Amazon CloudFront
Amazon, Seattle, Washington, United StatesAmazon CloudFront is a highly scalable content delivery network service operated by Amazon Web Services.
It uses over 700 points of presence and 13 regional edge caches, integrates with services like S3, EC2, and Lambda@Edge, offers built-in DDoS protection via AWS Shield, and provides detailed real-time metrics through CloudWatch.
According to our data, Amazon CloudFront is the second most popular content delivery network on the web.
It has 15.9% of the CDN market share and is detected on 4.9% of all websites.
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Amazon CloudFront is available in both free and paid versions.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- CDN
- Rank: 2
- Market share: 15.9%
🏆 Amazon CloudFront Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the CDN category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the CDN category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the CDN category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Brazil in the CDN category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the CDN category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Australia in the CDN category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in France in the CDN category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Canada in the CDN category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in India in the CDN category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the Netherlands in the CDN category.
⚡ Sites Using Amazon CloudFront
We have data on 164,173 websites that use the Amazon CloudFront CDN. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Amazon CloudFront is 
x.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x.com |
#12 | English | |
| 2 | #16 | United States | American English | |
| 3 |  vimeo.com |
#23 | United States | English |
| 4 |  flickr.com |
#32 | English | |
| 5 |  soundcloud.com |
#40 | Germany | English |
| 6 | #44 | Australia | English | |
| 7 |  discord.com |
#46 | United States | English |
| 8 | #61 | United States | American English | |
| 9 | #67 | United States | English | |
| 10 | #77 | English | ||
| 11 |  tumblr.com |
#78 | United States | American English |
| 12 | #104 | English | ||
| 13 | #116 | English | ||
| 14 |  uber.com |
#117 | United States | English |
| 15 | #125 | English | ||
| 16 |  classlink.com |
#127 | United States | English |
| 17 | #134 | United States | English | |
| 18 | #135 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 19 | #136 | United States | American English | |
| 20 | #141 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Amazon CloudFront:
- 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 Amazon CloudFront are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
- United States 26%
- United Kingdom 7.8%
- Japan 7.6%
- Brazil 6.5%
- Germany 4.9%
- Australia 4.6%
- France 3.5%
- Canada 3%
- India 2.8%
- Other 33.3%
Most Amazon CloudFront users speak English, Japanese, or Portuguese.
- English 68.6%
- Japanese 5.2%
- Portuguese 4.8%
- Spanish 3.7%
- German 3.4%
- French 2.5%
- Dutch 1.5%
- Italian 1.4%
- Korean 0.9%
- Other 8%
The Amazon CloudFront CDN is especially popular on .com top-level domains.
- .com 52.4%
- .org 4.4%
- .co.uk 2.5%
- .com.au 2.3%
- .de 2.1%
- .jp 2%
- .net 1.9%
- .ca 1.2%
- .nl 1.1%
- Other 30.1%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Amazon CloudFront include business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising.
- Business 17.4%
- Online Shopping 14.3%
- Marketing/Merchandising 9.9%
- Internet Services 4.6%
- Education/Reference 4.4%
- Sports 4.3%
- Fashion/Beauty 4.1%
- Entertainment 4%
- General News 3.4%
- Other 33.6%
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What is the company behind Amazon CloudFront?
Amazon CloudFront is owned by Amazon.com, Inc., headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Does Amazon CloudFront offer a free plan?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
Which country uses Amazon CloudFront the most?
The majority of Amazon CloudFront users are from the United States.
Who uses Amazon CloudFront?
Is Amazon CloudFront used on government websites?
Overall, we found Amazon CloudFront on 309 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Amazon CloudFront?
Yes, quite a few! Overall, we know of 352 academic websites in the United States that use Amazon CloudFront.
How does Amazon CloudFront compare to its competitors?
Amazon CloudFront is one of the most popular content delivery networks, second only to 
Cloudflare.
What are the alternatives to Amazon CloudFront?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Amazon CloudFront may include Cloudflare, 
Fastly, and 
Akamai.
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