Akamai
Akamai, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesAkamai is a global content delivery network provider that serves web content, streaming media, and applications through edge infrastructure in more than 130 countries.
It operates over 4,400 edge points of presence and supports a network capacity exceeding 1 petabit per second.
According to our data, Akamai is the 4th most popular content delivery network on the web.
It has 3.5% of the CDN market share and is detected on 1.1% of all websites.
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📊 Rankings and Market Share
- CDN
- Rank: 4
- Market share: 3.5%
🏆 Akamai Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in the Cayman Islands in the CDN category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Seychelles in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Japan in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in China in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Taiwan in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Greece in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the Philippines in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Vietnam in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Slovakia in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Bulgaria in the CDN category.
⚡ Sites Using Akamai
We have data on 35,675 websites that use the Akamai CDN. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Akamai is 
microsoft.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | microsoft.com |
#3 | United States | American English |
| 2 |  apple.com |
#8 | United States | American English |
| 3 | bing.com | #14 | United States | English |
| 4 |  tiktok.com |
#18 | Cayman Islands | English |
| 5 |  vimeo.com |
#23 | United States | English |
| 6 | #29 | United States | American English | |
| 7 | #30 | United States | American English | |
| 8 | #36 | Korea | Korean | |
| 9 | #57 | United States | English | |
| 10 | #64 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 11 | ibm.com | #66 | English | |
| 12 | #73 | Korea | English | |
| 13 | #84 | Switzerland | English | |
| 14 | #85 | Singapore | English | |
| 15 | #89 | United States | American English | |
| 16 |  ebay.com |
#92 | United States | American English |
| 17 |  amazon.co.uk |
#96 | United Kingdom | British English |
| 18 | #104 | English | ||
| 19 | #110 | United States | American English | |
| 20 |  amazon.de |
#122 | Germany | British English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Akamai:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Akamai are from the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
- United States 26.7%
- Japan 6.7%
- United Kingdom 5.5%
- Germany 4.5%
- Australia 4.4%
- Canada 3.7%
- India 3.3%
- China 3.2%
- Brazil 2.9%
- Other 39.1%
Most Akamai users speak English, Spanish, or Japanese.
- English 70.8%
- Spanish 4.1%
- Japanese 4.1%
- German 2.7%
- Chinese 2.4%
- French 2.3%
- Portuguese 2.2%
- Dutch 1.7%
- Italian 1.4%
- Other 8.3%
The Akamai CDN is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 51.7%
- .org 5.7%
- .net 2.9%
- .com.au 2.1%
- .de 1.9%
- .ca 1.6%
- .co.uk 1.6%
- .com.br 1.5%
- .jp 1.5%
- Other 29.5%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Akamai include business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising.
- Business 17.1%
- Online Shopping 8.3%
- Marketing/Merchandising 8.1%
- Finance/Banking 5.9%
- Travel 5.5%
- Entertainment 5.3%
- General News 4.8%
- Motor Vehicles 3.7%
- Software/Hardware 3.6%
- Other 37.7%
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What is the company behind Akamai?
Akamai is owned by Akamai Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Which country uses Akamai the most?
The majority of Akamai users are from the United States.
Who uses Akamai?
According to our data, Akamai is used on thousands of sites, including microsoft.com, apple.com, and bing.com.
Is Akamai used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by cdc.gov. Overall, we found Akamai on 226 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Akamai?
Yes. In total, we know of 54 academic websites in the United States that use Akamai.
How does Akamai compare to its competitors?
Akamai is one of the most popular content delivery networks, second only to 
Cloudflare, 
Amazon CloudFront, and 
Fastly.
What are the alternatives to Akamai?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Akamai may include Cloudflare, Amazon CloudFront, and Fastly.
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