DreamHost email provider statistics and deliverability context
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According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (September 24, 2026), DreamHost is the mailbox provider for 456 domains — 0.07% of 675,489 domains with MX records. Its strongest TLD is .com (63.4% of its domains). Detection: primary MX record (lowest preference).
Last updated from the 2026-09-24 DNS snapshot.
What DreamHost represents in this dataset
US independent hosting cooperative.
Directory category: Hosting. The classification comes from primary MX record (lowest preference). It describes observed DNS infrastructure, not a commercial relationship and not the placement of any individual message.
What the 2026-09-24 snapshot shows about DreamHost
Across 45 distinct TLDs its top three are .com (63.4%), .org (12.9%), .net (7.5%) — together 83.8% of the 456 domains, which makes the footprint narrow — three TLDs cover most of it, which is typical of a regional or single-market operator. The service most often observed on the same domains is MailChannels (ESP, 349 domains, 76.5% of them), followed by Amazon SES (2.2%). Directly comparable by the same detection rule: Self-Hosted, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365. Ranking between them reflects what is published in DNS, not delivery quality or volume sent. All figures come from a single daily DNS snapshot (2026-09-24); a domain appears here when its published records match the primary MX record (lowest preference) rule, which is an infrastructure fact, not a commercial relationship.
Commonly used together with DreamHost
What else the same 456 domains use — cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot (2026-09-24).
| Type | Service | Domains | Share of DreamHost users |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESP | MailChannels | 349 | 76.5% |
| ESP | Amazon SES | 10 | 2.2% |
| ESP | Mailchimp | 10 | 2.2% |
| ESP | SendGrid (Twilio) | 10 | 2.2% |
| ESP | Mailgun | 8 | 1.8% |
| ESP | MailerLite | 5 | 1.1% |
| ESP | Elastic Email | 4 | 0.9% |
| ESP | Mailjet (Sinch) | 4 | 0.9% |
| ESP | Brevo (ex-Sendinblue) | 3 | 0.7% |
| ESP | HubSpot | 2 | 0.4% |
TLD distribution (top 30 of 45)
Frequently asked questions
How many domains use DreamHost?
456 domains in the Tranco top-1M use DreamHost as their mailbox provider as of September 24, 2026, according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.
What is DreamHost's market share?
DreamHost holds 0.07% of domains with MX records in the Tranco top-1M (snapshot of 2026-09-24). The number is recomputed every day.
What are the biggest alternatives to DreamHost?
The largest mailbox providers in the same category by Tranco top-1M share are: Self-Hosted, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Unknown / Other, Generic / unmatched (mx*.*) (as of 2026-09-24).
Largest mailbox providers in this category
Self-Hosted (22.56%) · Google Workspace (21.58%) · Microsoft 365 (17.03%) · Unknown / Other (6.68%) · Generic / unmatched (mx*.*) (2.53%) · Generic / unmatched (mail.*) (1.93%) · Proofpoint (1.86%) · Cloudflare Email Routing (1.76%) · Yandex 360 (1.67%) · Mimecast (1.47%)
Domain sample (top 100 by Tranco rank)
Showing 100 of 456 domains.