Amazon Route 53 serves DNS for 2,337 of 9,971 popular domains we measured in November 2026.
Accent bars: 2,337 domains on Amazon Route 53. Grey bars: all 9,971 measured domains.
Amazon Route 53 name servers look like ns-<n>.awsdns-<nn>.com / .net / .org / .co.uk (four names per hosted zone).
| NS host pattern seen | Domains |
|---|---|
ns-<n>.awsdns-<n>.com | 2334 |
ns-<n>.awsdns-<n>.net | 2330 |
ns-<n>.awsdns-<n>.co.uk | 2329 |
ns-<n>.awsdns-<n>.org | 2326 |
To move a domain to Amazon Route 53, create the zone there first, copy every record, then replace the NS records at your registrar with the names it assigns. If the domain is signed, update the DS record at the registrar as part of the move.
Documentation: DNSSEC
Provider site: https://aws.amazon.com/route53/
Check one yourself:
Source: our own scan of November 2026 (2026-11-11), 9,971 of the top 10,000 domains of the Tranco list Y895G that answered in DNS. Method and data.