Legacy-gTLD parking and monetisation

Which legacy gTLDs domains sit on platforms that exist to park or monetise them, derived from the zone files themselves. For nameserver providers generally — registrar DNS, managed DNS, CDNs and hosts — see DNS providers.

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Parking figures are a lower bound. A domain is counted as parked only when its nameservers belong to a known parking or monetisation platform. A domain parked on its registrar's ordinary nameservers is indistinguishable from one that is genuinely hosted, so the real proportion is higher than shown. No domain is resolved or fetched to produce this — it comes from NS records alone. Methodology.
Domains classified
20,172,040
60.6% of counted domains
On parking platforms
2,039,968
at least 6.13% of domains
Unrecognised nameservers
13,121,193
no provider pattern matched

Parking and monetisation platforms

As of 18 Aug 2026.

1.35M
Afternic 12 TLDs
399.15k
Sedo 14 TLDs
93,158
ParkLogic 11 TLDs
60,077
ParkingCrew 12 TLDs
49,114
DAN.com 13 TLDs
27,364
27,265
Sav.com 10 TLDs
8,423
6,212
Bodis 11 TLDs
6,180
Above.com 9 TLDs
4,051
SmartName 8 TLDs
2,275
1,217
520
Efty 1 TLDs
1

All nameserver providers

DNS providers ›

Parking platforms are one kind of nameserver provider. The full breakdown — registrar DNS, managed DNS, CDNs and hosting — is on the DNS providers page.

Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated and refresh daily. Registrar figures are from ICANN's monthly registry reports for April 2026, which ICANN publishes about three months in arrears; zone files contain no registrar information, so no fresher source exists. Full detail on methodology and live pipeline status.