Nginx vs OpenBSD httpd
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
Nginx · OpenBSD httpd · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank 9+
168
1
Open Page Rank 8+
3,579
3
Open Page Rank 7+
16,914
8
Open Page Rank 6+
35,190
13
Open Page Rank 5+
66,018
19
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
Nginx · OpenBSD httpd · share of sites in each country using one or the other
United States
693,335
51
Japan
536,543
11
Russia
334,605
8
Germany
326,474
12
India
258,307
15
United Kingdom
242,230
15
Italy
220,742
10
Spain
208,101
7
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | Nginx | OpenBSD httpd |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 1.8 s | 1.4 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 50 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 800 ms | 650 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Jun 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.
Nginx to OpenBSD httpd
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| cylocybe.co.uk | Feb 2026 |
OpenBSD httpd to Nginx
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| alembicguitars.com | Jan 2026 |