Top Ten Web Hosts From Around the World

Top Ten Web Hosts From Around the World

Before 1991, Web hosting as we know it today did not exist. Then again, the Internet before 1991 was vastly different to today’s Internet. The Internet may be the greatest media advancement since radio and television; it is currently powered by nearly 50 million websites forming its central nervous system. Without websites, and the companies that host them, where would you go when you go online?

GoDaddy.com

As the largest Web host, the market share of GoDaddy is 22.47 percent. It has 25.2 million domains total. It has about four million customers, more than 1,400 employees and more than 200 in-house developers. It was founded in 1997 by Bob Parsons and was originally called Jomax Technologies. It has call center operations 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year. There is no outsourcing or off-shoring of the calls.

Other Top Web Hosts

The second-largest Web host is also from the U.S. Enom.com has 3 percent of the market share and 3.5 million total domains. The third-largest Web host is networksolutions.com from the U.S., with 2.5 percent of the market share and 2.9 million total domains. The fourth-largest Web host is oneanddone.com from the U.S., with 2.3 percent of the market share and 2.6 million total domains. The fifth-largest Web host is Yahoo.com from the U.S., with 1.9 percent of the market share and 2.1 million total domains.

The sixth-largest Web host is sedoparking.com from Germany, with 1.6 percent of the market share and 1.8 million total domains. The seventh-largest Web host is dsredirection.com from the U.S., with 1.5 percent of the market share and 1.7 million total domains. The eighth-largest Web host is register.com from the U.S., with 1.3 percent of the market share and 1.5 million total domains. The ninth-largest Web host is xinnet.com from China, with 0.9 percent of the market share and 1.1 million total domains. Number 10 is cashparking.com, with 0.9 percent of the market share and 1.1 million total domains.

Top Five Global Web Hosting Countries

As of April 2010, the top five Web hosting countries in the world were led by the United States with 23,656 hosting companies. Number two was Canada with 2,740 Web hosting companies. Number three was the United Kingdom with 2,660 Web hosting companies. Number four was Germany with 2,371 hosting companies. Number five was the Netherlands with 1,730 hosting companies.