The web hosting market size and market share 2015

Definition

A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and

organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are

companies that provide space on a server owned or leased for use by clients, as well as

providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center. Web hosts can also provide

data center space and connectivity to the Internet for other servers located in their data

center.

Source: Wikipedia.com

The market size

Web hosting market size was for about $50B (2014) and is predicted to have a 17%

growth YoY. By the end of 2015 is predicted to reach $60B and in 2016 to reach $70B. You

can take a look at the image below to see the growth of the web hosting market.

image source: 451 Research

The market share

According to the Host Advice’s research results, Go Daddy is in the top of the list with

5.82% of market share amongst worldwide web hosting sites, beating industry giants such

as Amazon Web Services and Rackspace. Out of Host Advice’s top ten hosting sites, seven

are American companies, one is French, and two are German. Host Advice’s data also

indicates that 49.49% of the world’s websites are hosted by a US-based provider.

Facts about the web hosting industry:

Many non-US companies actually choose American hosting companies

The top ten hosting companies dominate 20.7% of the market

The web hosting market is very local in nature. For example, in France, eight out of the top ten

hosting websites are French, and similarly with Germany and German companies. In Italy,

nine out of the top ten hosting sites are Italian and in smaller markets like the Czech Republic,

ten out of the top ten hosting companies are local.

No company has a monopoly. In most countries the top global companies occupy less than

20% of the market. France is the only exception with OVH dominating 64% of the local

market

Top 5 list of web hosting providers

GODADDY 5,82%

BLUEHOST 2,57%

HOSTGATOR 2,14%

OVH.COM 1,90%

AMAZON 1,79%

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