Application Request Routing
Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, United StatesApplication Request Routing is a module for Internet Information Server (IIS) that can load-balance between multiple servers in a server farm.
According to our data, Application Request Routing is the 5th most popular load balancer on the web.
It has 7.6% of the load balancer market share and is detected on 0.5% of all websites.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Load Balancers
- Rank: 5
- Market share: 7.6%
🏆 Application Request Routing Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in Slovenia in the Load Balancers category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the Netherlands in the Load Balancers category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Sweden in the Load Balancers category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Norway in the Load Balancers category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Denmark in the Load Balancers category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Ireland in the Load Balancers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in South Africa in the Load Balancers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Greece in the Load Balancers category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Load Balancers category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Australia in the Load Balancers category.
⚡ Sites Using Application Request Routing
We have data on 17,758 websites that use the Application Request Routing load balancer. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Application Request Routing is betway.co.za.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #227 | Guernsey | ||
| 2 | #1,166 | United States | English | |
| 3 | #1,589 | United States | English | |
| 4 | #2,045 | United States | English | |
| 5 | #2,056 | United States | English | |
| 6 | #2,331 | United States | English | |
| 7 | #2,538 | United States | American English | |
| 8 | #2,590 | English | ||
| 9 | #2,634 | Indonesia | English | |
| 10 | #2,637 | Uruguay | Spanish | |
| 11 | #2,815 | United States | American English | |
| 12 | #2,888 | United States | English | |
| 13 | #3,562 | English | ||
| 14 | #3,992 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 15 | #4,383 | South Africa | English | |
| 16 | #5,025 | Vietnam | Vietnamese | |
| 17 | #5,035 | United Kingdom | Turkish | |
| 18 | #5,168 | Denmark | Danish | |
| 19 | #5,257 | Botswana | ||
| 20 | #5,875 | Spain | Spanish |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Application Request Routing:
- 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 Application Request Routing are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.
- United States 29.8%
- United Kingdom 10.7%
- Netherlands 5.5%
- Australia 4.4%
- Sweden 4.2%
- Norway 3.3%
- Brazil 3.2%
- Denmark 3%
- Canada 2.7%
- Other 33.2%
Most Application Request Routing users speak English, Portuguese, or Spanish.
- English 66.7%
- Portuguese 3.2%
- Spanish 3%
- Dutch 3%
- Swedish 2.9%
- German 2.4%
- Danish 2.1%
- Norwegian 1.7%
- Chinese 1.7%
- Other 13.3%
The Application Request Routing load balancer is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 43.1%
- .org 6.1%
- .co.uk 4.4%
- .se 2.9%
- .com.au 2.7%
- .no 2.6%
- .nl 2.5%
- .net 2.4%
- .dk 2.2%
- Other 31.1%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Application Request Routing include business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference.
- Business 27%
- Marketing/Merchandising 9.5%
- Education/Reference 7.2%
- Online Shopping 5.6%
- Health 5.3%
- Finance/Banking 5.1%
- Software/Hardware 4%
- Travel 3.5%
- Internet Services 3.4%
- Other 29.4%
🔢 Application Request Routing Versions
The most common version of Application Request Routing is 3.0, used by 96% of sites where versions were detected.
- 3.0 96%
- 2.5 4%
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What is the company behind Application Request Routing?
Application Request Routing is owned by Microsoft Corporation, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States.
Which country uses Application Request Routing the most?
The majority of Application Request Routing users are from the United States.
Who uses Application Request Routing?
According to our data, Application Request Routing is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as betway.co.za,
powerbi.com, and
ct.gov.
Is Application Request Routing used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by ct.gov. In total, we found Application Request Routing on 70 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Application Request Routing?
Yes. The most notable of these is uchicago.edu. Overall, we know of 63 academic websites in the United States that use Application Request Routing.
How does Application Request Routing stack up against the competition?
Application Request Routing is a moderately popular load balancer, ranking ahead of 14 other load balancers we track.
What are the alternatives to Application Request Routing?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Application Request Routing may include 
Azure Application Gateway, Azure Front Door, and 
Google Cloud Load Balancing.
👉 See Also
- ✨ Related technologies
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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 3,604,716 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.