CDN Used by UK Education: Market Share (2026)

Detected CDN use across 2,621 UK education companies, with Cloudflare leading at 90.9% of companies with a detectable CDN.

Among 62,039 trading UK Education companies, 2,621 have a detectable CDN, with 10 systems detected. Cloudflare accounts for 90.9% (2,383) of detected companies, well ahead of Amazon S3 at 8.7% (229) and Amazon CloudFront at 6.4% (169).

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The employee-band split is consistent rather than fragmented. Cloudflare has the highest detected share in Under 10 employees at 90.9% of 1,448 companies, 10–50 employees at 91.6% of 1,004 companies, and Over 50 employees at 87.0% of 169 companies.

The long tail is narrow. Fastly and Bunny each appear at 1.0% (27), followed by ShortPixel at 0.6% (17), Section.io at 0.4% (11), Akamai at 0.3% (7), and 2 further systems covering 1 company.

2,621

Education with detected CDN

Of 62,039 UK Education

4.2%

Detection rate

2026

10

Systems detected

In this category

90.9%

Leader share

Cloudflare

UK Education CDN market share

Section.io
Other (2 systems)

Share of the 2,621 UK Education with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

CDN compared

SystemUK EducationShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
Cloudflare2,38390.9%823.9%Median 8 employees; 90.9% share
Amazon S32298.7%931.4%Median 9 employees; 8.7% share
Amazon CloudFront1696.4%633.1%Median 6 employees; 6.4% share
Fastly271%View these companies in Firmbase →
Bunny271%View these companies in Firmbase →
ShortPixel170.6%View these companies in Firmbase →
Section.io110.4%View these companies in Firmbase →
Akamai70.3%View these companies in Firmbase →
Filestack30.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
ImageEngine10%View these companies in Firmbase →

Systems detected below the page threshold appear with counts only; their full lists are available in the Firmbase app.

Market leader by size

Under 10 employees

Cloudflare

90.9% of band

Under 10 employees is the largest detected band, with 1,448 companies. Cloudflare has the highest share at 90.9%, leaving limited visible room for smaller CDN systems.

10–50 employees

Cloudflare

91.6% of band

10–50 employees covers 1,004 companies and looks slightly more concentrated around Cloudflare than the smallest band. Cloudflare accounts for 91.6% here.

Over 50 employees

Cloudflare

87% of band

Over 50 employees covers 169 companies, making it the smallest detected band. Cloudflare remains ahead with 87.0%, though its share is lower than in the two smaller bands.

How CDN usage is detected

Methodology

Company data

Detected companies are joined to UK Companies House records and XBRL accounts data. Revenue and headcount figures come from the most recent filed accounts; where the company has not filed, values are estimated using a model trained on filed history and peer benchmarks and are labelled as estimates.

Detection

Firmbase crawls the public website of actively-trading UK companies and fingerprints the technologies present: tracking scripts, embedded forms, chat widgets, CMS markers and similar signatures. A company is included in this list when one or more of the technology's signatures are found on its site; closely-related variants of the same product are grouped under one name. Detection covers what is visible on the public web — a company using the technology purely internally, with no website footprint, will not appear. Counts are therefore a conservative floor, not a ceiling.

Freshness

Websites are re-crawled on a rolling basis and the underlying company data is refreshed from Companies House continuously; filings appear within days of submission. The list and its statistics are regenerated when the detected cohort moves meaningfully. You can see the last-updated timestamp near the top of the page.

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UK Education by CDN

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Frequently asked questions

What is the most-used CDN among UK Education companies?
Cloudflare is the most-detected CDN among UK Education companies, with 90.9% share (2,383 of 2,621 companies with a detectable system), ahead of Amazon S3 (8.7%) and Amazon CloudFront (6.4%).
How many UK Education companies have a detectable CDN?
2,621 of 62,039 actively-trading UK Education companies (4.2%) have a CDN detectable from their public website. The remainder either run systems with no public web footprint or none at all, so detected share figures are a conservative floor.
What is a CDN?
A CDN, or content delivery network, is the web-delivery layer that caches and serves digital assets such as pages, images, scripts, and downloads closer to visitors. For UK Education companies, it helps public-facing sites and online resources respond with less dependence on a single origin server.
How is CDN usage detected?
Firmbase crawls the public website of every actively-trading company in this scope and fingerprints the technologies present — scripts, widgets, booking and checkout flows. A company is attributed to a system when that system's signatures are found; systems with no public web footprint are not attributable, which is why every share figure on this page means share of companies with a detectable system.
Which has more UK Education companies, Cloudflare or Amazon S3?
Cloudflare: 2,383 detected companies versus 229 for Amazon S3, of the 2,621 UK Education companies with a detectable CDN.
What is the best CDN for UK Education companies?
Usage shares here are not recommendations. Across 2,621 UK Education companies with a detectable CDN, Cloudflare accounts for 90.9% (2,383), Amazon S3 for 8.7% (229), and Amazon CloudFront for 6.4% (169). By employee band, Cloudflare has the highest detected share in Under 10 employees (90.9% of 1,448 companies), 10–50 employees (91.6% of 1,004 companies), and Over 50 employees (87.0% of 169 companies).

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