Popularity

Our take on popularity represents general data trends relating to the quantities of reviews about products in the Web Hosting category. While our popularity page doesn't explore user satisfaction, product affordability, competition dynamics, and language support - we will have pages detailing those topics too.

Overall Popularity

Web Hosting is at the moment the 94th most used software category according to our numbers with 754 reviews last year. Year over year, Web Hosting's popularity increased 12.2%. Web Hosting hit its best popularity level in 2016 coming in 90th place with 210 ratings. Additionally, Web Hosting was at its minimum popularity in 2017 coming in 112th place with 167 ratings. Since Linode went to market, the category has accumulated 2,731 total ratings. Ranking as the 94th most reviewed software category worldwide, Web Hosting is a middle-of-the-road popular category.

Oldest and Newest Products in the Market

The earliest Web Hosting product on our list is Linode given its first tracked review occurring 9 years ago. The most recent Web Hosting product to the market is Hostinger web hosting with its earliest known review appearing in 2018.

Lets Take a Trip

The United States uses Web Hosting software in greater quantities than any other nation and has 1,169 reviews. The United States is trailed by the United Kingdom, Canada, India, and France with a collective average of 113 reviews. Over the past year Web Hosting category gained popularity in the United States to become the nation's 126th most reviewed software category this last year. The most frequently used Web Hosting products are Hostwinds with 654 ratings, Kinsta with 380 customer reviews, and Hostinger web hosting with 306 customer reviews.

Popularity by Business Size

Many outfits using Web Hosting software products are small businesses, making up 81% of all customers. They are trailed by medium business customers (15%), and lastly, large businesses (4%). The adoption of Web Hosting software solutions for small businesses is increasing currently, increasing by 14% over the last year. Web Hosting software for large businesses are experiencing growth as well, swelling by 18% in the past year.

Titans of Industry

The top industries for Web Hosting are internet, computer software, information technology and services, marketing and advertising, and design.