Google Cloud Storage
Google, Mountain View, California, United StatesGoogle Cloud Storage is a managed object storage service for storing and accessing unstructured data on Google's infrastructure.
It provides multiple storage classes and lifecycle management, encryption and IAM controls, strong global consistency, Turbo Replication offering a 15-minute recovery point objective (RPO), and the Cloud Storage FUSE tool for mounting buckets as local filesystems.
According to our data, Google Cloud Storage is the second most popular cloud storage service on the web.
It has 15.9% of the cloud storage market share and is detected on 0.7% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- 🔗 Links
- 👨👩👦👦 Community
cloud.google.com/storage
Wikipedia💸 Pricing
Google Cloud Storage is available in both free and paid versions.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Cloud Storages
- Rank: 2
- Market share: 15.9%
🏆 Google Cloud Storage Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Cloud Storages category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Japan in the Cloud Storages category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Cloud Storages category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Cloud Storages category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Brazil in the Cloud Storages category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the Netherlands in the Cloud Storages category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in India in the Cloud Storages category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in France in the Cloud Storages category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Australia in the Cloud Storages category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Canada in the Cloud Storages category.
⚡ Sites Using Google Cloud Storage
We have data on 26,347 websites that use the Google Cloud Storage service. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Google Cloud Storage is 
x.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x.com |
#12 | United States | English |
| 2 | blog.google |
#54 | United States | American English |
| 3 |  steampowered.com |
#57 | United States | English |
| 4 | #88 | English | ||
| 5 |  snapchat.com |
#98 | United States | American English |
| 6 |  tripadvisor.com |
#156 | United States | English |
| 7 | drive.google.com |
United States | English | |
| 8 |  notion.com |
#186 | United States | American English |
| 9 | support.google.com |
United States | English | |
| 10 | #231 | United Kingdom | American English | |
| 11 | #244 | France | English | |
| 12 | #292 | English | ||
| 13 | #296 | Italy | Italian | |
| 14 |  trendyol.com |
#301 | Turkey | Turkish |
| 15 | #330 | Italy | Italian | |
| 16 | #336 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 17 |  airbnb.com |
#340 | United States | English |
| 18 |  mailerlite.com |
#411 | United States | English |
| 19 | #434 | India | English | |
| 20 | #438 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Google Cloud Storage:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Online Shopping category.
Most of the sites using Google Cloud Storage are from the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
- United States 30.5%
- Japan 8.6%
- United Kingdom 7.7%
- Germany 4.6%
- Brazil 3.9%
- Netherlands 3.4%
- India 3%
- France 3%
- Australia 2.9%
- Other 32.4%
Most Google Cloud Storage users speak English, Japanese, or Spanish.
- English 64.3%
- Japanese 6.6%
- Spanish 4.5%
- German 4%
- Portuguese 3.3%
- French 2.8%
- Dutch 2.4%
- Italian 1.4%
- Polish 0.8%
- Other 9.9%
The Google Cloud Storage service is especially popular on .com top-level domains.
- .com 50.3%
- .org 4.6%
- .co.uk 3.2%
- .de 2.6%
- .com.br 2.5%
- .net 2.2%
- .jp 2.1%
- .nl 1.9%
- .com.au 1.6%
- Other 29%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Google Cloud Storage include online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising.
- Online Shopping 19.6%
- Business 15.3%
- Marketing/Merchandising 11.9%
- Fashion/Beauty 5.2%
- Internet Services 3.9%
- Health 3.9%
- Travel 3.8%
- Education/Reference 3.4%
- Sports 3.1%
- Other 29.9%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Google Cloud Storage?
Google Cloud Storage is owned by Google LLC, headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States.
Can I use Google Cloud Storage for free?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
Which country uses Google Cloud Storage the most?
The majority of Google Cloud Storage users are from the United States.
Who uses Google Cloud Storage?
According to our data, Google Cloud Storage is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as x.com, blog.google, and steampowered.com.
Is Google Cloud Storage used on government websites?
Overall, we found Google Cloud Storage on 28 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Google Cloud Storage?
Yes. In total, we know of 42 academic websites in the United States that use Google Cloud Storage.
How does Google Cloud Storage compare to its competitors?
Google Cloud Storage is one of the most popular cloud storage services, second only to 
Amazon S3.
What are the alternatives to Google Cloud Storage?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Google Cloud Storage may include Amazon S3, 
DigitalOcean Spaces, and 
Cloud Storage for Firebase.
👉 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 3,823,966 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.