Compare web hosting reviews market in 2018
We decided to compile a list of our competitors (some of them were live even in 2004 when we started). As a conclusion, we are #4 worldwide based on Alexa Rating.
So, here are some facts, based on SEO tools Alexa and SemRush.
| Website | Alexa Rank (lower is better) | SemRush Rank (lower is better) | Listed providers |
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| whtop.com (est. 2004) | 98,363 | 234K Traffic 5.1K | Around 25,000 |
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| hostingadvice.com (est. 2004) | 24,596 | 14.6k Traffic 153k | Around 60 |
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| whoishostingthis.com (est. 2007) – redirected to digital.com/who-is-hosting-this/ | 39,794 | 27.3K Traffic 73.5k | Around 420 |
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| hostadvice.com (est. 2009) | 41,214 | 60.5K Traffic 28.1k | Around 4,100 |
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| webhostingsecretrevealed.net (est. 2008) | 99,483 | 57.5K Traffic 30.0K | Around 60 |
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| hostingfacts.com (est. 2011) – redirected to websitesetup.org/top-web-hosting-services/ | 116,531 | 39.8K Traffic 46.9K | Around 30 |
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| webhostinghero.com (est. 2008), down as 2024 | 142,653 | 243K Traffic 4.9K | Around 53 |
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| webhostinggeeks.com (est. 2005) | 147,779 | 103K Traffic 14.7K | Around 24,000 |
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| digital.com (re-est. 2017, down in March 2024) | 159,672 | 97k Traffic 15.7k | Around 100 |
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| bitcatcha.com (est. 2014) | 160,548 | 313k Traffic 3.5k | Around 38 |
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| hostingchecker.com (est. 2003) | 234,370 | 493K Traffic 1.9K | Around 1,556 |
| hostsearch.com (est. 1997) | 278,148 | 103K Traffic 14.7K | Around 2,030 |
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| hostingmanual.net (est. 2013) | 290,816 | 197k Traffic 6.4k | |
| websitehostingrating.com (est. 2016) – redirected to websiterating.com | 400,568 | 453k Traffic 2.1k | |
| tbwhs.com (est. 2012) | 495,038 | 445k Traffic 2.2k | |
| hosting.review (est. 2017, closed from 2023) | 601,950 | 441k Traffic 2.2k | |
Other competitors with good Alexa rank, bad very bad Semrush rank!
| Website | Alexa Rank (lower is better) | SemRush Rank (lower is better) |
|---|---|---|
| top10bestwebsitehosting.com (est. 2010) | 67,466 | 5.0M Traffic 40 |
| webhostingbest10.com (est. 2015) | 185,244 | 8.1M Traffic 10 |
| editorsreview.org (est. 2012) | 168,967 | 3.7M Traffic 75 |
| hosting-review.com (est. 2003) | 493,484 | 2.2M Traffic 194 |
| reviewplan.com (est. 2016) | 2,102,816 | 2.0M Traffic 235 |
Other competitors which are now having very low rank and traffic
| Website | Alexa Rank (lower is better) |
|---|---|
| top11hosting.com (est. 2009) | 544,731 |
| hostingreviewbox.com (est. 2015) | 550,621 |
| thewebhostingdir.com (est. 2004) | 676,643 |
| hostucan.com (est. 2011) | 881,107 |
| reviewhell.com (est. 2013) | 888,315 |
| webhostingsearch.com (est. 1999) | 1,246,375 |
| webhostingsearch.com (est. 1999) | 1,246,375 |
| hostreview.com (est. 1998) | 1,312,550 |
| hostjury.com(est. 2005) | 1,333,437 |
| 10-cheapwebhosting.com (est. 2002) | 1,416,539 |
| sitegeek.com (est. 2002) | 1,463,098 |
| webhostingstuff.com (est. 2003) | 1,552,615 |
| ananova.com (est. 2012) | 1,576,776 |
| top10-websitehosting.co.uk (est. 2014) | 1,801,949 |
| whdb.com (est. 2002) | 1,975,858 |
| hosting-reviews-exposed.com(est. 2007) | 2,624,520 |
| webhostingreviews.com (est. 2000) | 3,283,334 |
| findmyhost.com (est. 2000) | 4,635,207 |
| webhostdir.com (est. 1997) | 4,798,987 |
| tophosts.com (est. 1997) | 5,375,053 |
| top10webhosting.com (est. 2002) | 5,434,581 |
| alreadyhosts.com (est. 2008 with alreadyhosting.com) | 5,627,317 |
| webhostranking.com (est. 2003) | 6,227,266 |
| top-10-web-hosting.com (est. 2004) | 7,232,954 |
| whreviews.com (est. 2003) | 7,563,555 |
| hostaz.com (est. 2002) | 12,717,011 |
| ratemyhost.com (est. 2002) | 17,871,329 |
| webhostingmasters.com (est. 2006) | 18,260,209 |
| upperhost.com (est. 2000) | 19,325,469 |
| askwebhosting.com (est. 2002) | 0 |
| webhostingratings.com (est. 2001) | 0 |
| castironhosting.com(est. 2008) | 0 |
| hostingrating.com (est. 2004) | 0 (closed) |
| hostingratings.com (est. 2005) | 0 (closed) |
NOTE:
digital.com and whoishostingthis.com are having the same management.
webhostingsecretrevealed.net ( webhostingsecretrevealed.com ) and bitcatcha.com are also having the same owner.
Based on Alexa Ratings we are #4 most important website for web hosting reviews & ratings worldwide
Looking to the current values and considering the trend, whtop.com is one of the best website resource for web hosting reviews. We are still looking for editors if you are interested.
If we miss any other web hosting reviews website (or web hosting directory) with high quality info, feel free to write a comment about it and we will add to the list.