Here are a few of the most interesting Let’s Encrypt statistics and facts I was able to dig up. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.

Let’s Encrypt Facts

Let’s Encrypt Website: letsencrypt.org
Let’s Encrypt Launch Date: 2013
Let’s Encrypt Headquarters: San Francisco, CA

What is Let’s Encrypt?

Let’s Encrypt gives people the digital certificates they need in order to enable HTTPS (SSL/TLS) for websites, for free. (source)

Let’s Encrypt Statistics

Number of certificates issued by Let’s Encrypt:

1 billion

Last updated 2/27/20

Number of websites served by Let’s Encrypt:

192 million websites

Last updated 2/27/20

Number of Let’s Encrypt employees:

Last updated 2/27/20