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 17,378,329 live websites that use Reverse Proxy.

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Reverse Proxy usage statistics

Total sites that use Reverse Proxy17,378,329 websites
Percentage of website that use category27.61%
Number of technologies in Reverse Proxy category19
Category leader Nginx
Fastest Growing Technology Envoy
Most Popular in Country United States


Reverse Proxy usage by Country

United States5,875,012 websites


Germany1,649,233 websites
Russia1,310,738 websites
Japan961,546 websites
France762,535 websites
Hong Kong642,917 websites
Israel623,271 websites
China569,543 websites
Netherlands508,339 websites
Canada499,481 websites

Reverse Proxy usage by TLD

.com7,433,228 websites
.ru1,155,350 websites
.de1,099,829 websites
.org632,634 websites
.net614,142 websites
.cn561,477 websites
.nl457,205 websites
.co.uk372,714 websites
.it294,228 websites
.fr268,384 websites

Top Technologies

Top 6 technologies in Reverse Proxy category (out of 19 total).
TechnologyWebsitesMarket ShareRecent changes
Nginx16,208,047 93.27% +95,108
Envoy905,211 5.21% +739,316
F5 BigIP144,099 0.83% -5,020
Vegur66,710 0.38% -1,947
Istio33,017 0.19% +799
ATS28,414 0.16% -36
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Top technology switches

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

FromToWebsite Count
F5 BigIP Nginx1,921
Nginx Envoy401
Envoy Nginx251
Nginx F5 BigIP125
F5 BigIP Envoy96
Nginx Istio84

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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