoDaddy was $4.57 billion, up from 7.5% in 2023.

(Source: Built With Trends)

AWS Web Hosting 

• AWS is the leading cloud hosting provider that hosts big websites like Reddit, Netflix, Zoom, and Amazon itself. 
• AWS hosts more than 124 million websites worldwide. It hosts nearly 26% of the top 1 million websites on the internet.
• AWS also retains about 63% of its hosted websites as active users.

(Source: Built With Trends)

Hostinger Web Hosting

• Hostinger provides hosting for over 7.5 million websites worldwide.
• About 1.5% of the top 1 million websites use Hostinger as their host. Over 6 million of these hosted websites are active, which shows strong customer satisfaction. 
• The United States is the largest market for Hostinger, accounting for about 34% of its users.

(Source: Built With Trends)

Google Cloud Hosting 

• Google Cloud hosts more than 58 million websites with a strong presence of top-ranking websites. 
• Google Cloud hosts nearly 10% of the top 1 million websites and 20% of the top 100,000 websites. 
• The United States is the major market for Google Cloud hosting, with 1.45 million websites in the USA using Google Cloud hosting.

(Source: Built With Trends)

Cloudflare Web Hosting

• Cloudflare hosts over 50 million websites globally. 
• In the United States alone, it serves more than 1.9 million websites.
• Cloudflare hosts 40.53% of the top 1 million websites on the internet.

(Source: Built With Trends)

NameCheap Web Hosting 

• NameCheap is used for hosting by around 11.6 million websites worldwide. 
• In the United States, about 3.5 million websites use NameCheap hosting. 
• Among the top 1 million websites, NameCheap hosts nearly 0.9%.

(Source: Built With Trends)

Bluehost Web Hosting

• Bluehost powers about 4.1 million websites globally, which represents roughly 1% of all websites on the internet. 
• Although it hosts a smaller share, about 0.2% of the top 1 million websites use Bluehost.

(Source: Built With Trends)

Microsoft Azure Web Hosting

• Microsoft Azure is also growing fast, hosting around 2.87 million websites, with close to 1 million active websites. 
• Most of its hosted websites are in the United States, followed by countries like the United Kingdom. 
• Azure hosts roughly 4.43% of the top 1 million websites worldwide.

(Source: Built With Trends)

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Web Hosting Uptime Statistics 

When choosing a web hosting provider for your website, one of the most important factors to consider is uptime. Uptime is the amount of time a website or web service is working properly and accessible to users.

Most web hosting companies promise certain uptime guarantees. These guarantees usually come in the form of 99%, 99.9%, or 99.99% uptime. 

Among these, 99.99% uptime is considered excellent and means your website will be available nearly all the time.

However, even big companies face downtime challenges. 

• Among the 500 Fortune companies, 60% experience about 1.6 hours of downtime each week.
• For small businesses, these downtime periods cost anywhere between $137 and $427 per minute in lost revenue.
• Almost 88% of consumers decide not to return to a website if they experience downtime.
• Just a 1-second delay in page loading time can reduce page views by 11%.
• Every 100-millisecond delay in loading can cause a 7% drop in conversion rates.

(Source: BloggersPassion)

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E-commerce Hosting Statistics

Many online stores and businesses use special e-commerce hosting providers to run their websites smoothly. Some of the most popular e-commerce hosting platforms are Shopify, Squarespace, Wix, and WordPress.

Let’s take a look at these:

Shopify Hosted Services

Shopify is one of the biggest names in e-commerce hosting. It hosts over 9.55 million websites worldwide. 

In the United States alone, Shopify supports more than 2.47 million websites.

In 2024, Shopify earned $1.8 billion from subscription services, which include the money it makes from hosting online stores.

According to Built With Trends data, Shopify hosts approximately 9.55 million websites globally. Of these, 6.07 million are active, and about 2.99 million are no longer live. 

In the U.S., Shopify hosts an impressive 3.38 million websites.

Here is a breakdown of Shopify’s hosting presence by country:

Country	Number of Shopify-hosted Websites
United States	3,378,623
United Kingdom	238,331
Australia	166,330
Germany	165,295
Canada	129,684

(Source: Built With Trends)

Squarespace Hosting 

Squarespace is another popular platform for e-commerce websites. It hosts around 8.78 million websites worldwide, with 6.85 million of them being active.

The United States is the biggest market for Squarespace. There are about 5.4 million active websites using Squarespace in this country.

Here is a country-wise look at Squarespace’s hosting numbers:

Country	Number of Squarespace-hosted Websites
United States	5,396,310
United Kingdom	285,939
Australia	190,965
Canada	145,723

(Source: Built With Trends)

Wix Hosting

• Wix hosts around 8.1 million e-commerce websites around the globe. 
• 0.4% of the top 1 million e-commerce websites are hosted by Wix.
• The United States has the largest share of Wix hosted websites. 

Here are the country wise numbers with e-commerce websites hosted by Wix:

Country	Number of Wix-hosted Websites
United States	1,046,976
United Kingdom	461,376
Brazil	220,665
Germany	202,963
Canada	185,874
Australia	172,141

(Source: Built With Trends)

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Web Server Statistics 

Web servers are the software responsible for delivering websites to visitors. Knowing which web servers are most popular helps us understand how the internet runs behind the scenes. 

In 2025, several web servers power millions of websites worldwide. Let’s take a look at these:

• Nginx is the most popular web server, powering about 37% of all websites on the internet.
• Apache follows as the second most used web server, supporting around 25% of websites.
• Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Services) holds about 10% market share. It is mostly used in environments based on Windows servers.

Below is the top web servers used by percent of websites:

Web Server	Percentage of Websites Using It
Nginx	37%
Apache	25%
Microsoft IIS	10%
LiteSpeed	6.71%
Varnish	4.1%
Node.js	3.2%
Amazon ALB	3%
Imunify360	2.82%

(Source: Built With Trends)

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Trends in the Web Hosting Industry 

• The global web hosting market is expected to reach around $527.07 billion by 2032. This suggests a strong compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 19.7% between 2025 and 2032.
• Another major trend is the increasing use of multi-cloud hosting. Instead of relying on a single cloud provider, companies are using multiple providers simultaneously.
• The Shared Hosting market size is expected to cross $70.6 billion by 2026 and $125.7 billion by 2030.

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Final Insights

With a steady growth of over 16.19% each year, the web hosting market size is expected to reach $372.31 billion by 2030.

The web hosting market is booming in the US market with an estimated market size of $73.71 billion by 2025.

Besides this, top providers like GoDaddy, AWS, and Google Cloud are leading the way in the web hosting industry

Small and medium enterprises are boosting demand for affordable shared hosting, while larger companies invest more in dedicated and managed hosting for better security and performance.

So, that is all with the web hosting providers and the web hosting industry. What are your thoughts on this? Did we miss anything to cover?

Let us know in the comments section below. 

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