Who is Cloudflare?
Cloudflare is an American network and security company founded in 2009 by Matthew Prince, Michelle Zatlyn and Lee Holloway and based in San Francisco. It runs DNS, content delivery and security services for websites, and it is also an ICANN-accredited registrar. Cloudflare has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NET) since September 2019.
- What it is
- DNS provider, Domain registrar
- Operated by
- Cloudflare, Inc.
- Based in
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Founded
- 2009, public launch in September 2010
- Listed
- New York Stock Exchange (NET), since September 2019
- ICANN accreditation
- Yes, IANA ID 1910
- Website
- cloudflare.com
Why do so many domains use Cloudflare?
Its DNS comes with the free plan, and putting a site behind its network for speed and attack protection requires pointing the domain’s nameservers to Cloudflare. Analytics counts every such name under Cloudflare, whoever the domain is registered with.
Is Cloudflare a domain registrar?
Yes. Cloudflare, Inc. is ICANN-accredited under IANA ID 1910, though most domains on its nameservers are registered elsewhere.
Cloudflare in axath Analytics
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Last reviewed October 9, 2026.