Akamai Web Application Protector vs HSTS
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
Akamai Web Application Protector · HSTS · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
Akamai Web Application Protector · HSTS · share of sites in each country using one or the other
United States
584
1,348,640
United Kingdom
344
403,486
Germany
301
403,347
India
400
400,388
France
306
317,870
Brazil
302
290,538
Canada
370
289,821
Italy
276
219,709
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | Akamai Web Application Protector | HSTS |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.3 s | 1.7 s |
| INP | 100 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 900 ms | 600 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.
Sites that switched
Domains that dropped one technology and adopted the other within about a year, data nobody else gives away free.
Akamai Web Application Protector to HSTS
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| adidas.it | Jul 2026 |
| automotorescontinental.com | Jul 2026 |
| immatics.com | Jul 2026 |
| chevroletsalamanca.com.mx | Jul 2026 |
| velca.jp | Jun 2026 |
| zevra.com | Jun 2026 |
| chevroletnavojoa.com.mx | Jun 2026 |
| servcorp.co.th | Jun 2026 |
| levi.com.pa | Jun 2026 |
| servcorp.com.my | May 2026 |
| punjabijagran.com | Jan 2026 |
| sefamerve.com | Jan 2026 |
HSTS to Akamai Web Application Protector
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| puntadelnortebungalows.com | Apr 2026 |