The State of HostGator in 2026

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on HostGator usage.

• HostGator growth
• Social media usage on HostGator stores
• Contact information on HostGator stores
• Top categories for HostGator stores
• Top countries for HostGator stores
• Number of employees for HostGator stores
• Number of products sold for HostGator stores
• Top HostGator technologies
• Top Shipping Carriers used by HostGator stores
• HostGator store top-level domain distribution
• Top HostGator stores
• New HostGator stores
• Stores switching to HostGator from other platforms
• Stores switching from HostGator to other platforms

HostGator Growth

At present, there are 434 live stores running on the HostGator platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running HostGator.

• HostGator stores decreased -0.9% quarter-over-quarter in 2026 Q3.

Note: the store counts displayed in this section are based on actual historical store counts.

It's hard to know exactly when a HostGator store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On HostGator Stores

Ecommerce brands use social media sites to engage with millions of consumers. Instagram and Facebook are the dominant social media sites for ecommerce stores, by far, with Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube also having notable usage.

• WhatsApp is used by 97.5% of HostGator stores.
• Instagram is used by 78.3% of HostGator stores.
• Facebook is used by 60.6% of HostGator stores.

Contact Information On HostGator Stores

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.

• 79% of HostGator stores have an email on their website
• 61% of HostGator stores provide a phone number on their website

Top Categories For HostGator Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on HostGator.

• 19.6% of HostGator stores sell Apparel products.
• 13.1% of HostGator stores sell Home & Garden products.
• 7.4% of HostGator stores sell Beauty & Fitness products.

Top Countries For HostGator Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using HostGator.

• 100.0% of HostGator stores are in Brazil

With a paid account, stores can also be segmented by region and city.

Number Of Employees For HostGator Stores

Here is the breakdown of HostGator stores by the number of employees.

• 99.3% of HostGator stores have Unknown employees.
• 0.5% of HostGator stores have 1 - 9 employees.
• 0.2% of HostGator stores have 100 - 249 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For HostGator Stores

Here is the breakdown of HostGator stores by the number of products that they sell.

• 19.8% of HostGator stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
• 16.1% of HostGator stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
• 15.4% of HostGator stores sell 1 - 9 different products.

Top Technologies on HostGator Stores

We're tracking 42 different technologies that have 3,066 collective installs on HostGator stores.

• reCAPTCHA is used by 100.0% of HostGator stores.
• Facebook SDK is used by 100.0% of HostGator stores.
• Google Ads Pixel is used by 73.5% of HostGator stores.

Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all HostGator stores.

Top Shipping Carriers Used By HostGator Stores

• Correios is used by 1.2% of HostGator stores.
• UPS is used by 0.2% of HostGator stores.
• Fedex is used by 0.2% of HostGator stores.

Here are the top 4 shipping carriers across all HostGator stores.

HostGator Store Top-level Domain Distribution

Here is the top-level domain distribution for HostGator stores.

• 88.7% of HostGator stores have a .com.br domain.
• 8.5% of HostGator stores have a .com domain.
• 0.9% of HostGator stores have a .ind.br domain.

Top HostGator Stores

Here are the top stores, powered by HostGator, ordered by store rank.

New HostGator Stores

Here are the 0 highest-ranked stores added most recently.

Stores Switching to HostGator From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, HostGator has taken 2 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Here are the top stores that have switched to HostGator from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Stores Switching from HostGator To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, HostGator has lost 6 merchants to competitive platforms.

Here are the top HostGator stores that have recently changed to a competitive platform.

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