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 22,604,653 live websites that use Reverse Proxy.

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Reverse Proxy usage statistics

Total sites that use Reverse Proxy22,604,653 websites
Percentage of website that use category27.57%
Number of technologies in Reverse Proxy category18
Category leader Nginx
Fastest Growing Technology Envoy
Most Popular in Country United States



Top Technologies

Top 6 technologies in Reverse Proxy category (out of 18 total).
TechnologyWebsitesMarket ShareRecent changes
Nginx22,068,192 97.63% -146,864
Envoy194,749 0.86% +38,724
F5 BigIP176,528 0.78% -3,583
Vegur80,424 0.36% -9,080
ATS31,629 0.14% -877
EZproxy26,408 0.12% -131
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Top technology switches

Number of websites that switched technologies within category in the past 3 months

FromToWebsite Count
Vegur Envoy1,817
Nginx Envoy553
Nginx Istio280
F5 BigIP Nginx235
Nginx F5 BigIP175
Envoy Nginx155

Reverse Proxy usage distribution by website rank

The correlation between utilization of Reverse Proxy technologies and the relative popularity of websites

Geographical Distribution

Category usage distribution by websites across the globe.



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
www.pinterest.com United States32
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