Choosing a Public DNS Resolver
Pick what matters to you, such as privacy, malware blocking, parental controls, speed, IPv6, or a specific jurisdiction, and the finder narrows 29 global public resolvers to the ones that fit. A full comparison table and research-backed decision notes follow.
Check what matters to you. Transport, DNSSEC, IPv6, jurisdiction and operator type are hard filters. The priorities are scored and ranked.
Click a column header to sort. Search by name, operator, jurisdiction, or feature. Filter-variant addresses (malware, family, unfiltered) are listed in the Filtering cell.
Findings from peer-reviewed DNS measurement studies that should shape the trade-offs above.
Speed: plain DNS has the lowest latency, but encrypted keeps up
Encrypted transports (DoH and DoT) add latency per query, yet whole-page load times are often close to plain DNS, and DoH's overhead is small in practice. On lossy or high-latency links, plain Do53 still wins. Performance also varies by provider and region, so the fastest resolver depends on where you are.