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Nginx

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Nginx is a versatile web server that also functions as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy, and HTTP cache. Known for its high performance and low resource usage, it's widely used in web infrastructure.

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359websites

use it — 14.1% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months

#2of 23

tools in its category seen in our scans (we recognize 104)

120public pages

on UptimeCard — open any of them to see how that site is doing

15.27% of all websites we track run Nginx

At a glance

UptimeCard's own scans and tests of 2,555 websites · refreshed weekly

How Nginx sites scoreout of 100 · hover or tap a score for details

49PerformancePooraverage site: 5089AccessibilityGoodaverage site: 8992Best practicesGoodaverage site: 9392SEOGoodaverage site: 92

Page load time

Loads about as fast as the average site

Nginx sites
4.5 s
All sites
4.3 s

Most Nginx sites load in 3.2–6.6 s. Home page weight: 3.0 MB vs 3.3 MB for all sites. 113 public sites measured.

Where are they hosted?

Mostly Amazon Web Services and Fastly

  • Amazon Web Services27%
  • Fastly20%
  • Google Cloud13%
  • Automattic6%
  • Other34%
United States 70%Canada 7%Germany 4%

Who uses it?

Educational Resources sites use Nginx 2.0× more than average

Technology and Software56%
Business Services13%
Educational Resources2.0× avg10%
Other3%

Share of 120 classified public sites. “× average” compares with all 961 public sites.

Browser-security check

35% of graded sites pass

11of 31 score B or better

Rates each site’s own security settings, not Nginx. 31 public sites graded so far.

How Nginx sites are built

Closest partners. The number says how many times more often the tool runs on Nginx sites than on an average website. Hover a partner for its share of sites.

MariaDB7×Pantheon7×Fastly6×Varnish3×Yoast SEO2×MySQL2×WordPress2×

Stacks we see most. Tools that tend to run together with Nginx on the same websites. The percentage is the share of all 359 Nginx sites that run the whole stack.

4 stacks · swipe, drag or use the arrows
#1

Nginx + WordPress + Yoast SEO + Varnish + Fastly

6.7%24 of 359 sites
#2

Nginx + WordPress + Max Mega Menu

3.3%12 of 359 sites
#3

Nginx + WordPress + CookieYes

3.1%11 of 359 sites
#4

Nginx + WordPress + AWS Certificate Manager

2.8%10 of 359 sites

Usually installed alongside

The bigger the bubble, the more of the 359 Nginx sites also run the tool. Colour shows what the tool does. Hover or tap a bubble for details.

Google Tag Manager69%Google Analytics64%Facebook Pixel20%Linkedin Insight Tag18%Yoast SEO22%Varnish19%OneTrust15%Microsoft Advertising13%DoubleClick Floodlight11%
Tag managerAnalyticsSearch visibilitySpeed and cachingCookie consentAdvertising

Similar tools in its category

Reverse proxies: 104 tools known, 23 seen in our scans

Next.js375 sitesAlternativeApache HTTP Server150 sitesAlternativeEnvoy97 sitesAlternativeNuxt.js47 sitesAlternativeLiteSpeed37 sitesAlternativeExpress36 sitesAlternativeNext.js App Router31 sitesAlternativeIIS19 sitesAlternativeOpenResty22 sitesUsed together

How websites combine Nginx with other tools

Relationships found on the websites that use it, from the same map status pages show.

Built on a platform 66Integrates with another 30Complements another tool 24Needs another tool 22

Questions about Nginx

How many websites use Nginx?
We found Nginx on 359 of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months (14.1%). 120 of them have a public status page.
What is Nginx often used with?
Among the websites we scan, Nginx is often found alongside PHP (54.9% of its sites), MySQL (39.8% of its sites), WordPress (38.7% of its sites).
What are the alternatives to Nginx?
Other reverse proxies tools we recognize include Next.js, Apache HTTP Server, Envoy, Nuxt.js.

Is your website built with Nginx?

UptimeCard checks it around the clock, tells you the minute it stops answering, and gives your visitors a status page.

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