DreamHost mailbox provider

According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (July 13, 2026), DreamHost is the mailbox provider for 431 domains — 0.07% of 658,711 domains with MX records. Detection method: primary MX record (lowest preference).

Key facts

DreamHost is a web hosting company that provides integrated email services. It operates mail infrastructure for its customer base of small-to-medium businesses and individual website owners, concentrated primarily in the .com space, and visible as a primary MX host across the Tranco top-1 million.

In email deliverability practice, DreamHost's significance lies in representing the SMB and small-site segment rather than the enterprise tier. For senders, recipient addresses on DreamHost domains are typically smaller business or individual properties. Outbound mail from DreamHost commonly uses third-party filtering and authentication services, notably MailChannels, meaning that reputation management is often decoupled from the hosting provider itself.

Where DreamHost sits in the Tranco ranking

Tranco rank bandDomainsShare of its base
Top 1,00010.2%
Top 10,00010.2%
Top 100,000194.4%
Top 1,000,00031172.2%
Unranked9923.0%

Top-level domain split

TLDDomainsShare
.com28465.9%
.org5913.7%
.net296.7%
.com.br71.6%
.io51.2%
.ca51.2%
.info40.9%
.com.ar20.5%
.tv20.5%
.se20.5%

What DreamHost users also use

Cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot — the other email services seen on the same 431 domains.

TypeServiceDomainsShare of DreamHost users
ESPMailChannels32475.2%
ESPSendGrid (Twilio)92.1%
ESPMailchimp92.1%
ESPMailgun81.9%
ESPAmazon SES61.4%
ESPMailerSend51.2%
ESPMailjet (Sinch)40.9%
ESPElastic Email40.9%
ESPBrevo (ex-Sendinblue)30.7%
ESPHelp Scout10.2%

MailChannels and reputation management on DreamHost

MailChannels appears frequently alongside DreamHost in email infrastructure data, reflecting a common pattern among smaller hosting customers. MailChannels provides outbound filtering and reputation management, allowing DreamHost-hosted senders to maintain deliverability without independent reputation infrastructure. This configuration is typical for SMBs using DreamHost email services.

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Frequently asked questions

Why do DreamHost and MailChannels appear together in email infrastructure?

Many DreamHost-hosted senders use MailChannels for outbound email reputation and filtering. This is a common configuration for smaller organisations using DreamHost email infrastructure.

How many domains use DreamHost?

431 domains in the Tranco top-1M use DreamHost as their mailbox provider as of July 13, 2026 (0.07% of domains with MX records), according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.

Is DreamHost common enough to affect email deliverability testing?

DreamHost accounts for 0.07% of domains with MX records in the top 1M. Whether you should seed a test mailbox there depends on how much of your audience it represents — the co-usage table above shows the services it appears alongside most.

Which countries or TLDs use DreamHost most?

DreamHost's largest TLD is .com (65.9% of its domains); it appears across 40 TLDs in total.

Other mailbox providers

Self-Hosted (22.44%)Google Workspace (21.79%)Microsoft 365 (16.74%)Unknown / Other (7.54%)Generic / unmatched (mx*.*) (2.57%)Proofpoint (1.90%)Generic / unmatched (mail.*) (1.75%)Yandex 360 (1.64%)Cloudflare Email Routing (1.60%)Mimecast (1.52%)