Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in May 2020
2nd June, 2020
| Rank | Performance Graph | OS | Outage hh:mm:ss |
Failed Req% |
DNS | Connect | First byte |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EveryCity | SmartOS | 0:00:00 | 0.000 | 0.208 | 0.083 | 0.165 | 0.165 |
| 2 | www.flexential.com | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.000 | 0.237 | 0.090 | 0.179 | 0.179 |
| 3 | Webair | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.005 | 0.281 | 0.073 | 0.147 | 0.147 |
| 4 | ServerStack | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.005 | 0.201 | 0.086 | 0.171 | 0.171 |
| 5 | www.choopa.com | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.010 | 0.203 | 0.004 | 0.021 | 0.021 |
| 6 | Hyve Managed Hosting | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.010 | 0.139 | 0.074 | 0.148 | 0.148 |
| 7 | CWCS Managed Hosting | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.010 | 0.280 | 0.080 | 0.163 | 0.163 |
| 8 | GoDaddy.com Inc | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.014 | 0.371 | 0.006 | 0.033 | 0.035 |
| 9 | Rackspace | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.014 | 0.430 | 0.013 | 0.027 | 0.028 |
| 10 | Pair Networks | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.014 | 0.320 | 0.101 | 0.201 | 0.201 |
In May 2020 EveryCity had the most reliable hosting company site, responding to all of Netcraft's requests with an average connection time of 83ms. For the past nine months EveryCity has appeared in the top 10 most reliable hosting company sites. EveryCity offers cloud hosting solutions and managed third-party services, with its primary data centre located in the heart of London.
May 2020 Web Server Survey
26th May, 2020
In the May 2020 survey we received responses from 1,238,024,212 sites across 261,192,350 unique domains and 9,892,834 web-facing computers. This reflects a gain of 224,000 computers and 1.10 million domains, but a loss of 8.10 million sites.
nginx lost the greatest number of sites, with 14.2 million fewer than in April, but conversely had by far the greatest increases in unique domain names (+1.50 million, +2.02%), and web-facing computers (+137,000, +4.43%) this month. OpenResty, which is based on nginx, also saw a large 237,000 domain count increase to reach 7.15 million – the second largest increase in domains for any vendor this month.
Apache had losses in most metrics, dropping 244,000 domains. It did, however, come away with 6.88 million more sites and 45,000 more computers this month than last. Apache still leads in the active sites, computers, and top one million sites metrics.
Microsoft lost out on all metrics this month, dropping by 5.08 million sites and 175,000 unique domains. Both Apache and Microsoft have been on slow long-term downward trends in most metrics. Although they have both increased their count of web-facing computers over time, nginx has seen much stronger growth in comparison. Despite running on a 17.9% share of domain names and 16.4% share of computers, Microsoft holds a much smaller 4.72% share of active sites.
LiteSpeed currently serves 4.20 million domains, giving it a 1.61% market share. It has a slightly higher 1.88% share amongst the top one million sites. LiteSpeed has seen consistent growth, and has had a 23.3% domain count growth over the last 12 months.
Vendor News
Nginx released a new stable version of the nginx web server. nginx version 1.18.0 incorporates additional features which have been introduced in the mainline 1.17.x nginx versions over time. Nginx also released version 1.17.0 of the Nginx Unit application server.
LiteSpeed released new 1.6.13 and 1.7.1 versions of their OpenLiteSpeed web server, introducing bug fixes, security features, updates from their LSQUIC library, CentOS 8 support, and more.
| Developer | April 2020 | Percent | May 2020 | Percent | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nginx | 459,886,788 | 36.91% | 445,724,550 | 36.00% | -0.90 |
| Apache | 308,143,708 | 24.73% | 315,019,262 | 25.45% | 0.72 |
| Microsoft | 160,121,865 | 12.85% | 155,042,311 | 12.52% | -0.33 |
| 42,648,748 | 3.42% | 44,304,867 | 3.58% | 0.16 |
Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in April 2020
1st May, 2020
| Rank | Performance Graph | OS | Outage hh:mm:ss |
Failed Req% |
DNS | Connect | First byte |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GoDaddy.com Inc | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.000 | 0.378 | 0.008 | 0.033 | 0.035 |
| 2 | New York Internet (NYI) | FreeBSD | 0:00:00 | 0.000 | 0.519 | 0.054 | 0.109 | 0.109 |
| 3 | Webair | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.000 | 0.286 | 0.071 | 0.142 | 0.143 |
| 4 | Swishmail | FreeBSD | 0:00:00 | 0.000 | 0.207 | 0.083 | 0.165 | 0.165 |
| 5 | Pair Networks | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.000 | 0.322 | 0.098 | 0.195 | 0.195 |
| 6 | Hyve Managed Hosting | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.005 | 0.144 | 0.077 | 0.154 | 0.154 |
| 7 | EveryCity | SmartOS | 0:00:00 | 0.005 | 0.208 | 0.079 | 0.157 | 0.157 |
| 8 | CWCS Managed Hosting | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.005 | 0.286 | 0.080 | 0.162 | 0.162 |
| 9 | ServerStack | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.005 | 0.234 | 0.084 | 0.167 | 0.168 |
| 10 | krystal.uk | Linux | 0:00:00 | 0.005 | 0.314 | 0.095 | 0.189 | 0.189 |
GoDaddy had the most reliable hosting company site in April 2020. This is the second consecutive month that GoDaddy has had the most reliable hosting company site and GoDaddy has not appeared outside the top two so far in 2020. GoDaddy provides tools that help businesses create a web presence and has provided ideas for small businesses to cope through the COVID-19 pandemic.
All of the monitored hosting providers are continuing to provide their services despite the challenges introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The next four hosting company sites in the top 10 also responded to all of Netcraft's requests in April: New York Internet, Webair, Swishmail, and Pair Networks. The top five hosting company sites were separated by average connection time.
New York Internet has published a COVID-19 Preparedness Plan to demonstrate how it is helping provide services to its customers throughout these uncertain times. In New York, Webair has donated meals and personal protective equipment to frontline workers.
Netcraft wins 2020 Queen's Award for Enterprise
21st April, 2020
Netcraft has today received a Double Queen’s Award for Enterprise.
A Queen’s Award is the highest UK Government award for a British business. It is awarded on the Queen’s Birthday each year, and, in different times, it would include an invitation to a mass gathering at Buckingham Palace. The criteria set by our Government searches for considerable progress sustained over a six year period. This year, 128 companies received a Queen’s Award for International Trade and 66 companies a Queen’s Award for Innovation.
Netcraft is one of three companies to receive a Queen’s Award in both categories. The full list of winners is listed in the Queen’s Awards Press Book.
Governments Introduce Coronavirus-specific Cybercrime Legislation
13th April, 2020
Governments and organisations globally have been making announcements that just a few weeks prior would have been unprecedented. As more of our lives are moving online in an attempt to adapt to changes brought about by the Coronavirus pandemic, many are trying out services they were previously unfamiliar with, such as video conferencing or online grocery shopping. While others are finding themselves with more time to pursue online hobbies such as gaming.
The combined effect of information overload and a mass of people using unfamiliar software and services has created an environment ripe for exploitation by cybercriminals.
Netcraft has tracked Coronavirus-themed cybercrime since 16th March, shortly after it was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation. While Netcraft continues to see high volumes of Coronavirus-inspired fake shops, advance fee fraud, phishing and malware lures, this post covers some of the trends Netcraft has observed since our previous posts on the topic.
Recently observed Coronavirus-themed threats
Fake Government information sites and mobile malware
Many governments have set up dedicated websites offering advice and services to support their citizens through the pandemic. Cybercriminals are taking advantage of this by providing copy-cat sites with a malicious twist.
In one recent campaign, the cybercriminals deployed a site that poses as the UK Government and offers “credit card refunds” for “COVID-19 support”. The fraudulent site uses UK Government branding and collects the victim’s personal information – including their credit card number, date of birth and telephone number.
Netcraft Adds Coronavirus-related Cybercrime Protection to its Apps and Browser Extensions
10th April, 2020
Netcraft has added protection from Coronavirus-related cybercrime to its mobile apps for Android and iOS, and to its browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Microsoft Edge. Websites containing these attacks will be blocked for those who have the app or extension installed. The iOS app — currently available in the UK and Canada — blocks Coronavirus-themed attacks impersonating Canadian and UK businesses as well as providing global coverage of fake shops purporting to sell Coronavirus-related goods.
Any Coronavirus-related cybercrime can easily be reported through the extension or app, by emailing scam@netcraft.com, or at report.netcraft.com, protecting other users from these attacks.
The Netcraft Browser Extension now blocks Coronavirus-related cybercrime
Since 16 March Netcraft has been monitoring and disrupting Coronavirus-themed cybercrime, which accounts for five percent of the attacks we perform countermeasures against and is becoming more prevalent on the internet.
The Netcraft App can be downloaded from any of the major three major app stores:
The Netcraft Extension can be downloaded for any of the four major browsers:
