B
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30%
30% -- share of websites on vps or dedicated hosting for global websites (2026)
Roughly 30% of global websites are hosted on VPS or dedicated hosting.
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Value
30%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Netcraft
Primary
Tier C
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Netcraft
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global websites: 30% share of websites on vps or dedicated hosting. Source: Netcraft (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/websites-vps-dedicated-share
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/websites-vps-dedicated-share" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>30%</strong> -- share of websites on vps or dedicated hosting for global websites<br><small>Source: Netcraft (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/websites-vps-dedicated-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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