In case you were wondering, Lobste.rs is ranked 656,455.
Keep in mind Cisco Umbrella is focused on US-based workplace networks. You’d get very different results looking at, say, Chinese mobile phones, or European home internet.
I think this is a useful data source for networking research, as it provides a list of the top 1 million domain names based on DNS queries (that pass through one of Cisco’s products). The list is easily accessible at:
It’s worth noting that Alexa, Umbrella and Co. have always had questionable stability issues and are susceptible to manipulation, leading to a host of networking research with reproducibility issues.
The Majestic Million list is published under Creative Commons.
In case you were wondering, Lobste.rs is ranked 656,455.
Keep in mind Cisco Umbrella is focused on US-based workplace networks. You’d get very different results looking at, say, Chinese mobile phones, or European home internet.
I think this is a useful data source for networking research, as it provides a list of the top 1 million domain names based on DNS queries (that pass through one of Cisco’s products). The list is easily accessible at:
A similar list is also available from Apple (although I think this one was intended for internal Apple product usage only) at:
However, none of these data sources (especially the Apple one) have licensing or usage terms…
If anyone knows of other similar, free to use, data sources, please give a link.
It’s worth noting that Alexa, Umbrella and Co. have always had questionable stability issues and are susceptible to manipulation, leading to a host of networking research with reproducibility issues. The Majestic Million list is published under Creative Commons.
There’s also work in aggregating lists to provide more desirable properties.