The share of HTTPS pages in the top 10 Google has reached 98%

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In October, the share of  HTTPS results on the first page of Google reached 98%. This is evidenced by data from Mozcast.

This tool tracks a set of 10,000 keywords.

The chart below shows the rise in the share of HTTPS URLs in the top 10 Google since April 2017:

To test the accuracy of Mozcast’s data, Moz employee  Peter Meyers also analyzed the share of HTTPS pages on desktop and mobile devices using 7.5 million keywords from STAT.

At the same time, as we go deeper into the issue, this indicator remains at the level of> 90%:

The results were about the same:

HTTPS protocol
HTTPS protocol

Thus, the presence of the HTTPS protocol on the site today is one of the basic requirements.

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