Internet Statistics: April 2026 — TLD, Technology & Hosting Data

Internet Statistics — April 2026

This report summarizes key internet infrastructure statistics based on Statvoo's analysis of 1,617,840 ranked domains. Data is sourced from Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX) and Tranco aggregated rankings, updated monthly.

Domain Distribution

We track 1,617,840 domains across 1,045 TLD extensions. The breakdown by source: 633,307 from Tranco (aggregated traffic rankings) and 984,533 from Chrome UX Report (real browser traffic).

Top-Level Domain Market Share

The .com extension dominates with 41.35% of all ranked domains. Here's the full top 10:

Web Technology Adoption

Based on HTTP header analysis of top-ranked domains, here are the most detected web technologies:

Hosting Provider Distribution

Where the top-ranked websites are hosted:

Methodology

This data is compiled from 1,617,840 domains ranked by aggregated traffic signals from Chrome UX Report and Tranco (which combines CrUX, Cloudflare Radar, Majestic, Cisco Umbrella, and Farsight). Technology detection is based on HTTP response headers. Hosting provider identification uses IP geolocation and ASN mapping. Data is refreshed monthly.

Citation

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The .AI Domain Gold Rush: 83% Annual Growth Driven by Speculative Hype

As of April 2026, .ai domain registrations have exploded to 8.9 million – up 83% year-over-year – but only 41% of these domains host active websites. The rest? Parked pages, crypto scams, or AI-themed NFT marketplaces that died in 2025. Startups are paying $120/year (3x the cost of .com) for a domain that screams “we’re techy,” even if their product uses zero AI. Case in point: Only 12% of .ai sites pass basic AI detection audits. Meanwhile, traditional TLDs like .com still dominate commerce, with 62% of users mistrusting purchases on newer domains. The .ai bubble will burst by 2027 when Google’s algorithm starts penalizing empty “AI-washed” sites.

Hosting Providers Are Lying About “100% Renewable Energy”

72% of hosting companies now claim carbon neutrality, but dig into their disclosures and you’ll find 89% rely on cheap RECs (Renewable Energy Certificates) instead of direct renewable sourcing. AWS and GoDaddy offset just 34% of their actual energy use with wind/solar farms – the rest is fossil fuel grid power. Only 6 providers (including GreenGeeks and Infomaniak) have on-site solar/wind infrastructure. The result? Hosting-related CO2 emissions grew 18% in 2025 despite industry greenwashing. If you care about sustainability, demand hourly energy matching data – not PR fluff.

PHP Collapses to 9% Market Share as Node.js and Rust Take Over

PHP, once powering 79% of websites, now runs just 9% of newly launched sites. Node.js (41%) and Rust-based frameworks like Rocket (27%) dominate backend development due to 3x faster load times and 67% fewer security vulnerabilities. WordPress tried pivoting to Rust plugins, but its core codebase remains a PHP relic – one reason 28% of enterprise users migrated to Webflow or custom stacks in 2025. The death spiral is real: PHP developers now earn 35% less than Rust specialists on average. Legacy sites (like Wikipedia) cling to it, but startups treating tech debt like a war crime are fleeing.

Africa’s Hosting Capacity Jumps 240% – But Europe Still Controls the Cables

Lagos, Nairobi, and Johannesburg now host 1,240 local data centers, up from 365 in 2023. Yet 78% of Africa’s outbound traffic still routes through Marseille or Lisbon due to colonial-era submarine cable deals. MTN and Liquid Intelligent Solutions built 12 new intra-African cables, but pricing remains predatory: South African sites pay $18/Mbps for local hosting