Apache HTTP Server vs lighttpd
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
Apache HTTP Server · lighttpd · 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
Apache HTTP Server · lighttpd · share of sites in each country using one or the other
United States
398,004
520
Germany
364,164
342
Japan
273,172
175
France
236,181
237
India
200,300
294
Brazil
172,780
225
United Kingdom
156,332
313
Spain
155,877
236
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | Apache HTTP Server | lighttpd |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 1.8 s | 1.5 s |
| INP | 75 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.
Apache HTTP Server to lighttpd
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| in-hotel.net | Feb 2026 |
| xn--mgbg8b8a5b.com | Dec 2025 |
| hotels-in-marseille.com | Nov 2025 |
| hotels-of-thessaloniki.com | Nov 2025 |
lighttpd to Apache HTTP Server
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| wanty.eu | May 2026 |
| santiagochilehotels.org | Dec 2025 |
| bo-hotel.com | Dec 2025 |
| quitohotels.org | Nov 2025 |
| hotelsinrostock.de | Nov 2025 |
| hotels-jaipur-india.com | Nov 2025 |
| nhatrangbesthotels.com | Nov 2025 |
| georgia-all-hotels.com | Nov 2025 |
| jp-nara.com | Nov 2025 |
| aspin.org | Sep 2025 |