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65,335 domains as of 2 Sep 2026

Domains
65,335
2 Sep 2026
30-day change
–
–
Signed in root
✔ Yes
DS record present
Type
Generic
ASCII
Registrar figures are for February 2016. 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
BestTLD Pty Ltd
Technical backend
CentralNic (Team Internet) via rdap host
Delegated
27 Feb 2014
Nameservers
a.nic.best, b.nic.best, c.nic.best, d.nic.best
RDAP
https://rdap.centralnic.com/best
Zone data
CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Of the 71,582 domains that came up for renewal between Jun 2025 and May 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate
14.75%
below .com/.net/.org
Renewed
10,560
in twelve months
Deleted
61,022
in twelve months

For comparison, the median gTLD keeps 68.71% and .com, .net and .org together keep 73.23%.

Registrar share

individual · combined

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Related accreditations combined into corporate families, folding 5 of the 44 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

Month ‹ › Feb 2016 latest
GoDaddy — 742 (32.83%)eNom, LLC — 297 (13.14%)Name.com, Inc. — 120 (5.31%)Mesh Digital Limited — 95 (4.2%)101domain GRS Limited — 95 (4.2%)TLD Registrar Pty Ltd — 88 (3.89%)Tucows — 85 (3.76%)IONOS SE — 79 (3.5%)Key-Systems — 76 (3.36%)Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd. — 70 (3.1%)Other — 513 (22.7%)
2.26kreported Feb 2016
GoDaddy3 accreditations74232.83%
eNom, LLC29713.14%
Name.com, Inc.1205.31%
Mesh Digital Limited954.2%
101domain GRS Limited954.2%
TLD Registrar Pty Ltd883.89%
Tucows2 accreditations853.76%
IONOS SE793.5%
Key-Systems763.36%
Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd.703.1%
Other34 more51322.7%

Domains by month, Feb 2014 – May 2026

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

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 2014 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All
035,65571,310106.96k142.62kFeb 2014Mar 2020May 2026
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MonthDomainsChangeRegistrarsNet addsDeletes
May 2026 46,740 ▼ -60 155 6,401 7,448
Apr 2026 46,800 ▲ +2,875 157 4,559 1,796
Mar 2026 43,925 ▲ +1,771 155 3,748 2,153
Feb 2026 42,154 ▲ +523 156 2,819 13,212
Jan 2026 41,631 ▼ -1,208 156 2,536 4,091
Dec 2025 42,839 ▼ -2,259 160 1,109 3,391

Showing the latest 6 of 148 months in this range. Show all 148.

Domains by day, 12 Aug 2026 – 2 Sep 2026

Source: Daily zone files

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

12 Aug 2026 – 2 Sep 2026
58,90160,62962,35764,08465,81212 Aug 2622 Aug 262 Sep 26
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Daily change

Source: Daily zone files

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

  • Added
  • Dropped
+9830-98312 Aug 262 Sep 26

Registrars

Registrar figures are for May 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
Dynadot Inc 12,560
555.8%
▲ +2,864 2 4,590
NameCheap, Inc. 8,097
358.3%
▲ +903 0 319
Spaceship, Inc. 7,398
327.3%
▲ +1,373 7 123
NameSilo, LLC 5,498
243.3%
▲ +671 1 420
NETIM SAS 2,253
99.7%
▲ +72 0 1,446
Porkbun LLC 1,662
73.5%
▲ +121 1 57
OVH sas 1,223
54.1%
▲ +20 0 11
Sav.com, LLC 1,190
52.7%
▲ +18 2 212
GoDaddy.com, LLC 1,018
45%
▲ +60 1 71
Squarespace Domains II LLC 765
33.8%
▲ +8 0 18
Global Domain Group LLC 620
27.4%
▲ +165 0 13
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar 405
17.9%
0 0 0
Whois Corp. 311
13.8%
▲ +4 0 7
Key-Systems, LLC 245
10.8%
▲ +3 0 3
Name.com, Inc. 243
10.8%
▲ +12 1 3
Gname.com Pte. Ltd. 236
10.4%
▲ +33 0 70
Gandi SAS 222
9.8%
▲ +4 0 7
Hosting Ukraine LLC 181
8%
▲ +4 0 3
Hosteur SARL 177
7.8%
0 0 2
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com 161
7.1%
▲ +3 0 2
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com 155
6.9%
▲ +7 0 6
Tucows Domains Inc. 148
6.5%
▲ +2 0 12
Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC 147
6.5%
0 0 4
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu 125
5.5%
▲ +3 0 5
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com 117
5.2%
0 0 0
eNom, LLC 104
4.6%
▲ +1 0 5
TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd. 102
4.5%
▲ +9 0 1
URL Solutions, Inc. 97
4.3%
▲ +15 2 4
MarkMonitor Inc. 79
3.5%
0 0 0
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. 75
3.3%
0 0 0
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc 63
2.8%
0 1 0
101domain GRS Limited 60
2.7%
▲ +1 0 4
Epik LLC 58
2.6%
0 0 3
Gabia, Inc. 46
2%
▲ +2 0 2
Network Solutions, LLC 45
2%
0 1 1
InterNetX GmbH 40
1.8%
0 0 2
IONOS SE 39
1.7%
0 0 1
Aceville Pte. Ltd. 33
1.5%
▲ +2 0 0
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com 32
1.4%
0 0 1
Gransy, s.r.o. 32
1.4%
▲ +1 0 1
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE 30
1.3%
0 0 0
Reliable Software 28
1.2%
0 0 0
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA 25
1.1%
0 0 0
EuroDNS S.A. 25
1.1%
▲ +5 0 0
RegistrarSEC LLC 24
1.1%
0 0 0
MAT BAO CORPORATION 23
1%
0 0 1
Megazone Corp., dba HOSTING.KR 22
1%
0 0 1
1API GmbH 21
0.9%
0 0 1
united-domains GmbH 21
0.9%
0 0 0
Wild West Domains, LLC 15
0.7%
0 0 0
Safenames Ltd 15
0.7%
0 0 0
West263 International Limited 15
0.7%
0 0 0
NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED 15
0.7%
▲ +1 0 0
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC 15
0.7%
0 0 0
Realtime Register B.V. 14
0.6%
0 0 0
Mesh Digital Limited 14
0.6%
0 0 0
TLD Registrar Pty Ltd 14
0.6%
0 0 0
Virtualia LLC 14
0.6%
0 0 1
İsimtescil Bilişim A.Ş. 12
0.5%
0 0 0
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com 11
0.5%
▲ +2 0 0
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd 11
0.5%
0 0 0
Name SRS AB 10
0.4%
0 0 1
Marcaria International LLC 10
0.4%
0 0 0
Edomains LLC 10
0.4%
0 0 0
Cloud DNS Ltd 10
0.4%
▲ +1 0 0
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG 9
0.4%
0 0 0
OwnRegistrar, Inc. 9
0.4%
0 0 1
One.com A/S 9
0.4%
0 0 0
GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd. 9
0.4%
0 0 2
Devexpanse Ltd 9
0.4%
0 0 0
Nameshield SAS 7
0.3%
0 0 0
The Registrar Company B.V. 7
0.3%
0 0 0
Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd. 7
0.3%
0 0 0
Super Registry Ltd 6
0.3%
0 0 0
SafeBrands SAS 6
0.3%
0 0 0
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL 6
0.3%
0 0 0
INWX GmbH 6
0.3%
0 0 0
Lexsynergy Limited 6
0.3%
0 0 0
Dominet (HK) Limited 6
0.3%
▲ +2 0 0
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC 5
0.2%
0 0 0
Regtime Ltd. 5
0.2%
0 0 1
NicNames, Inc. 5
0.2%
▲ +1 0 0
Abion AB 4
0.2%
0 0 0
Domain Science Kutatási Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság 4
0.2%
▲ +2 0 2
Sav.com, LLC - 4 4
0.2%
0 0 1
Sav.com, LLC - 8 4
0.2%
0 0 0
Sav.com, LLC - 12 4
0.2%
0 0 0
DNC Holdings, Inc. 3
0.1%
0 0 0
Dotname Korea Corp. 3
0.1%
0 0 0
NameWeb BVBA 3
0.1%
0 0 0
LEMARIT GmbH 3
0.1%
0 0 0
CV. Rumahweb Indonesia 3
0.1%
0 0 0
Eranet International Limited 3
0.1%
0 0 0
Metaregistrar BV 3
0.1%
0 0 0
Barbero & Associates Limited 3
0.1%
0 0 0
Brand Focus Limited 3
0.1%
0 0 0
Sav.com, LLC - 5 3
0.1%
0 0 0
Sav.com, LLC - 6 3
0.1%
0 0 0
Sav.com, LLC - 13 3
0.1%
0 0 0
Sav.com, LLC - 50 3
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0

Registry activity

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

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 Transfers approved Rejected
Jan 2018 53 90.45M 0 52 38 75 0 0
Dec 2017 53 83.16M 0 50 66 85 0 0
Nov 2017 53 1 0 81 60 86 5 0
Oct 2017 53 83.73M 0 106 50 74 3 0
Sep 2017 53 85.66M 0 75 42 86 0 0
Aug 2017 51 74.82M 0 66 67 83 2 0
Jul 2017 51 80.18M 0 212 74 91 0 0
Jun 2017 73 78.95M 0 15 13 20 0 0
May 2017 74 81.15M 0 258 76 132 0 0
Apr 2017 51 73.11M 0 106 94 177 1 0
Mar 2017 51 76.09M 0 136 69 341 1 0
Feb 2017 71 63.51M 0 691 53 321 2 1
Jan 2017 70 77.87M 0 55 66 51 0 1
Dec 2016 71 63.20M 0 63 41 81 4 0
Nov 2016 71 63.42M 0 57 27 72 1 0
Oct 2016 71 66.61M 0 59 47 127 0 0
Sep 2016 71 53.88M 0 94 57 59 2 0
Aug 2016 71 55.32M 0 69 57 70 1 0
Jul 2016 71 62.99M 0 129 122 198 3 1
Jun 2016 71 55.54M 0 70 60 346 2 0
May 2016 71 46.28M 0 104 91 350 1 0
Apr 2016 71 51.41M 0 384 110 373 3 1
Mar 2016 71 46.95M 0 1,782 77 330 1 2
Feb 2016 68 42.57M 0 1,302 45 459 3 0
Jan 2016 68 43.15M 0 1,758 95 279 1 1
Dec 2015 67 41.96M 0 959 20 94 0 0
Nov 2015 67 37.70M 0 27 22 116 1 0
Oct 2015 68 36.48M 0 204 85 233 0 0
Sep 2015 68 33.97M 0 182 66 265 33 0
Aug 2015 68 34.41M 0 166 74 304 4 0
Jul 2015 65 35.01M 0 107 87 274 0 0
Jun 2015 64 30.28M 0 134 33 152 0 0
May 2015 63 25.72M 0 156 7 122 0 0
Apr 2015 62 30.08M 0 191 5 53 0 0
Mar 2015 62 26.73M 0 156 3 5 0 0
Feb 2015 60 22.09M 0 279 2 1 0 0
Jan 2015 59 24.82M 0 96 2 1 0 0
Dec 2014 59 23.95M 0 451 1 1 0 0
Nov 2014 51 24.16M 0 86 1 1 0 0
Oct 2014 48 25.51M 0 1,780 1 0 0 0
Sep 2014 47 23.14M 0 403 4 0 0 0
Aug 2014 46 17.09M 0 3,088 1 0 0 0
Jul 2014 46 12.71M 0 202 0 1 0 0
Jun 2014 46 20.46M 0 830 10 0 0 0
May 2014 45 10.94M 0 1,425 1 0 0 0
Apr 2014 41 11.04M 0 190 1 0 0 0
Mar 2014 32 13.80M 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 2014 0 371.21k 0 0 15 0 0 0

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 May 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.