Key Takeaways
- In 2024, the global web hosting market size was $74.73 billion
- The web hosting market is projected to grow from $74.73 billion in 2024 to $228.19 billion by 2032
- The web hosting market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 14.7% from 2024 to 2032
- The number of domains registered globally was 348.0 million as of end of 2023
- The number of active domain name registrations increased by 8.0 million in Q4 2023
- Verisign reported 41.3 million total domain names under .com and .net at end of Q4 2023
- WebPageTest.com reported median First Contentful Paint of 1.8s on fast websites (dataset)
- HTTP/2 adoption reached 45% on sites surveyed by HTTP Archive (example dataset)
- HTTP Archive reported that 88% of websites use HTTPS
- Let’s Encrypt issued 1 billion certificates (milestone count)
- Let’s Encrypt issued 2.0 billion certificates (later milestone)
- Let’s Encrypt issued 3 billion certificates (milestone)
- S3 Glacier pricing: AWS Free Tier for S3 includes 5GB of Standard Storage for free
- AWS Free Tier includes 20,000 GET requests and 2,000 PUT/COPY/POST/LIST requests per month for S3
- Google Cloud Free Tier offers 5GB-month regional storage for free (as described)
Web hosting, from $74.73B to $228.19B, grows fast and demands speed, security.
Market Size & Growth
Market Size & Growth Interpretation
Adoption & Usage
Adoption & Usage Interpretation
Performance & Reliability
Performance & Reliability Interpretation
Security & Compliance
Security & Compliance Interpretation
Infrastructure & Pricing
Infrastructure & Pricing Interpretation
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- 97hetzner.com/cloud
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