How many websites use Varnish?

StackPulse currently detects Varnish on 4,665 websites, which is 4.05% of the 115,150 domains in the index. The count is refreshed as the crawler re-scans the web.

How do I check whether a website uses Varnish?

Open the free StackPulse lookup, enter the domain and the infrastructure section will list Varnish if its scripts, headers or markup are present. Developers can call GET /v1/lookup/:domain.

Can I download a list of websites that use Varnish?

Yes. Lead Export filters the index by Varnish (optionally combined with other technologies) and streams the matching domains as CSV, up to 50,000 rows per file.

Varnish is a infrastructure technology. It ranks #4 of 7 infrastructure technologies by number of websites in the StackPulse index.

Infrastructure

Websites using Varnish

StackPulse detects Varnish on 4,665 websites — 4.05% of the 115,150 domains in the index — making it the #4 infrastructure technology we track. Updated October 27, 2026.

Websites detected

4,665

Share of index

4.05%

Rank in Infrastructure

#4 of 7

Indexed websites

115,150

Download all 4,665 Varnish websites as CSV

Top websites using Varnish

Ordered by traffic rank. Each profile shows the complete detected stack.

apache.org
with Matomo, Fastly, Apache, jQuery
5 tech
github.io
with Fastly, jQuery
3 tech
gandi.net
with Fastly, Nginx
3 tech
reddit.com
1 tech
forbes.com
with Next.js, Fastly, VWO
4 tech
paypal.com
with Google Tag Manager, Fastly
3 tech
cnn.com
with Fastly, Optimizely, OneTrust
4 tech
springer.com
with Fastly
2 tech
linktr.ee
with Amplitude, Google Tag Manager, Next.js, Fastly
5 tech
issuu.com
with Google Tag Manager, Next.js, Fastly, Cookiebot
5 tech
adobe.io
with Fastly
2 tech
businessinsider.com
with Meta Pixel, WordPress, Fastly
4 tech
cnbc.com
with Adobe Experience Platform, Akamai
3 tech
openstreetmap.org
with Fastly, Apache
3 tech
time.com
with Google Ads, Meta Pixel, GA4, Google Tag Manager
12 tech
slideshare.net
with Fastly
2 tech
criteo.com
with Google Tag Manager, WordPress, Fastly, Nginx
6 tech
bandcamp.com
with Fastly
2 tech
cbsnews.com
with Google Ads, OneTrust
3 tech
ted.com
with Next.js, Fastly, Nginx, Osano
5 tech
independent.co.uk
with Google Tag Manager, Fastly, reCAPTCHA
4 tech
theverge.com
with Stripe, WordPress, Next.js, Fastly
7 tech
worldbank.org
with Cloudflare, Fastly
3 tech
docker.com
with Adobe Experience Platform, Google Tag Manager, WordPress, Fastly
8 tech
firefox-portal-detection.com
with Fastly
2 tech
python.org
with Fastly, Nginx, jQuery
4 tech
scribd.com
with Stripe, Google Ads, GA4, Google Tag Manager
11 tech
huffpost.com
with Fastly, Nginx, OneTrust, Adobe Fonts
7 tech
livejournal.com
with Nginx
2 tech
yale.edu
with Drupal, Fastly, Nginx, jQuery
5 tech
biomedcentral.com
with Fastly
2 tech
huffingtonpost.com
with Fastly, Nginx, OneTrust, Adobe Fonts
7 tech
postgresql.org
with Nginx
2 tech
eff.org
with Shopify, PayPal, Fastly, Nginx
5 tech
upenn.edu
with Google Tag Manager, Drupal, Fastly, Nginx
7 tech
foxnews.com
with Nuxt, Fastly, Google Fonts
4 tech
jstor.org
with Fastly
2 tech
cam.ac.uk
with Google Tag Manager, Drupal, Fastly, Nginx
6 tech
kernel.org
with Fastly, Nginx
3 tech
git-scm.com
with Cloudflare, Fastly
3 tech
cmu.edu
with Google Tag Manager, Drupal, Fastly, Nginx
7 tech
getbootstrap.com
with Cloudflare, Fastly
3 tech
0xrpc.io
with Fastly
2 tech
utexas.edu
with Fastly, Nginx
3 tech
lemonde.fr
with Fastly
2 tech
house.gov
with Google Tag Manager, Drupal, Next.js, Nuxt
7 tech
freebsd.org
1 tech
newrelic.com
with Drupal, Fastly, Osano, Google Fonts
5 tech
energy.gov
with Google Tag Manager, Drupal, Amazon CloudFront, Apache
6 tech
vox.com
with GA4, WordPress, Next.js, Fastly
7 tech
cnil.fr
with Cloudflare
2 tech
techradar.com
with Apple Pay, Google Tag Manager, Fastly
4 tech
perl.org
with Fastly
2 tech
apachefriends.org
with Fastly
2 tech
zend.com
with Google Tag Manager, Drupal, Fastly, Nginx
7 tech
drupal.org
with Fastly
2 tech
slate.com
with Criteo, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Amplitude, Fastly
8 tech
nintendo.com
with Google Tag Manager, Next.js, Fastly, OneTrust
5 tech
usc.edu
with Google Tag Manager, WordPress, Fastly, Nginx
9 tech
utoronto.ca
with Drupal, Fastly, Nginx
4 tech

Technologies used together with Varnish

Websites using Fastly 67.42% of Varnish sites
Websites using Google Tag Manager 44.84% of Varnish sites
Websites using Nginx 35.95% of Varnish sites
Websites using jQuery 27.85% of Varnish sites
Websites using Google Fonts 25.7% of Varnish sites
Websites using WordPress 23.84% of Varnish sites
Websites using Drupal 18.05% of Varnish sites
Websites using Cloudflare 16.08% of Varnish sites

Other Infrastructure technologies

Websites using Cloudflare 52,837 sites
Websites using Amazon CloudFront 9,547 sites
Websites using Fastly 4,834 sites
Websites using Vercel 2,499 sites
Websites using Akamai 2,038 sites
Websites using Netlify 790 sites

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Frequently asked questions

How many websites use Varnish?: StackPulse currently detects Varnish on 4,665 websites, which is 4.05% of the 115,150 domains in the index. The count is refreshed as the crawler re-scans the web.
How do I check whether a website uses Varnish?: Open the free StackPulse lookup, enter the domain and the infrastructure section will list Varnish if its scripts, headers or markup are present. Developers can call GET /v1/lookup/:domain.
Can I download a list of websites that use Varnish?: Yes. Lead Export filters the index by Varnish (optionally combined with other technologies) and streams the matching domains as CSV, up to 50,000 rows per file.
What is Varnish?: Varnish is a infrastructure technology. It ranks #4 of 7 infrastructure technologies by number of websites in the StackPulse index.

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