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61,299 domains as of 19 Aug 2026

Domains
61,299
19 Aug 2026
30-day change
–
–
Signed in root
✔ Yes
DS record present
Type
Generic
ASCII
Registrar figures are for March 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
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 ›

Of the 67,065 domains that came up for renewal between May 2025 and Apr 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate
15.66%
below .com/.net/.org
Renewed
10,502
in twelve months
Deleted
56,563
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 39 of the 116 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

Month ‹ › Mar 2026 latest
Dynadot Inc — 12,407 (28.25%)Namecheap — 11,997 (27.31%)NameSilo, LLC — 4,837 (11.01%)NETIM SAS — 3,632 (8.27%)Sav.com, LLC — 1,586 (3.61%)Porkbun LLC — 1,548 (3.52%)OVH sas — 1,248 (2.84%)GoDaddy — 1,066 (2.43%)Squarespace Domains II LLC — 784 (1.78%)Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar — 400 (0.91%)Other — 4,420 (10.06%)
43.93kreported Mar 2026
Dynadot Inc12,40728.25%
Namecheap2 accreditations11,99727.31%
NameSilo, LLC4,83711.01%
NETIM SAS3,6328.27%
Sav.com, LLC33 accreditations1,5863.61%
Porkbun LLC1,5483.52%
OVH sas1,2482.84%
GoDaddy4 accreditations1,0662.43%
Squarespace Domains II LLC7841.78%
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar4000.91%
Other106 more4,42010.06%

Domains by month, Feb 2014 – 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 2014 – Apr 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All
035,65571,310106.96k142.62kFeb 2014Mar 2020Apr 2026
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MonthDomainsChangeRegistrarsNet addsDeletes
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
Nov 2025 45,098 ▼ -7,956 159 975 8,915

Showing the latest 6 of 147 months in this range. Show all 147.

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
59,22459,78160,33960,89661,45312 Aug 2615 Aug 2619 Aug 26
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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
+5870-58712 Aug 2619 Aug 26

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
Dynadot Inc 13,322
30.3%
▲ +1,636 4 603
NameCheap, Inc. 7,520
17.1%
▲ +794 0 269
Spaceship, Inc. 6,061
13.8%
▲ +989 5 84
NameSilo, LLC 5,274
12%
▲ +637 1 219
NETIM SAS 3,633
8.3%
▲ +106 0 110
Porkbun LLC 1,651
3.8%
▲ +101 1 40
Sav.com, LLC 1,378
3.1%
▲ +19 1 144
OVH sas 1,216
2.8%
▲ +6 0 40
GoDaddy.com, LLC 1,027
2.3%
▲ +25 1 17
Squarespace Domains II LLC 775
1.8%
▲ +4 0 11
Global Domain Group LLC 444
1%
▲ +106 0 13
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar 402
0.9%
0 0 0
Whois Corp. 313
0.7%
▲ +6 0 3
Gname.com Pte. Ltd. 264
0.6%
▲ +44 0 153
Key-Systems, LLC 247
0.6%
▲ +2 0 1
Name.com, Inc. 233
0.5%
▲ +12 0 1
Gandi SAS 228
0.5%
▲ +1 0 14
Hosting Ukraine LLC 182
0.4%
▲ +2 0 3
Hosteur SARL 179
0.4%
0 0 1
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com 160
0.4%
▲ +5 0 3
Tucows Domains Inc. 157
0.4%
0 0 5
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com 156
0.4%
▲ +6 0 4
Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC 151
0.3%
0 0 1
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu 128
0.3%
▲ +3 0 1
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com 117
0.3%
0 0 2
eNom, LLC 108
0.2%
0 0 1
TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd. 95
0.2%
▲ +10 0 2
URL Solutions, Inc. 84
0.2%
▲ +24 0 0
MarkMonitor Inc. 79
0.2%
0 0 0
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. 75
0.2%
0 0 1
101domain GRS Limited 63
0.1%
0 0 5
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc 62
0.1%
0 0 1
Epik LLC 61
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
Gabia, Inc. 48
0.1%
0 0 0
Network Solutions, LLC 45
0.1%
0 0 0
InterNetX GmbH 42
0.1%
▲ +1 0 1
IONOS SE 40
0.1%
0 0 1
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com 33
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
Gransy, s.r.o. 33
0.1%
▲ +2 0 0
Aceville Pte. Ltd. 32
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE 30
0.1%
0 1 0
Reliable Software 28
0.1%
0 0 0
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA 25
0.1%
0 0 2
MAT BAO CORPORATION 24
0.1%
0 0 0
RegistrarSEC LLC 24
0.1%
0 0 0
1API GmbH 23
0.1%
0 0 1
Megazone Corp., dba HOSTING.KR 23
0.1%
0 0 1
united-domains GmbH 21
0%
0 0 0
EuroDNS S.A. 20
0%
0 1 0
West263 International Limited 16
0%
▲ +1 0 0
Wild West Domains, LLC 15
0%
0 0 2
Safenames Ltd 15
0%
0 0 0
NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED 15
0%
0 0 0
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC 15
0%
0 0 0
Virtualia LLC 15
0%
0 0 0
Realtime Register B.V. 14
0%
0 0 0
Mesh Digital Limited 14
0%
0 0 0
TLD Registrar Pty Ltd 14
0%
0 0 0
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd 12
0%
0 0 1
İsimtescil Bilişim A.Ş. 12
0%
0 0 0
Name SRS AB 11
0%
0 0 0
GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd. 11
0%
0 0 0
Marcaria International LLC 10
0%
0 0 0
OwnRegistrar, Inc. 10
0%
0 0 3
Edomains LLC 10
0%
▲ +1 0 0
Cloud DNS Ltd 10
0%
▲ +1 0 0
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG 9
0%
0 0 0
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com 9
0%
0 0 0
Devexpanse Ltd 9
0%
0 0 0
One.com A/S 8
0%
0 0 0
Nameshield SAS 7
0%
0 0 0
The Registrar Company B.V. 7
0%
▲ +1 0 0
Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd. 7
0%
0 0 0
Super Registry Ltd 6
0%
0 0 0
SafeBrands SAS 6
0%
0 0 0
Regtime Ltd. 6
0%
0 0 0
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL 6
0%
0 0 0
INWX GmbH 6
0%
0 0 0
Lexsynergy Limited 6
0%
0 2 0
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC 5
0%
0 0 0
Domain Science Kutatási Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság 5
0%
0 0 0
Sav.com, LLC - 4 5
0%
0 0 1
Abion AB 4
0%
0 0 0
Sav.com, LLC - 6 4
0%
0 0 1
Sav.com, LLC - 8 4
0%
0 0 0
Sav.com, LLC - 9 4
0%
0 0 1
Sav.com, LLC - 12 4
0%
0 0 0
NicNames, Inc. 4
0%
▲ +1 0 0
DNC Holdings, Inc. 3
0%
0 0 0
Dotname Korea Corp. 3
0%
0 0 1
Instra Corporation Pty Ltd. 3
0%
0 0 0
NameWeb BVBA 3
0%
0 0 0
LEMARIT GmbH 3
0%
0 0 0
CV. Rumahweb Indonesia 3
0%
0 0 1
Eranet International Limited 3
0%
0 0 0
Metaregistrar BV 3
0%
0 0 0
Dominet (HK) Limited 3
0%
▲ +3 0 0
Barbero & Associates Limited 3
0%
0 0 0
Namemart Limited 3
0%
0 0 7
Brand Focus Limited 3
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.

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