.africa

59,693 domains as of 19 Aug 2026

Domains

59,693

19 Aug 2026

30-day change

–

Signed in root

✔ Yes

DS record present

Type

Generic

ASCII

Registrar figures are for January 2026. ICANN publishes monthly registry reports about three months in arrears, and they are the only source that attributes domains to registrars — zone files do not contain registrar information. Methodology.

Registry details

From the IANA Root Zone Database and RDAP bootstrap.

Registry operator: ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa
Technical backend: dnsnode.net inferred group via ns suffix
Delegated: 15 Feb 2017
Nameservers: coza1.dnsnode.net, ns.coza.net.za, ns4.dns.net.za
RDAP: https://rdap.nic.africa/rdap
Zone data: CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Of the 51,708 domains that came up for renewal between May 2025 and Apr 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate

65.83%

below .com/.net/.org

Renewed

34,041

in twelve months

Deleted

17,667

in twelve months

For comparison, the median gTLD keeps 69.15% and .com, .net and .org together keep 73.25%.

Registrar share

individual · combined

Related accreditations combined into corporate families, folding 4 of the 52 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

56.56kreported Jan 2026

Share of .africa by registrar
Tucows2 accreditations	10,686	18.89%
Namecheap	9,392	16.61%
DNS Africa Ltd	6,351	11.23%
Diamatrix C.C.	5,225	9.24%
GoDaddy2 accreditations	4,395	7.77%
Host Africa (Pty.) Ltd.	3,596	6.36%
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	2,412	4.26%
101domain GRS Limited	2,000	3.54%
AFRIREGISTER S.A.	1,944	3.44%
NETIM SAS	1,574	2.78%
Other42 more	8,982	15.88%

Domains by month, Feb 2017 – Apr 2026

From ICANN's monthly registry reports — the registry's own count, summed across registrars. This is the long history: it reaches back to delegation, where the daily series below can only start when this site began collecting zone files.

Feb 2017 – Apr 2026 1y 3y 5y All

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Month	Domains	Change	Registrars	Net adds	Deletes
Apr 2026	57,615	▲ +181	55	1,862	1,687
Mar 2026	57,434	▲ +780	55	2,173	1,368
Feb 2026	56,654	▲ +97	55	1,666	1,511
Jan 2026	56,557	▲ +173	54	1,579	1,558
Dec 2025	56,384	▼ -171	53	1,522	1,664
Nov 2025	56,555	▼ -572	53	1,613	2,159
Oct 2025	57,127	▲ +252	53	1,544	1,400
Sep 2025	56,875	▲ +268	53	1,568	1,230
Aug 2025	56,607	▲ +457	53	1,633	1,159
Jul 2025	56,150	▲ +547	52	1,550	1,063
Jun 2025	55,603	▲ +53	52	1,767	1,566
May 2025	55,550	▲ +623	53	1,802	1,302
Apr 2025	54,927	▲ +339	53	1,570	1,289
Mar 2025	54,588	▲ +407	53	2,028	1,509
Feb 2025	54,181	▲ +289	50	1,407	1,187
Jan 2025	53,892	▲ +1,088	49	1,793	933
Dec 2024	52,804	▲ +561	49	1,917	1,131
Nov 2024	52,243	▲ +688	49	1,863	1,029
Oct 2024	51,555	▲ +1,186	49	2,203	1,225
Sep 2024	50,369	▲ +416	49	1,425	919
Aug 2024	49,953	▲ +310	49	1,348	1,084
Jul 2024	49,643	▲ +172	49	1,311	1,147
Jun 2024	49,471	▼ -497	49	1,212	1,713
May 2024	49,968	▲ +605	49	1,417	913
Apr 2024	49,363	▲ +334	49	1,411	1,031
Mar 2024	49,029	▲ +30	49	1,587	1,720
Feb 2024	48,999	▲ +786	49	1,401	796
Jan 2024	48,213	▲ +935	49	1,533	759
Dec 2023	47,278	▼ -32,028	49	1,182	16,890
Nov 2023	79,306	▲ +16,444	49	1,322	823
Oct 2023	62,862	▼ -407	49	1,302	1,690
Sep 2023	63,269	▲ +154	49	1,233	1,072
Aug 2023	63,115	▲ +337	49	1,295	925
Jul 2023	62,778	▼ -47,962	49	1,351	49,289
Jun 2023	110,740	▼ -39,845	49	1,238	41,131
May 2023	150,585	▲ +693	49	1,430	756
Apr 2023	149,892	▼ -278	49	1,273	1,483
Mar 2023	150,170	▼ -13,446	49	1,318	14,832
Feb 2023	163,616	▲ +806	49	1,333	495
Jan 2023	162,810	▲ +840	49	1,233	467
Dec 2022	161,970	▲ +432	49	5,752	630
Nov 2022	161,538	▲ +440	49	9,014	593
Oct 2022	161,098	▼ -602	49	2,673	1,570
Sep 2022	161,700	▲ +230	49	1,797	725
Aug 2022	161,470	▲ +601	49	1,306	629
Jul 2022	160,869	▲ +350	49	42,573	677
Jun 2022	160,519	▲ +100	48	15,212	683
May 2022	160,419	▲ +168	48	7,706	609
Apr 2022	160,251	▼ -124	48	10,376	780
Mar 2022	160,375	▲ +37	48	5,717	916
Feb 2022	160,338	▲ +254	48	1,436	529
Jan 2022	160,084	▲ +276	48	723	498
Dec 2021	159,808	▲ +69	48	736	643
Nov 2021	159,739	▲ +169	48	881	684
Oct 2021	159,570	▲ +206	48	885	682
Sep 2021	159,364	▲ +15	48	801	798
Aug 2021	159,349	▲ +175	48	831	646
Jul 2021	159,174	▲ +201	48	788	569
Jun 2021	158,973	▲ +342	48	829	500
May 2021	158,631	▲ +425	48	965	522
Apr 2021	158,206	▼ -715	48	922	1,586
Mar 2021	158,921	▲ +1,027	49	1,211	215
Feb 2021	157,894	▲ +781	49	1,275	512
Jan 2021	157,113	▲ +564	48	886	358
Dec 2020	156,549	▲ +446	47	908	430
Nov 2020	156,103	▲ +371	47	883	511
Oct 2020	155,732	▲ +516	47	1,107	634
Sep 2020	155,216	▲ +54	47	942	876
Aug 2020	155,162	▲ +264	47	988	724
Jul 2020	154,898	▲ +621	47	1,025	423
Jun 2020	154,277	▲ +584	47	1,007	377
May 2020	153,693	▲ +675	47	1,076	391
Apr 2020	153,018	▲ +25	47	823	875
Mar 2020	152,993	▼ -184	47	1,325	953
Feb 2020	153,177	▲ +1,231	46	1,097	367
Jan 2020	151,946	▲ +398	46	579	295
Dec 2019	151,548	▲ +192	46	602	363
Nov 2019	151,356	▲ +287	46	657	366
Oct 2019	151,069	▲ +442	46	787	341
Sep 2019	150,627	▲ +78	46	828	750
Aug 2019	150,549	▲ +39	46	745	690
Jul 2019	150,510	▲ +526	46	741	255
Jun 2019	149,984	▲ +269	46	700	367
May 2019	149,715	▲ +512	46	625	184
Apr 2019	149,203	▲ +444	46	777	221
Mar 2019	148,759	▲ +949	46	1,204	289
Feb 2019	147,810	▲ +1,113	46	1,343	280
Jan 2019	146,697	▲ +473	46	577	178
Dec 2018	146,224	▲ +259	46	615	297
Nov 2018	145,965	▲ +372	47	615	241
Oct 2018	145,593	▲ +282	47	644	380
Sep 2018	145,311	▼ -418	47	712	1,063
Aug 2018	145,729	▼ -208	47	692	964
Jul 2018	145,937	▲ +590	45	624	55
Jun 2018	145,347	▲ +616	45	662	15
May 2018	144,731	▲ +701	45	671	21
Apr 2018	144,030	▲ +582	44	620	6
Mar 2018	143,448	▲ +788	44	809	4
Feb 2018	142,660	▲ +735	42	750	4
Jan 2018	141,925	▲ +897	42	808	2
Dec 2017	141,028	▲ +444	42	566	12
Nov 2017	140,584	▲ +798	41	768	5
Oct 2017	139,786	▲ +789	41	850	8
Sep 2017	138,997	▲ +1,194	41	1,478	24
Aug 2017	137,803	▲ +6,100	38	5,769	22
Jul 2017	131,703	▲ +1,747	34	1,725	4
Jun 2017	129,956	▲ +129,954	32	7	1
May 2017	2	▲ +1	1	0	0
Apr 2017	1	0	1	0	0
Mar 2017	1	0	1	0	0
Feb 2017	1	–	1	0	0

Showing all 111 months in this range. Show the latest 6.

Domains over time

Counted from daily zone files. Names with at least one NS record or a DS record.

12 Aug 2026 – 19 Aug 2026

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Daily adds and drops

Day-over-day difference of the zone's name list, over the same window as the chart above.

Added
Dropped

Registrars

Registrar figures are for April 2026. ICANN publishes monthly registry reports about three months in arrears, and they are the only source that attributes domains to registrars — zone files do not contain registrar information. Methodology.

Registrar	Domains	Share	Net adds	Transfers in	Deletes
Tucows Domains Inc.	10,556	18.7%	▲ +199	13	187
NameCheap, Inc.	9,814	17.4%	▲ +489	12	348
DNS Africa Ltd	6,076	10.7%	▲ +66	6	223
GoDaddy.com, LLC	5,461	9.7%	▲ +381	5	152
Diamatrix C.C.	5,093	9%	▲ +90	5	235
Host Africa (Pty.) Ltd.	4,054	7.2%	▲ +247	2	83
101domain GRS Limited	1,900	3.4%	▲ +11	1	66
AFRIREGISTER S.A.	1,837	3.2%	▲ +69	0	108
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	1,719	3%	▲ +42	9	153
NETIM SAS	1,623	2.9%	▲ +37	4	25
Lexsynergy Limited	1,551	2.7%	▲ +19	1	4
Key-Systems, LLC	1,258	2.2%	▲ +49	1	8
Gandi SAS	922	1.6%	▲ +19	0	20
Instra Corporation Pty Ltd.	919	1.6%	▲ +7	0	7
IONOS SE	572	1%	▲ +10	0	7
Marcaria International LLC	452	0.8%	▲ +12	0	12
1API GmbH	439	0.8%	0	0	2
Genious Communications SARL/AU	322	0.6%	0	0	3
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE	318	0.6%	0	0	0
united-domains GmbH	299	0.5%	▲ +7	0	4
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA	230	0.4%	▲ +3	0	1
MarkMonitor Inc.	230	0.4%	▲ +1	3	0
Arcanes Technologies	211	0.4%	▲ +3	0	2
Upperlink Limited	170	0.3%	▲ +7	0	10
Safenames Ltd	151	0.3%	0	0	0
EuroDNS S.A.	143	0.3%	▲ +2	0	1
INWX GmbH	140	0.2%	▲ +1	1	19
InterNetX GmbH	122	0.2%	0	0	2
GO54 LIMITED	116	0.2%	▲ +60	0	0
Nameshield SAS	115	0.2%	0	0	0
Hosteur SARL	80	0.1%	▲ +2	1	1
IP Twins SAS	76	0.1%	0	0	0
Realtime Register B.V.	67	0.1%	▲ +2	0	0
Ghana Dot Com Ltd.	60	0.1%	0	0	1
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com	59	0.1%	▲ +3	0	0
BB-Online UK Limited	58	0.1%	0	0	0
Gname.com Pte. Ltd.	54	0.1%	▲ +16	0	0
Abion AB	52	0.1%	0	0	0
Gransy, s.r.o.	50	0.1%	0	1	1
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.	41	0.1%	▲ +3	0	0
Wild West Domains, LLC	40	0.1%	▲ +5	0	0
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd	39	0.1%	0	0	2
SafeBrands SAS	30	0.1%	0	0	0
NameWeb BVBA	25	0%	0	0	0
Kheweul.com SA	20	0%	0	0	0
COREhub, S.R.L.	18	0%	0	0	0
Secura GmbH	13	0%	0	0	0
Variomedia AG	5	0%	0	0	0
Tool Domains Ltd dba Edoms.com	4	0%	0	0	0
SecureBackorder EOOD	3	0%	0	0	0
Salestrar EOOD	3	0%	0	0	0
Whois Corp.	2	0%	0	0	0
EnCirca, Inc.	1	0%	0	0	0
CPS-Datensysteme GmbH	1	0%	0	0	0
Reserved for billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	1	0%	0	0	0

Registry activity

Query volumes and EPP operations reported monthly by the registry. The only public signal of how much a TLD is actually resolved rather than merely registered.

Month	Operational registrars	DNS queries (UDP)	RDAP queries	Creates	Deletes	Renews
Apr 2026	55	387	185.84k	1,863	64	3,065
Mar 2026	55	225	124.62k	2,175	45	3,483
Feb 2026	55	975	193.25k	1,668	63	2,294
Jan 2026	54	1.03k	187.03k	1,579	57	2,195
Dec 2025	53	1.08k	158.08k	1,523	61	2,135
Nov 2025	53	1.16k	207.91k	1,614	38	2,421
Oct 2025	53	0	0	1,545	41	2,555
Sep 2025	53	1.36k	200.79k	1,568	54	3,514
Aug 2025	53	1.17k	178.06k	1,633	1,436	3,608
Jul 2025	52	1.14k	130.40k	1,550	2,623	3,491
Jun 2025	52	1.41k	150.13k	1,767	3,250	2,988
May 2025	53	0	0	1,802	3,664	2,293
Apr 2025	53	795	135.62k	1,570	3,471	2,825
Mar 2025	53	300	190.18k	2,028	3,602	3,303
Feb 2025	50	122.27k	113.44k	1,407	2,175	2,072
Jan 2025	49	127.10k	145.42k	1,793	2,410	2,034
Dec 2024	49	133.96k	125.30k	1,917	3,355	1,971
Nov 2024	49	140.97k	174.80k	1,863	2,090	2,184
Oct 2024	49	148.76k	207.50k	2,203	2,316	2,459
Sep 2024	49	157.39k	205.69k	1,425	1,714	3,758
Aug 2024	49	142.40k	194.02k	1,348	1,481	3,412
Jul 2024	49	150.15k	204.63k	1,311	1,561	3,069
Jun 2024	49	160.97k	120.28k	1,212	2,832	3,069
May 2024	49	171.89k	152.50k	1,417	1,488	2,281
Apr 2024	49	181.81k	134.19k	1,411	1,939	3,172
Mar 2024	49	194.70k	127.43k	1,587	1,279	2,817
Feb 2024	49	203.54k	116.81k	1,401	300	1,786
Jan 2024	49	215.88k	152.99k	1,533	1,380	1,820
Dec 2023	49	71.52M	0	1,182	1,466	1,770
Nov 2023	49	0	0	1,322	2,462	1,682
Oct 2023	49	423.67M	0	1,302	1,377	2,655
Sep 2023	49	0	0	1,233	0	3,622
Aug 2023	49	31.46k	0	1,295	1,223	3,090
Jul 2023	49	0	0	1,351	0	3,102
Jun 2023	49	0	0	184	111	2,696
May 2023	49	29.87k	0	1,262	1,848	3,440
Apr 2023	49	32.81k	0	1,231	1,994	2,259
Mar 2023	0	0	0	1,386	0	2,200
Feb 2023	1	0	0	1,301	0	3,276
Jan 2023	0	0	0	1,307	0	2,243
Dec 2022	0	0	0	1,081	0	1,553
Nov 2022	0	0	0	17,126	0	1,294
Oct 2022	1	0	0	2,306	0	1,655
Sep 2022	0	0	0	3,228	0	1,645
Aug 2022	0	0	0	1,300	0	2,089
Jul 2022	0	0	0	1,073	0	3,037
Jun 2022	1	0	0	52,428	0	2,226
May 2022	1	0	0	40,443	0	2,036
Apr 2022	0	0	0	1,003	0	1,568
Mar 2022	0	0	0	2,905	0	1,508
Feb 2022	0	0	0	16,162	0	1,636
Jan 2022	1	0	0	774	0	1,465
Dec 2021	0	0	0	712	0	1,123
Nov 2021	0	0	0	853	0	1,113
Oct 2021	2	0	0	888	0	1,330
Sep 2021	1	0	0	813	0	1,270
Aug 2021	0	0	0	821	0	2,028
Jul 2021	1	0	0	770	0	2,569
Jun 2021	0	0	0	842	0	1,977
May 2021	0	0	0	947	0	1,752
Apr 2021	0	0	0	871	0	1,334
Mar 2021	2	0	0	1,242	0	1,083
Feb 2021	0	0	0	1,293	0	1,244
Jan 2021	0	0	0	924	0	1,100
Dec 2020	0	0	0	876	0	879
Nov 2020	0	0	0	882	0	713
Oct 2020	0	0	0	1,150	0	1,035
Sep 2020	0	0	0	930	0	1,297
Aug 2020	0	0	0	988	0	1,605
Jul 2020	0	0	0	1,044	0	2,478
Jun 2020	0	0	0	961	0	1,840
May 2020	0	0	0	1,066	0	1,382
Apr 2020	0	0	0	900	0	750
Mar 2020	0	0	0	769	0	802
Feb 2020	0	0	0	1,598	0	964
Jan 2020	0	0	0	693	0	883
Dec 2019	0	0	0	555	0	678
Nov 2019	0	0	0	653	0	543
Oct 2019	0	0	0	783	0	767
Sep 2019	1	0	0	828	0	802
Aug 2019	0	0	0	729	0	1,713
Jul 2019	0	0	0	781	0	2,477
Jun 2019	1	0	0	636	0	1,404
May 2019	0	0	0	696	0	1,169
Apr 2019	0	0	0	665	0	502
Mar 2019	0	0	0	1,238	0	523
Feb 2019	0	0	0	1,393	0	516
Jan 2019	0	0	0	651	0	500
Dec 2018	0	0	0	557	0	411
Nov 2018	1	0	0	613	0	455
Oct 2018	1	0	0	662	0	479
Sep 2018	0	0	0	645	0	684
Aug 2018	1	0	0	756	0	1,648
Jul 2018	2	0	0	645	0	3,089
Jun 2018	0	0	0	631	0	1,136
May 2018	0	0	0	723	0	826
Apr 2018	0	0	0	588	0	276
Mar 2018	0	0	0	794	0	94
Feb 2018	1	0	0	740	0	55
Jan 2018	0	0	0	899	0	62

Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated 19 August 2026 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.