Comparison · CDN
Cloudflare vs Google Hosted Libraries: which do popular websites use?
As of 2026-10-02, Cloudflare is detected on 2,602 of 7,859 popular websites (33%) and Google Hosted Libraries on 358 (4.6%): Cloudflare is 7.3x as common. 165 sites use both.
Adoption at a glance
| Cloudflare | Google Hosted Libraries | |
|---|---|---|
| Sites using it | 2,602 | 358 |
| Share of 7,859 sites | 33% | 4.6% |
| Share of the top 1,000 sites (710 readable) | 28% | 4.4% |
| Only this one of the two | 2,437 | 193 |
Both: 165 sites. Detected on 2026-10-02 from the home page; a technology that leaves no trace there is not counted.
By site sector
| Sector | Sites | Cloudflare | Google Hosted Libraries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 6,305 | 34% | 4.4% |
| News | 347 | 24% | 6.6% |
| Entertainment | 314 | 49% | 4.1% |
| Education | 246 | 9.3% | 7.3% |
| Government | 241 | 13% | 3.7% |
| Technology | 133 | 29% | 3.8% |
| Finance | 97 | 41% | 4.1% |
| E-commerce | 93 | 31% | 2.2% |
Share of the sector's sites using each technology; sectors with at least 50 sites.
By top-level domain
| TLD | Sites | Cloudflare | Google Hosted Libraries |
|---|---|---|---|
| .com | 4,138 | 39% | 4.7% |
| .org | 437 | 38% | 4.1% |
| .net | 333 | 40% | 4.2% |
| .ru | 258 | 1.6% | 2.3% |
| .jp | 189 | 7.4% | 12% |
| .io | 185 | 49% | 9.2% |
| .de | 180 | 8.3% | <0.1% |
| .edu | 159 | 12% | 8.8% |
| .gov | 110 | 18% | 0.9% |
Top-level domains with at least 100 sites.
Most popular sites using only Cloudflare
- cloudflare.com #2
- linkedin.com #11
- zoom.us #32
- vimeo.com #38
- shopify.com #72
- base.org #75
- hosting24.com #77
- w3.org #79
- creativecommons.org #82
- doi.org #92
- nist.gov #105
- sourceforge.net #107
- cpanel.net #108
- hubspot.com #112
- roku.com #113
- who.int #114
- wiley.com #136
- name.com #143
- gitlab.com #161
- zendesk.com #163
Most popular sites using only Google Hosted Libraries
- flickr.com #80
- blogger.com #241
- cornell.edu #257
- python.org #335
- myspace.com #398
- agora.io #406
- nationalgeographic.com #444
- yale.edu #533
- canada.ca #587
- netkeiba.com #626
- tenki.jp #642
- weathernews.jp #643
- alphapolis.co.jp #790
- enable-javascript.com #845
- w3schools.com #865
- ucsd.edu #902
- ubc.ca #1,282
- sslip.io #1,308
- northwestern.edu #1,376
- virginia.edu #1,452
Each technology
FAQ
- Which is more popular, Cloudflare or Google Hosted Libraries?
- As of 2026-10-02, Cloudflare is detected on 2,602 of 7,859 popular websites (33%) and Google Hosted Libraries on 358 (4.6%): Cloudflare is 7.3x as common. 165 sites use both.
- Which do the most popular websites prefer?
- Among the 710 sites of the top 1,000 that we could read, 196 (28%) use Cloudflare and 31 (4.4%) use Google Hosted Libraries.
- Can a website use both Cloudflare and Google Hosted Libraries?
- Yes: 165 of the 7,859 sites show both (2.1%); 2,437 show only Cloudflare and 193 only Google Hosted Libraries.