According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (July 12, 2026), Hostnet (NL) is the mailbox provider for 61 domains — 0.01% of 658,108 domains with MX records. Detection method: primary MX record (lowest preference).
Hostnet is a Dutch web hosting and email provider serving primarily smaller and mid-market organisations, with operations concentrated in the Netherlands. It functions as both a hosting platform and mailbox provider, with MX records appearing across a range of Dutch-focused and regional European sites.
Hostnet's presence in email deliverability testing reflects its concentration in the long tail of website operators rather than the largest global brands. Its strong regional footprint in the Netherlands makes it a relevant test inbox for anyone sending mail to Dutch recipients or organisations, particularly when those organisations self-host or use budget-conscious European hosting providers rather than enterprise email platforms.
| Tranco rank band | Domains | Share of its base |
|---|---|---|
| Top 1,000 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Top 10,000 | 1 | 1.6% |
| Top 100,000 | 4 | 6.6% |
| Top 1,000,000 | 38 | 62.3% |
| Unranked | 18 | 29.5% |
| TLD | Domains | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| .nl | 28 | 45.9% | |
| .com | 14 | 23.0% | |
| .fr | 4 | 6.6% | |
| .info | 2 | 3.3% | |
| .de | 2 | 3.3% | |
| .eu | 2 | 3.3% | |
| .org | 2 | 3.3% | |
| .be | 2 | 3.3% | |
| .jp | 1 | 1.6% | |
| .nu | 1 | 1.6% |
Cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot — the other email services seen on the same 61 domains.
| Type | Service | Domains | Share of Hostnet (NL) users |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESP | Mandrill | 9 | 14.8% |
| ESP | Mailgun | 5 | 8.2% |
| ESP | Elastic Email | 3 | 4.9% |
| ESP | Mailjet (Sinch) | 2 | 3.3% |
| ESP | SenderSRV | 1 | 1.6% |
| ESP | Flowmailer | 1 | 1.6% |
| ESP | Mailchimp | 1 | 1.6% |
| ESP | Spotler | 1 | 1.6% |
| ESP | SecureMailGate | 1 | 1.6% |
| ESP | Zendesk | 1 | 1.6% |
Hostnet frequently appears in datasets alongside Mandrill, suggesting that many Hostnet-hosted sites run transactional mail through Mandrill whilst maintaining Hostnet for their primary domain email. This split — using a third-party service for triggered mail (receipts, password resets) whilst keeping domain email on the hosting provider — is common among smaller European hosting customers. For deliverability professionals, this pattern means a Hostnet inbox test may encounter mail from both Hostnet's own systems and Mandrill's infrastructure, depending on the organisation's email architecture.
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Yes, if your audience includes Dutch or Northern European recipients, particularly smaller organisations. Hostnet's regional concentration and long-tail footprint make it valuable for testing real-world inbox placement in the Netherlands.
61 domains in the Tranco top-1M use Hostnet (NL) as their mailbox provider as of July 12, 2026 (0.01% of domains with MX records), according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.
Hostnet (NL) accounts for 0.01% 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.
Hostnet (NL)'s largest TLD is .nl (45.9% of its domains); it appears across 13 TLDs in total.