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 3.4% of the CDN market share and is detected on 1.2% of all websites.
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📊 Rankings and Market Share
- CDN
- Rank: 4
- Market share: 3.4%
🏆 Akamai Awards
- 🥉 Third most popular in Taiwan in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the Philippines in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Greece in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Vietnam in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Uruguay in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Slovakia in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Bulgaria in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Ecuador in the CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Croatia in the CDN category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Japan in the CDN category.
⚡ Sites Using Akamai
We have data on 44,290 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 |  pinterest.com |
#15 | United States | English |
| 5 |  tiktok.com |
#18 | China | English |
| 6 |  adobe.com |
#28 | United States | English |
| 7 | #29 | United States | American English | |
| 8 | #30 | United States | American English | |
| 9 |  naver.com |
#36 | Korea | Korean |
| 10 |  steampowered.com |
#57 | United States | English |
| 11 |  rakuten.co.jp |
#64 | Japan | Japanese |
| 12 |  ibm.com |
#66 | United States | English |
| 13 |  samsung.com |
#73 | United States | English |
| 14 | #80 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 15 | #85 | China | English | |
| 16 | #89 | United States | American English | |
| 17 |  ebay.com |
#92 | United States | American English |
| 18 | #104 | English | ||
| 19 |  godaddy.com |
#106 | United States | American English |
| 20 | #110 | United States | American 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 28.2%
- Japan 7.4%
- United Kingdom 5.2%
- Germany 4.7%
- Australia 3.9%
- Canada 3.5%
- India 2.9%
- Brazil 2.8%
- Netherlands 2.8%
- Other 38.6%
Most Akamai users speak English, Japanese, or Spanish.
- English 71.4%
- Japanese 4.6%
- Spanish 4%
- German 2.7%
- French 2.3%
- Portuguese 2.2%
- Chinese 1.8%
- Dutch 1.8%
- Italian 1.3%
- Other 7.9%
The Akamai CDN is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 49.7%
- .org 5.6%
- .net 3.1%
- .de 1.9%
- .co.uk 1.7%
- .com.au 1.7%
- .ca 1.7%
- .jp 1.6%
- .com.br 1.5%
- Other 31.5%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Akamai include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.
- Business 17.1%
- Marketing/Merchandising 8.1%
- Online Shopping 7.9%
- Finance/Banking 6%
- Travel 5.6%
- Entertainment 5.5%
- General News 4.4%
- Motor Vehicles 3.7%
- Fashion/Beauty 3.6%
- Other 38.1%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
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 312 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Akamai?
Yes. In total, we know of 65 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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🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,814,833 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.