Reverse Proxy

A reverse proxy server is a type of proxy server that typically sits behind the firewall in a private network and directs client requests to the appropriate backend server.


We have discovered 14,872,040 live websites that use Reverse Proxy.

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Reverse Proxy usage statistics

Total sites that use Reverse Proxy14,872,040 websites
Percentage of website that use category25.64%
Number of technologies in Reverse Proxy category20
Category leader Nginx
Fastest Growing Technology HAProxy
Most Popular in Country United States

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    Website Distribution by Country

    Number of websites using Reverse Proxy
    United States4,282,998 websites


    Germany1,556,296 websites
    Russia1,196,458 websites
    Japan887,874 websites
    China607,469 websites
    Hong Kong543,901 websites
    France475,038 websites
    Netherlands463,732 websites
    Canada421,636 websites
    GB367,513 websites

    Website Distribution by TLD

    Number of websites using Reverse Proxy
    .com6,028,312 websites
    .ru1,057,922 websites
    .de932,936 websites
    .cn792,097 websites
    .org526,556 websites
    .net497,216 websites
    .nl385,686 websites
    .co.uk271,651 websites
    .it266,523 websites
    .jp246,006 websites

    Top Technologies

    Leading technologies in the Reverse Proxy category (out of 20 total).
    TechnologyWebsitesMarket ShareRecent changes
    Nginx14,213,908 95.57% -181,472
    Envoy Proxy438,699 2.95% -342,738
    F5 BigIP152,088 1.02% -2,406
    ATS44,879 0.30% -1,108
    Istio32,382 0.22% -3,469
    EZproxy22,267 0.15% -118
    ALProxy10,315 less than 0.1% -12
    Squid10,027 less than 0.1% -213
    HAProxy9,612 less than 0.1% +61
    Kangle2,296 less than 0.1% -46
    eBay Proxy Server1,268 less than 0.1% -4
    WEBrick326 less than 0.1% -1
    IBM DataPower317 less than 0.1% +3
    proxy_html304 less than 0.1% -5
    Mashery119 less than 0.1% +4
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    Top technology switches

    Number of websites that recently switched technologies within category

    FromToWebsite Count
    Nginx Envoy Proxy2,258
    Nginx F5 BigIP522
    Envoy Proxy Nginx344
    F5 BigIP Nginx166
    Nginx Istio118
    ATS Nginx118

    Websites utilizing Reverse Proxy

    Top websites that use Reverse Proxy
    DomainCountryRankContacts
    wordpress.org United States4
    s.w.org United States5
    gmpg.org Canada10
    s-origin.wordpress.org United States17
    code.jquery.com United States23
    pinterest.com United States32
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