r/webhosting is a subreddit with 129k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses hosting, worst, webhosting, wordpress, and web, and they frequently recommend/review email hosting, hosting provider, and web host.
This is a place to discuss everything related to web and cloud hosting. From shared hosting to bare metal servers, and everything in between. Post reviews of your current and past hosts, post questions to the community regarding your needs, or simply offer help to your fellow redditors.
Popular Themes in r/webhosting
#1
Solution Requests
: "alternatives to wp engine"
23 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "HostPapa ... the WORST company I've ever dealt with in my 40 year career ..."
6 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Looking for advice on a simple, economical host — Namecheap vs DreamHost vs InterServer (static HTML site)"
4 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Need some name ideas for a hosting brand"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/webhosting
#1
Hosting
: "Hosting.com lay offs"
58 posts
#2
Worst
: "HostPapa ... the Worst company I've ever dealt with in my 40 year career ..."
21 posts
#3
Webhosting
: "Alternate to GoDaddy Webhosting and Domains?"
21 posts
#4
Wordpress
: "Wordpress site compromised after Crazy Domains migration – malicious index.php backdoor and fake ecommerce site"
14 posts
#5
Web
: "Help me understand what managed wordpress Webhosts actually offer"
11 posts
#6
Struggling
10 posts
#7
Vps
7 posts
#8
Domain
: "Webmasters won't provide my EPP code — Domain control panel doesn't recognize my Domain"
7 posts
#9
Cpanel
: "I compared HestiaCP and Cpanel using 3 real production servers — the biggest performance difference wasn't the control panel"
7 posts
#10
Godaddy
5 posts
Products Discussed in r/webhosting
Email Hosting
91 reviews
#1
Zoho
3.9★ from 13 reviews
#2
MXroute
4.7★ from 11 reviews
#3
Microsoft 365
4.3★ from 6 reviews
Hosting Provider
64 reviews
#1
WPengine
4.8★ from 4 reviews
#2
Cloudflare
4.5★ from 4 reviews
#3
GoDaddy
1.0★ from 3 reviews
Web Host
62 reviews
#1
Kinsta
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Nixihost
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#3
Vimeo
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/webhosting
#1
Advice Needed
: "Alternative to siteground?"
43 posts
#2
Technical Questions
: "How do you monitor a web app behind SSO/MFA without weakening security?"
20 posts
#3
Looking for Hosting
: "HostPapa ... the WORST company I've ever dealt with in my 40 year career ..."
17 posts
#4
Rant
: "GoDaddy Sucks!!!!"
10 posts
#5
News or Announcement
: "Celeros down?"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/webhosting
Yearly
+16k members(13.8%)
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Last updated: September 22, 2026