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CipherCue finds Cloudflare on 89.6% of CDN-using companies in its European sample
CipherCue detected Cloudflare at 39,547 of 44,143 companies with identifiable CDN infrastructure in its tracked dataset across eight European countries. Its analysis argues that dependence on one provider creates exposure to simultaneous outages, citing Cloudflare postmortems involving internal changes. The finding illustrates concentration within this particular cohort, rather than European market share: the dataset favors small and midsized businesses, excludes sites without recognized CDN signals and is not representative of all companies.
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What matters
- The study uses HTTP and DNS observations, taking each company’s latest observation as of September 7, 2026.
- Companies using multiple vendors count under each; Cloudflare’s percentage uses distinct companies in the overall detected set.
- CipherCue does not separate some AWS-origin detections from deliberate CloudFront use, limiting vendor comparisons.
Context & caveats
- CipherCue markets an infrastructure directory alongside its findings.
- Hidden or unusual CDN configurations may escape detection; front-end detection does not establish where underlying data is stored.
Why this made the edition
Original observational data and detailed methodological disclosures support a bounded concentration finding despite commercial interests and sampling limitations.
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