Global Content Delivery Network (CDN) Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Content Delivery Network (CDN) Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Content Delivery Network (CDN) is an intelligent virtual network built on the basis of the existing network, relying on edge servers deployed in various places, through the load balancing, content distribution, scheduling and other functional modules of the central platform, so that users can obtain the required content nearby and reduce network congestion. Improve user access response speed and hit rate. CDN allows the rapid transfer of resources required to load Internet content, including HTML pages, JavaScript files, style sheets, images, and videos.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Content Delivery Network (CDN) market finds that the global Content Delivery Network (CDN) market reached a value of USD 20697.1 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 67811.61 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 21.87% during the forecast period.

With the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the demand for network remote work and online entertainment has gradually increased, which directly drives the growth of demand for OTT video and online game Content Delivery Network (CDN). At the same time, online work and social distance have changed people's work habits. Entity companies have begun to integrate online and offline resources and change sales models. It is expected that the demand for Content Delivery Network (CDN) in the e-commerce industry will continue to grow steadily in the future. In addition, the epidemic has gradually increased the online rate, and the popularization of 5G has driven the increase in demand for high-definition video and online games, and the global Content Delivery Network (CDN) service market has also developed faster and faster.

Market demand is increasing

Increasing user demand is a significant driving force for the development of the Content Delivery Network (CDN) industry. With the continuous development of information technology, Internet functions have become more and more powerful, and the types of applications have become increasingly diversified. Internet applications have evolved from simple information reading to information retrieval, network communications, network media, online shopping, online finance and online Education, etc., the application of the Internet is also expanding, and has gradually penetrated into various industries, such as finance, education, transportation, manufacturing, and media. Users in different industries have different requirements for the accelerated content, bandwidth capacity, regional distribution, storage space and other elements of Content Delivery Network (CDN) services. In order to meet the needs of users in various industries, Content Delivery Network (CDN) service providers have begun to adapt to the development characteristics of various industries. Factors such as characteristics, size of customers, and access characteristics of end users, tailor-made network acceleration service solutions for customers, and realize the improvement of Content Delivery Network (CDN) business supply capabilities.

Risk of increased market competition

With the rapid popularization of network applications such as online games, online videos, and e-commerce, users have further increased their requirements for online experience. In order to enhance their competitiveness, many Internet companies have successively entered the market and built their own Content Delivery Network (CDN). The market scale of Content Delivery Network (CDN) continues to expand, attracting more and more capital to enter, and market competition is becoming increasingly fierce. With the entry of new competitors, market participants face risks such as rapid iteration of products and services, falling prices, increasing service quality requirements, and difficulty in maintaining market share. If the company cannot continue to effectively respond to market competition and further expand the market share of its core products, once the company’s product sales or prices change adversely, and the company fails to effectively expand the sales and market share of other products, the company’s operating performance will continue to grow. Under greater pressure, the company's operating performance is at risk of slowing down or even decline.

Region Overview:

Geographically, North America held the largest market share – 32.7% in 2022.

Company Overview:

Akamai is one of the major players operating in the Content Delivery Network (CDN) market, holding a share of 21.3% in 2023.

Akamai

Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides services for accelerating and improving the delivery of content and applications over the internet, ranging from live and on-demand streaming video capabilities to conventional content on websites, to tools that help people transact business and reach out to new and existing customers.

AWS

Amazon Web Services, Inc. provides information technology services. The Company offers website hosting, backup, digital marketing, analytics, application integration, blockchain, networking, and other related services.

Segmentation Overview:

By type, Dynamic Content segment accounted for the largest share of market in 2022.

Static Content

Static content is any file that is stored on the server and is the same every time it is delivered to the user. HTML files and images are examples of such content.

Dynamic Content

Dynamic content is content that changes based on user-specific factors such as access time, location, and device. Dynamic web pages look different to every user and can change as users interact with them. This makes the web page more personalized and interactive.

Application Overview:

The market's largest segment by application is the segment Media and Entertainment, with a market share of 31.24% in 2022.

Key Companies in the global Content Delivery Network (CDN) market covered in Chapter 3:

Deutsche Telekom
Fastly
Verizon Communications Inc
IBM
AT&T
AWS
Google
Alibaba
Microsoft
Cloudflare
Lumen Technologies
Limelight Networks
StackPath
Wangsu Science & Technology
Tencent
Akamai

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Content Delivery Network (CDN) market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Static Content
Dynamic Content

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Content Delivery Network (CDN) market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Media and Entertainment
ECommerce
E-Learning
Online Gaming
Others

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2018-2029) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 8 to Chapter 14:

North America (United States, Canada)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden)
Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia)
Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)
Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa)