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Web Hosting Statistics 2026

Spending on cloud infrastructure services reached $168 billion in the third quarter of 2026, up 55% year over year, according to Synergy Research Group. Entry-level hosting remains cheap: DigitalOcean bundled Droplets start at $4 a month and AWS Lightsail runs a Linux instance for $5 a month. Verisign counted 182.5 million .com and .net domains at the end of September 2026, and the HTTP Archive found WordPress powered roughly 64% of CMS-driven sites in 2025.

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$168 billionWorldwide enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services reached $168 billion in the third quarter of 2026, up 55% year over year.Synergy Research Group
26%Amazon held 26% of the worldwide cloud infrastructure market in the third quarter of 2026, ahead of Microsoft at 19% and Google at 16%.Synergy Research Group
$1.3 billionGoDaddy's revenue was $1.3 billion in the third quarter of 2026, up 6% year over year.GoDaddy
$1,285 millionDigitalOcean ended the third quarter of 2026 with $1,285 million of annual run-rate revenue, up 40%.DigitalOcean
762 millionLet's Encrypt went from serving 492 million websites to 762 million in 2025, a 50% increase in one year, according to its operator ISRG.Internet Security Research Group (Let's Encrypt)
$4DigitalOcean's bundled Droplet virtual servers start at $4 per month in 2026.DigitalOcean
182.5 millionThere were 182.5 million .com and .net domain registrations at the end of September 2026, 6.1% more than a year earlier.Verisign
48%48% of mobile websites and 56% of desktop websites had good Core Web Vitals scores in 2025, according to the HTTP Archive.HTTP Archive

This page gathers figures on the money side of web hosting: the size of the cloud infrastructure market, revenue and customer counts at listed hosting companies, published prices for entry-level plans, domain registrations, which providers and platforms serve the web's sites, and what speed and power cost. Data cover 2024 to 2026 and are global unless noted. Prices are list prices in US dollars as published by the provider on the check date.

The top of the hosting market is growing faster than at any point in the past eight years. Synergy Research Group measured $168 billion of cloud infrastructure service spending in the third quarter of 2026, up 55% from a year earlier, and $558 billion over the trailing twelve months. Amazon held 26% of that market, Microsoft 19% and Google 16%. Synergy also reported generative AI cloud services growing at 165% a year in the second quarter of 2026.

Companies selling hosting to small businesses and developers are growing more slowly, with some exceptions. GoDaddy reported $1.3 billion of quarterly revenue, up 6%, from 20.5 million customers, IONOS grew first-half revenue 6.9% and reached 6.91 million customers, and Wix reported $563 million, up 15%. DigitalOcean's revenue rose 40% to $321 million and Cloudflare's rose 36% to $696.1 million. Akamai's cloud infrastructure revenue grew 39% from a small base of $99 million.

For the buyer, the entry price of hosting is low. DigitalOcean's bundled Droplets start at $4 a month, AWS Lightsail sells a Linux instance with 1 GB of memory for $5 a month, and Cloudflare's paid Workers plan starts at $5 a month. Extras add up: Lightsail charges from $0.09 per GB of data transfer above the bundle quota, and a managed database on DigitalOcean starts at $15 a month. Some basics are now free: ISRG's Let's Encrypt served 762 million websites with free certificates in 2025, up from 492 million.

Speed and power are the hidden costs. The HTTP Archive found that only 48% of mobile websites passed Core Web Vitals in 2025 and 44% had a good time to first byte, a measure that depends heavily on the host. Most HTML pages still come straight from origin servers: only 35% of HTML requests went through a CDN, and Cloudflare served 58% of those. Underneath, the IEA estimates data centres used 415 TWh of electricity in 2024, about 1.5% of world demand, and projects around 945 TWh by 2030.

Cloud infrastructure market size

Synergy Research Group's estimates cover infrastructure as a service, platform as a service and hosted private cloud, the layer most hosting products are built on. Synergy says growth has accelerated for twelve quarters in a row, with generative AI services the fastest-growing part, and the market is concentrated: three providers hold about three fifths of it. Shared and managed website hosting is a much smaller slice that Synergy does not break out.

Worldwide cloud infrastructure market share, Q3 2026

Share of IaaS, PaaS and hosted private cloud revenue, third quarter 2026.

Amazon26%
Microsoft19%
Google16%

Source: Synergy Research Group, Cloud Market Growth Rate Surges to Well Over 50% per Year; Q3 Revenues Reach $168 Billion

$168 billion
Worldwide enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services reached $168 billion in the third quarter of 2026, up 55% year over year.
Synergy Research Group · Cloud Market Growth Rate Surges to Well Over 50% per Year; Q3 Revenues Reach $168 Billion (Oct 2026)
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The growth rate increased for the twelfth successive quarter, with Q3 spending on cloud services jumping by an unprecedented 55% year over year to reach $168 billion.
$558 billion
Cloud infrastructure service revenues totaled $558 billion over the twelve months to September 2026.
Synergy Research Group · Cloud Market Growth Rate Surges to Well Over 50% per Year; Q3 Revenues Reach $168 Billion (Oct 2026)
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With most major cloud providers reporting their Q3 earnings, Synergy estimates that quarterly cloud infrastructure service revenues (including IaaS, PaaS and hosted private cloud services) were $167.7 billion, with trailing 12-month revenues reaching $558 billion.
59%
Public IaaS and PaaS services, the bulk of the cloud infrastructure market, grew 59% in the third quarter of 2026.
Synergy Research Group · Cloud Market Growth Rate Surges to Well Over 50% per Year; Q3 Revenues Reach $168 Billion (Oct 2026)
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Public IaaS and PaaS services account for the bulk of this market, and those grew by 59% in Q3.
26%
Amazon held 26% of the worldwide cloud infrastructure market in the third quarter of 2026, ahead of Microsoft at 19% and Google at 16%.
Synergy Research Group · Cloud Market Growth Rate Surges to Well Over 50% per Year; Q3 Revenues Reach $168 Billion (Oct 2026)
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Q3’s worldwide market share for these companies was 26%, 19%, and 16%, respectively.
44%
The United States accounted for 44% of the worldwide cloud infrastructure market in the third quarter of 2026 and had the highest growth rate among major countries, per Synergy Research Group.
Synergy Research Group · Cloud Market Growth Rate Surges to Well Over 50% per Year; Q3 Revenues Reach $168 Billion (Oct 2026)
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Notably, the US, which is by far the largest market, also had the highest growth rate among the major countries. It now accounts for 44% of the world market.
67%
The three largest providers held 67% of the public cloud market in the second quarter of 2026.
Synergy Research Group · Q2 Cloud Market Passes $143 Billion; Highest Growth Rate in Eight Years (Jul 2026)
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The leadership of the major cloud providers is even more pronounced in public cloud, where the top three account for 67% of the market.
165%
Generative AI cloud services were growing at 165% a year in the second quarter of 2026.
Synergy Research Group · Q2 Cloud Market Passes $143 Billion; Highest Growth Rate in Eight Years (Jul 2026)
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GenAI-specific cloud services are growing at 165% year over year, but equally importantly, AI technology is enabling enhanced functionality and increased growth across a much broader range of cloud services.

Revenue and customers at hosting companies

Listed hosting and website companies report quarterly or half-yearly, which makes them the best public check on demand from small businesses and developers. Revenue at the mass-market hosts GoDaddy and IONOS is growing in single digits, Wix in the low teens, while DigitalOcean, Cloudflare and Akamai's cloud unit are growing far faster. Customer counts are not comparable across companies because each defines a customer differently.

$1.3 billion
GoDaddy's revenue was $1.3 billion in the third quarter of 2026, up 6% year over year.
GoDaddy · GoDaddy Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results (Oct 2026)
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Total revenue of $1.3 billion, up 6% year-over-year on a reported and constant currency basis.
20.5 million
GoDaddy had 20.5 million customers at the end of September 2026, 75,000 more than at the end of 2025.
GoDaddy · GoDaddy Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results (Oct 2026)
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Total customers of 20.5 million, up 40 thousand during the quarter and 75 thousand since December 31, 2025.
$4.951 billion
GoDaddy generated $4.951 billion of revenue in full-year 2025.
GoDaddy · GoDaddy Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results (Oct 2026)
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This represents year-over-year growth of 6% at the midpoint, versus the $4.951 billion of revenue generated for the full year ended December 31, 2025.
$321 million
DigitalOcean's revenue was $321 million in the third quarter of 2026, up 40% year over year.
DigitalOcean · DigitalOcean Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results (Nov 2026)
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Revenue was $321 million, an increase of 40%.
$1,285 million
DigitalOcean ended the third quarter of 2026 with $1,285 million of annual run-rate revenue, up 40%.
DigitalOcean · DigitalOcean Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results (Nov 2026)
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Annual Run-Rate Revenue (“ARR”) ended the quarter at $1,285 million, an increase of 40%.
680,000
DigitalOcean serves more than 680,000 customers as of the third quarter of 2026.
DigitalOcean · DigitalOcean Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results (Nov 2026)
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More than 680,000 customers and millions of developers globally trust DigitalOcean to build, ship, and scale their applications.
41%
Customers spending over $100,000 a year produced 41% of DigitalOcean's revenue in the third quarter of 2026.
DigitalOcean · DigitalOcean Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results (Nov 2026)
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Customers spending over $100,000 a year now represent 41% of our revenue, and they are not renting capacity; they are adopting the platform.
$563 million
Wix's revenue was $563 million in the second quarter of 2026, up 15% year over year.
Wix.com · Wix Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results (Aug 2026)
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Q2 bookings of $569 million, up 12% y/y, and revenue of $563 million, up 15% y/y, driven by strong Base44 performance and continued core Wix growth
$696.1 million
Cloudflare's revenue was $696.1 million in the second quarter of 2026, up 36% year over year.
Cloudflare · Cloudflare Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results (Aug 2026)
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Second quarter revenue totaled $696.1 million, representing an increase of 36% year-over-year
$99 million
Akamai's Cloud Infrastructure Services revenue was $99 million in the second quarter of 2026, up 39% year over year.
Akamai Technologies · Akamai Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results (Aug 2026)
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Cloud Infrastructure Services revenue of $99 million, up 39% year-over-year and when adjusted for foreign exchange
6.91 million
IONOS, the German web hosting group, had 6.91 million customers at the end of June 2026, up about 280,000 in the first half of the year.
IONOS Group · IONOS reports a successful first half of 2026 - Forecast 2026 specified (Aug 2026)
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The customer base grew by approximately 280,000 in the first half of 2026 to 6.91 million customers (H1 2025: 6.47 million customers), representing stronger growth than in the same period of the previous year (H1 2025: +150,000).
€701.1 million
IONOS Group revenue rose 6.9% to 701.1 million euros in the first half of 2026.
IONOS Group · IONOS reports a successful first half of 2026 - Forecast 2026 specified (Aug 2026)
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Revenue increased by 6.9% to €701.1 million (H1 2025: €656.0 million).

Who hosts the web

No single source measures web hosting share without a moving daily tracker, so this section uses dated 2025 and 2026 measurements. The HTTP Archive crawls millions of sites each year and shows Cloudflare far ahead among CDNs for HTML pages, though most HTML is still served straight from origin servers. Netcraft's monthly survey counts sites by web server software, and ISRG's figures show how free certificates from Let's Encrypt now cover hundreds of millions of sites. WordPress still runs about two thirds of CMS-driven sites, while Shopify and Wix grow from smaller bases.

Share of CDN-served HTML requests by provider, mobile, 2025

Share of base HTML requests served by each CDN, mobile pages in the HTTP Archive 2025 crawl.

Cloudflare58%
Google21%
Amazon CloudFront7%
Fastly5%
Akamai2%
Vercel2%

Source: HTTP Archive, Web Almanac 2025: CDN

58%
Cloudflare served 58% of the HTML page requests delivered through a CDN on mobile in 2025, ahead of Google at 21% and Amazon CloudFront at 7%, according to the HTTP Archive.
HTTP Archive · Web Almanac 2025: CDN (2025)
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The leading vendors for serving base HTML requests are Cloudflare, with a 58% share, followed by Google (21%), Amazon CloudFront (7%), Fastly (5%), and Akamai and Vercel, each with a 2% share.
35%
Only 35% of HTML page requests were served through a CDN in 2025, against 71% of third-party resources, according to the HTTP Archive.
HTTP Archive · Web Almanac 2025: CDN (2025)
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We still see CDNs used more frequently for this type of resource, especially for third-party content, with 71% being served via CDN. Subdomain resources show moderate CDN adoption at 52%, while HTML content has the lowest CDN usage at 35%, as it’s more commonly served directly from origin servers.
762 million
Let's Encrypt went from serving 492 million websites to 762 million in 2025, a 50% increase in one year, according to its operator ISRG.
Internet Security Research Group (Let's Encrypt) · 2025 ISRG Annual Report (Dec 2025)
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I’ll get the headline for 2025 out right away: over the past year we went from serving 492 million websites to 762 million.
64%
WordPress powered roughly 64% of websites built on a content management system in 2025, per the HTTP Archive.
HTTP Archive · Web Almanac 2025: CMS (2025)
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WordPress remains the dominant CMS in 2025, powering roughly 64% of CMS-driven sites.
8 million
Let's Encrypt frequently issues over 8 million free TLS certificates in a single day, and has issued over seven billion since 2015, per ISRG's 2025 report.
Internet Security Research Group (Let's Encrypt) · 2025 ISRG Annual Report (Dec 2025)
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Along the way, we issued over seven billion certificates. Even after a decade of growing the encrypted Internet, we continue to respond to an unmet need for reliable, free, and automated TLS certificates, frequently issuing over 8 million certificates in a single day.
54%
Sites built on a content management system made up over 54% of websites observed by the HTTP Archive in 2025.
HTTP Archive · Web Almanac 2025: CMS (2025)
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Overall adoption HTTP Archive measurements show that CMS-driven sites account for over 54% of observed websites in 2025, reinforcing CMSs as the default infrastructure for the web.
7.3% to 7.8%
Shopify held about 7.3% to 7.8% of CMS-driven sites in 2025, Wix about 5% and Squarespace roughly 3%, according to the HTTP Archive.
HTTP Archive · Web Almanac 2025: CMS (2025)
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Shopify has grown to around 7.3–7.8% CMS share, Wix to about 5%, and Squarespace to roughly 3%.
60%
About 60% of WordPress sites use a page builder, according to HTTP Archive estimates for 2025.
HTTP Archive · Web Almanac 2025: CMS (2025)
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Estimates suggest that around 60% of WordPress sites use a page builder, reflecting demand for faster iteration, less reliance on developers, and greater editorial autonomy.
1,470,435,351
Netcraft's September 2026 survey received responses from 1,470,435,351 sites across 323,147,961 domains.
Netcraft · September 2026 Web Server Survey (Sep 2026)
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In the September 2026 survey we received responses from 1,470,435,351 sites across 323,147,961 domains and 15,463,120 web-facing computers.
15.3%
nginx gained 12.5 million sites in September 2026 and accounted for 15.3% of all sites seen by Netcraft.
Netcraft · September 2026 Web Server Survey (Sep 2026)
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nginx experienced the largest gain of 12.5 million sites (+5.87%) this month, and now accounts for 15.3% (+0.55pp) of sites seen by Netcraft.
43%
Elementor remained the most used WordPress page builder in 2025, but its share fell from about 56% to 43% between 2024 and 2025, per the HTTP Archive.
HTTP Archive · Web Almanac 2025: CMS (2025)
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Between 2024 and 2025, Elementor remained the most widely used page builder, but its share dropped from about 56% to 43%, pointing to a more fragmented ecosystem.

What entry-level hosting costs

These are published US dollar list prices for the cheapest building blocks of a small site on developer clouds, checked on November 4, 2026. They are not promotional first-term prices, which shared hosts often discount heavily and then raise at renewal. Bandwidth overages, managed databases and storage are where small bills grow, so compare the full bundle, not only the headline price.

$4
DigitalOcean's bundled Droplet virtual servers start at $4 per month in 2026.
DigitalOcean · Droplet Pricing (Nov 2026)
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Bundled Plans start from as low as $ 4 per month , with pricing based on the amount of RAM, CPU, SSD storage, and bandwidth included in your plan.
$15
Managed databases on DigitalOcean start at $15 per month in 2026.
DigitalOcean · DigitalOcean Pricing (Nov 2026)
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View Backups pricing Databases Starting at $15 /month Fully managed and maintained
$5
AWS Lightsail runs a Linux instance with 1 GB of memory, one core, a 40 GB SSD and 2 TB of transfer for $5 per month.
Amazon Web Services · Amazon Lightsail Pricing (Nov 2026)
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This website runs on a $5 / month Linux instance bundle with 1 GB memory, one core processor, a 40 GB SSD disk, and 2 TB transfer.
$8.50
AWS's own Lightsail example prices a WordPress site with a CDN and object storage at $8.50 per month.
Amazon Web Services · Amazon Lightsail Pricing (Nov 2026)
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Lightsail charges: WordPress instance = $5 USD / month CDN distribution = $2.50 USD/month Object Storage bucket = $1 USD / month Total charges : $8.50 to get your WordPress site delivered around the world
$0.09
Data transfer beyond a Lightsail bundle's quota costs from $0.09 per GB, depending on the AWS region.
Amazon Web Services · Amazon Lightsail Pricing (Nov 2026)
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Data transfer overage charges vary by AWS Region and start at $0.09 USD per GB.
$0.10
Lightsail block storage costs $0.10 per allocated GB per month, with a minimum of 8 GB.
Amazon Web Services · Amazon Lightsail Pricing (Nov 2026)
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Block storage starts at 8 GB and costs $0.10 USD per allocated GB per month.
$5
Cloudflare's Workers Paid plan, which also covers Pages Functions and KV storage, has a minimum charge of $5 per month per account.
Cloudflare · Workers Pricing (Nov 2026)
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The Workers Paid plan includes Workers, Pages Functions, Workers KV, Hyperdrive, and Durable Objects usage for a minimum charge of $5 USD per month for an account.

Domain names

Verisign runs the .com and .net registries, so its quarterly counts are the authoritative measure of the two largest domain extensions. New registrations rose to 13.1 million in the third quarter of 2026 from 10.6 million a year earlier, and the total base grew 6.1%. About three quarters of domains due for renewal are renewed, so roughly one in four lapses each cycle.

182.5 million
There were 182.5 million .com and .net domain registrations at the end of September 2026, 6.1% more than a year earlier.
Verisign · Verisign Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results (Oct 2026)
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Verisign ended the third quarter of 2026 with 182.5 million .com and .net domain name registrations in the domain name base, a 6.1 percent increase from the end of the third quarter of 2025, and a net increase of 3.36 million domain names during the third quarter of 2026.
3.36 million
The .com and .net base grew by a net 3.36 million domains in the third quarter of 2026.
Verisign · Verisign Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results (Oct 2026)
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Verisign ended the third quarter of 2026 with 182.5 million .com and .net domain name registrations in the domain name base, a 6.1 percent increase from the end of the third quarter of 2025, and a net increase of 3.36 million domain names during the third quarter of 2026.
13.1 million
Verisign processed 13.1 million new .com and .net registrations in the third quarter of 2026, up from 10.6 million a year earlier.
Verisign · Verisign Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results (Oct 2026)
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During the third quarter of 2026, Verisign processed 13.1 million new domain name registrations for .com and .net, compared with 10.6 million for the third quarter of 2025.
75.2%
75.2% of .com and .net domains due for renewal in the second quarter of 2026 were renewed.
Verisign · Verisign Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results (Oct 2026)
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The final .com and .net renewal rate for the second quarter of 2026 was 75.2 percent compared to 75.5 percent for the same quarter of 2025.
$443 million
Verisign's revenue, mostly registry fees for .com and .net, was $443 million in the third quarter of 2026, up 5.7%.
Verisign · Verisign Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results (Oct 2026)
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VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $443 million for the third quarter of 2026, up 5.7 percent from the same quarter in 2025.

Site speed and data center power

Hosting quality shows up in speed. Time to first byte depends mostly on the server and network, and Core Web Vitals affect user experience, yet about half of mobile sites still fail them. Power is a main running cost behind hosting; the IEA's 2030 figure is a projection, while the 2024 consumption estimate is the latest measured baseline it publishes.

Share of global data centre electricity use by region, 2024

IEA estimates for 2024, published April 2025.

45%

25%

15%

United StatesChinaEurope

Source: International Energy Agency, Energy and AI: Executive summary

48%
48% of mobile websites and 56% of desktop websites had good Core Web Vitals scores in 2025, according to the HTTP Archive.
HTTP Archive · Web Almanac 2025: Performance (2025)
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By 2024, good CWV performance reached 44% on mobile and 55% on desktop, and further improved in 2025 to 48% for mobile websites and 56% for desktop websites.
44%
44% of mobile websites had a good time to first byte in 2025, while 17% performed poorly (HTTP Archive).
HTTP Archive · Web Almanac 2025: Performance (2025)
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In 2025, 44% of mobile websites have good TTFB, 40% need improvement, and 17% perform poorly.
55%
55% of desktop websites had a good time to first byte in 2025, up from 54% in 2024 (HTTP Archive).
HTTP Archive · Web Almanac 2025: Performance (2025)
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In 2024, 54% of desktop websites had good TTFB, 33% needed improvement, and 13% performed poorly. In 2025, 55% of desktop websites have good TTFB, 33% need improvement, and 12% perform poorly.
415 TWh
Data centres used about 415 TWh of electricity in 2024, around 1.5% of global consumption, according to the IEA.
International Energy Agency · Energy and AI: Executive summary (Apr 2025)
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Data centres accounted for around 1.5% of the world’s electricity consumption in 2024, or 415 terawatt-hours (TWh).
12%
Global data centre electricity consumption has grown about 12% a year since 2017, more than four times faster than total electricity use (IEA).
International Energy Agency · Energy and AI: Executive summary (Apr 2025)
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Globally, data centre electricity consumption has grown by around 12% per year since 2017, more than four times faster than the rate of total electricity consumption.
945 TWh
The IEA projects data centre electricity use will more than double to around 945 TWh by 2030.
International Energy Agency · Energy and AI: Executive summary (Apr 2025)
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Electricity demand for data centres more than doubles by 2030 Data centre electricity consumption is set to more than double to around 945 TWh by 2030.
20%
About 20% of planned data centre projects could face delays from grid constraints unless those risks are addressed, according to the IEA.
International Energy Agency · Energy and AI: Executive summary (Apr 2025)
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Smarter is faster when it comes to integrating data centres in electricity grids Electricity grids are already under strain in many places: we estimate that unless these risks are addressed, around 20% of planned data centre projects could be at risk of delays.

FAQ

How big is the cloud hosting market?

Synergy Research Group estimates that enterprises spent $168 billion on cloud infrastructure services in the third quarter of 2026, up 55% year over year, and $558 billion over the trailing twelve months. Amazon held 26% of the market, Microsoft 19% and Google 16%.

How much does basic web hosting cost?

On developer clouds, a small server starts at $4 per month on DigitalOcean and $5 per month on AWS Lightsail, based on their published US prices in November 2026. AWS's own example of a WordPress site with a CDN and object storage on Lightsail comes to $8.50 per month.

Which companies serve the most websites?

Usage depends on the layer. Among HTML pages delivered through a CDN on mobile in 2025, the HTTP Archive found Cloudflare served 58%, Google 21% and Amazon CloudFront 7%. ISRG's Let's Encrypt provided free certificates to 762 million websites in 2025, and WordPress powered roughly 64% of CMS-driven sites.

How many .com domains are there?

Verisign reported 182.5 million .com and .net registrations combined at the end of September 2026, up 6.1% from a year earlier. It processed 13.1 million new .com and .net registrations in that quarter.

How fast are most websites?

The HTTP Archive found that 48% of mobile websites and 56% of desktop websites passed Core Web Vitals in 2025. Only 44% of mobile sites had a good time to first byte, a measure closely tied to hosting.

Methodology note

We chose figures that describe hosting spending, provider revenue, list prices, domains, usage and the running costs of hosting, and took each from the organization that produced the data: Synergy Research Group for market size, company earnings releases for revenue and customers, provider pricing pages for prices, Verisign for .com and .net counts, the HTTP Archive Web Almanac 2025, Netcraft's dated monthly survey and ISRG's 2025 annual report for usage, and the IEA for electricity. We avoid trackers that overwrite their numbers daily, so usage figures carry the date of the crawl or survey. HTTP Archive and Netcraft count websites or requests, not revenue, and use different samples. Prices are published US dollar list prices on the check date and exclude taxes and promotional discounts. Company metrics are not comparable across companies because each defines customers and revenue segments differently; IONOS reports in euros. Every quote is re-fetched from the source by our checker. See how we rank and verify.

Sources

1Akamai Technologies: Akamai Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
2Amazon Web Services: Amazon Lightsail Pricing
3Cloudflare: Cloudflare Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
4Cloudflare: Workers Pricing
5DigitalOcean: DigitalOcean Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results
6DigitalOcean: Droplet Pricing
7DigitalOcean: DigitalOcean Pricing
8GoDaddy: GoDaddy Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results
9HTTP Archive: Web Almanac 2025: CDN
10HTTP Archive: Web Almanac 2025: CMS
11HTTP Archive: Web Almanac 2025: Performance
12International Energy Agency: Energy and AI: Executive summary
13Internet Security Research Group (Let's Encrypt): 2025 ISRG Annual Report
14IONOS Group: IONOS reports a successful first half of 2026 - Forecast 2026 specified
15Netcraft: September 2026 Web Server Survey
16Synergy Research Group: Cloud Market Growth Rate Surges to Well Over 50% per Year; Q3 Revenues Reach $168 Billion
17Synergy Research Group: Q2 Cloud Market Passes $143 Billion; Highest Growth Rate in Eight Years
18Verisign: Verisign Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results
19Wix.com: Wix Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results

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