Google Cloud CDN
Google, Mountain View, California, United StatesGoogle Cloud CDN is a content delivery network service within Google Cloud that accelerates websites and web applications through Google's globally distributed edge infrastructure.
It caches static and dynamic content at edge locations close to users, supports cache invalidation, signed URLs and cookies, 
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3, TLS termination, origin shielding, and integrates with Google Cloud services such as 
Cloud Storage, Cloud Armor, and Compute Engine.
According to our data, Google Cloud CDN is the 5th most popular content delivery network on the web.
It has 2.6% of the CDN market share and is detected on 0.8% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
💸 Pricing
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- CDN
- Rank: 5
- Market share: 2.6%
🏆 Google Cloud CDN Awards
- 🥉 Third most popular in Lithuania in the CDN category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Brazil in the CDN category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Canada in the CDN category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in France in the CDN category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Switzerland in the CDN category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Israel in the CDN category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Austria in the CDN category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Mexico in the CDN category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Turkey in the CDN category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Singapore in the CDN category.
⚡ Sites Using Google Cloud CDN
We have data on 28,862 websites that use Google Cloud CDN technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Google Cloud CDN is nature.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #86 | English | ||
| 2 |  snapchat.com |
#98 | United States | American English |
| 3 |  arxiv.org |
#155 | United States | English |
| 4 | #161 | Netherlands | English | |
| 5 | #251 | United States | English | |
| 6 | #267 | United States | English | |
| 7 | #296 | Italy | Italian | |
| 8 | #367 | United States | English | |
| 9 |  mailerlite.com |
#411 | United States | English |
| 10 | #480 | Czech Republic | French | |
| 11 | #482 | Argentina | Spanish | |
| 12 | #526 | Mexico | Spanish | |
| 13 | #565 | Czech Republic | English | |
| 14 | #600 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 15 | #615 | Italy | Italian | |
| 16 | #630 | France | French | |
| 17 | #645 | India | English | |
| 18 | #651 | English | ||
| 19 | #1,003 | United States | English | |
| 20 |  waze.com |
#1,126 | United States | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Google Cloud CDN:
- 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 Google Cloud CDN are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
- United States 27.6%
- United Kingdom 7.9%
- Japan 5.3%
- Germany 4.6%
- Brazil 4.6%
- Canada 4.4%
- France 3.9%
- Australia 3.7%
- India 2.7%
- Other 35.3%
Most Google Cloud CDN users speak English, German, or Spanish.
- English 67.4%
- German 5.1%
- Spanish 4.5%
- Portuguese 4%
- Japanese 3.9%
- French 3.8%
- Italian 1.5%
- Dutch 1.3%
- Hebrew 1%
- Other 7.5%
Google Cloud CDN technology is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 49.7%
- .org 10.5%
- .co.uk 3.1%
- .com.br 2.7%
- .de 2.4%
- .net 2.2%
- .com.au 1.7%
- .ca 1.6%
- .ch 1.2%
- Other 24.9%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Google Cloud CDN include business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference.
- Business 19%
- Marketing/Merchandising 13.1%
- Education/Reference 6.3%
- Entertainment 5.9%
- Sports 5.1%
- Online Shopping 4.6%
- Travel 3.9%
- Health 3.4%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 3.4%
- Other 35.3%
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Sucuri💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Google Cloud CDN?
Google Cloud CDN is owned by Google LLC, headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States.
Which country uses Google Cloud CDN the most?
The majority of Google Cloud CDN users are from the United States.
Who uses Google Cloud CDN?
According to our data, Google Cloud CDN is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as nature.com,
snapchat.com, and arxiv.org.
Is Google Cloud CDN used on government websites?
Overall, we found Google Cloud CDN on 22 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Google Cloud CDN?
Yes. In total, we know of 26 academic websites in the United States that use Google Cloud CDN.
How does Google Cloud CDN stack up against the competition?
Google Cloud CDN is a fairly popular CDN, ranking ahead of 33 other content delivery networks we track.
What are the alternatives to Google Cloud CDN?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Google Cloud CDN may include 
Cloudflare, 
Amazon CloudFront, and 
Fastly.
👉 See Also
Google Cloud Run🗃️ 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 3,603,958 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.