BODMIN, U.K. - TelAve -- WebMate ranks #1 in global web hosting rankings

WebMate, an independent UK web hosting provider, has been ranked the world's highest-ranked web hosting company by HostList.io, placing first among more than 30,000 hosting providers worldwide in the independent directory's HostList Ranking Index (HRI).

The ranking places WebMate ahead of many of the hosting industry's most recognisable brands, including Kinsta, WP Engine, SiteGround, HostPapa and InMotion Hosting.

Unlike traditional "best hosting" lists, HostList.io publishes the methodology behind its rankings and states that hosting companies cannot pay to improve their position. HRI combines four equally weighted categories - Trust, Completeness, Freshness and Performance - using independently sourced data including review platforms, Google Chrome User Experience (CrUX) field data and uptime information where available.

For WebMate, the recognition follows several years of investment in its proprietary HAstack hosting platform, designed to improve resilience, scalability and global performance through intelligent workload distribution across multiple cloud platforms and resilient UK infrastructure.

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Rather than relying on a single hosting environment, HAstack automatically distributes customer websites across multiple infrastructure providers, helping maintain availability during infrastructure failures while automatically scaling resources to accommodate traffic spikes. The platform also serves content from locations closer to visitors worldwide to improve website performance.

"We've always believed that engineering should be a hosting company's biggest investment," said Gary Hall, CEO of WebMate.

Being recognised at the top of an independently calculated global ranking is extremely rewarding because it reflects years of continuous technical investment rather than a single product launch or marketing campaign."

The latest recognition adds to a history of independent industry awards, including Best Hosting at the ISPA Awards and Best Web Host at the Macworld Awards, but represents the company's highest international industry recognition to date.

About WebMate

WebMate is an independent UK provider of high-availability web hosting, managed WordPress hosting, business email, VoIP, SIP trunking, hosted telephony, leased lines and full-fibre broadband.

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Founded in 1996, the business has evolved from one of the UK's early internet service providers into a specialist hosting and communications provider operating resilient UK infrastructure with additional international points of presence.

About HostList.io

HostList.io is an independent global web hosting directory covering more than 30,000 hosting providers worldwide.

Its HostList Ranking Index (HRI™) combines Trust, Completeness, Freshness and Performance into a published algorithmic ranking based on independently sourced data. HostList states that hosting companies cannot pay to improve their ranking and that paid listings have no influence on HRI scores.

WebMate HostList profile: <https://hostlist.io/host/webmate-bodmin-uk>;
WebMate: <https://webmate.me/website-hosting>;