# Google CDN, what it is and how websites use it.

Google's public CDN for common libraries (Google Hosted Libraries, gstatic, Google Fonts). A site loads jQuery, fonts or Google service scripts from it, so it shows up on almost every site with Google Fonts or Analytics.

- **Status:** Stable. A stable service; for your own libraries bundling or jsDelivr is recommended today, but fonts and Google scripts still come from here.
- **Category:** [Servers & Hosting](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server)
- **First release:** 2008
- **License:** Proprietary
- **Official website:** https://developers.google.com/speed/libraries
- **Documentation:** https://developers.google.com/speed/libraries
- **Page:** https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/google-cdn

## Google CDN on audited websites

2,700 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Google CDN (16%). That ranks it #3 of the 34 technologies in Servers & Hosting we have seen in audits.

### Websites running Google CDN vs all websites

- **Web score:** 73 (all websites 72)
- **SEO:** 78 (all websites 79)
- **Security:** 60 (all websites 59)
- **Performance:** 75 (all websites 72)
- **AI Readiness:** 30 (all websites 31)

### Most used in Servers & Hosting

1. [Cloudflare](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/cloudflare): 22% (3,772)
2. [Vercel](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/vercel): 22% (3,635)
3. [Google CDN](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/google-cdn): 16% (2,700)
4. [nginx](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/nginx): 14% (2,284)
5. [OpenResty](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/openresty): 10% (1,707)
6. [Apache HTTP Server](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/apache-http-server): 9.3% (1,574)
7. [jsDelivr](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/jsdelivr): 7.2% (1,221)
8. [cdnjs](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/cdnjs): 6.0% (1,019)
9. [Netlify](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/netlify): 5.8% (971)
10. [AWS CloudFront](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/aws-cloudfront): 5.1% (859)

## Other technologies in Servers & Hosting

- [unpkg](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/unpkg): 2.8% of websites
- [Fastly](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/fastly): 1.6% of websites
- [BunnyCDN](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/bunnycdn): 1.2% of websites
- [Microsoft IIS](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/microsoft-iis): 1.0% of websites
- [LiteSpeed](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/litespeed): <1% of websites
- [Caddy](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/caddy): <1% of websites
- [Amazon S3](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/amazon-s3): <1% of websites
- [Google Cloud](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/google-cloud): <1% of websites
- [Varnish](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/varnish): <1% of websites
- [Azure](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/azure): <1% of websites
- [Hostinger CDN](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/hostinger-cdn): <1% of websites
- [GitHub Pages](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/github-pages): <1% of websites

[All 35 in Servers & Hosting](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server)

## Questions about Google CDN

### What is Google CDN?

Google's public CDN for common libraries (Google Hosted Libraries, gstatic, Google Fonts). A site loads jQuery, fonts or Google service scripts from it, so it shows up on almost every site with Google Fonts or Analytics. The be1st catalog lists Google CDN under Servers & Hosting. License of Google CDN: Proprietary.

### How many websites use Google CDN?

2,700 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Google CDN (16%), as of 8 Nov 2026.

### When was Google CDN first released?

Google CDN was first released in 2008.

### Is Google CDN still a modern choice?

Google CDN is a stable, mature choice rather than a new one. A stable service; for your own libraries bundling or jsDelivr is recommended today, but fonts and Google scripts still come from here.

### What are the alternatives to Google CDN?

Technologies that do the same job as Google CDN include jsDelivr and cdnjs.

Numbers: latest audit of each of 16,845 websites audited by be1st, as of 8 Nov 2026.