.best

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 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.

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 40 of the 117 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

46.80kreported Apr 2026

Share of .best by registrar
Namecheap2 accreditations	13,581	29.02%
Dynadot Inc	13,322	28.47%
NameSilo, LLC	5,274	11.27%
NETIM SAS	3,633	7.76%
Porkbun LLC	1,651	3.53%
Sav.com, LLC34 accreditations	1,441	3.08%
OVH sas	1,216	2.6%
GoDaddy4 accreditations	1,068	2.28%
Squarespace Domains II LLC	775	1.66%
Global Domain Group LLC	444	0.95%
Other107 more	4,395	9.39%

46,800 attributed to registrars in Apr 2026, against 61,299 in 19 Aug 2026’s zone — the zone is 14,499 larger. The two are months apart, and a registry's own count also includes registrations that are not delegated in the zone. Why there are two clocks.

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

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Month	Domains	Change	Registrars	Net adds	Deletes
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
Oct 2025	53,054	▼ -1,244	159	1,273	2,571
Sep 2025	54,298	▼ -2,694	160	1,158	3,877
Aug 2025	56,992	▼ -1,465	159	3,365	4,854
Jul 2025	58,457	▼ -2,278	159	1,406	3,707
Jun 2025	60,735	▼ -3,463	158	1,129	5,007
May 2025	64,198	▼ -2,210	159	1,457	2,989
Apr 2025	66,408	▼ -4,128	159	1,108	5,482
Mar 2025	70,536	▲ +176	158	3,567	3,413
Feb 2025	70,360	▲ +1,427	155	5,060	4,275
Jan 2025	68,933	▼ -2,004	154	1,210	3,076
Dec 2024	70,937	▼ -5,147	151	2,604	7,765
Nov 2024	76,084	▼ -1,077	145	3,197	3,826
Oct 2024	77,161	▲ +1,384	142	4,615	2,192
Sep 2024	75,777	▲ +5,517	138	7,734	2,727
Aug 2024	70,260	▼ -6	134	3,795	4,523
Jul 2024	70,266	▲ +61	149	4,316	2,958
Jun 2024	70,205	▼ -804	152	3,813	6,172
May 2024	71,009	▼ -956	152	3,509	4,706
Apr 2024	71,965	▼ -829	150	4,638	5,703
Mar 2024	72,794	▼ -6,373	150	3,924	10,047
Feb 2024	79,167	▼ -1,247	151	3,922	4,840
Jan 2024	80,414	▲ +4,011	151	4,603	1,720
Dec 2023	76,403	▲ +2,330	150	4,749	1,552
Nov 2023	74,073	▲ +2,323	150	2,565	1,000
Oct 2023	71,750	▲ +1,776	149	3,420	959
Sep 2023	69,974	▲ +7,950	149	8,115	1,024
Aug 2023	62,024	▲ +968	150	2,291	1,092
Jul 2023	61,056	▲ +1,908	150	3,019	1,013
Jun 2023	59,148	▲ +674	149	2,503	1,841
May 2023	58,474	▲ +3,700	149	4,285	1,010
Apr 2023	54,774	▲ +1,810	149	4,255	1,845
Mar 2023	52,964	▲ +5,670	147	7,050	1,803
Feb 2023	47,294	▲ +2,223	149	4,848	2,202
Jan 2023	45,071	▲ +5,266	147	7,451	1,428
Dec 2022	39,805	▲ +7,712	140	8,922	2,082
Nov 2022	32,093	▲ +128	125	1,078	1,856
Oct 2022	31,965	▼ -277	115	1,312	1,459
Sep 2022	32,242	▲ +456	109	1,080	766
Aug 2022	31,786	▼ -74	105	911	1,087
Jul 2022	31,860	▼ -834	106	884	1,659
Jun 2022	32,694	▼ -1,096	101	744	1,934
May 2022	33,790	▼ -677	99	718	1,489
Apr 2022	34,467	▼ -4,117	96	1,783	5,180
Mar 2022	38,584	▼ -5,784	93	622	7,252
Feb 2022	44,368	▼ -5,917	92	1,549	7,384
Jan 2022	50,285	▼ -9,397	90	1,329	10,478
Dec 2021	59,682	▼ -3,958	90	2,582	6,767
Nov 2021	63,640	▼ -3,659	90	1,327	4,966
Oct 2021	67,299	▼ -3,113	90	1,879	5,106
Sep 2021	70,412	▼ -5,066	89	1,795	6,916
Aug 2021	75,478	▼ -4,408	88	1,637	6,167
Jul 2021	79,886	▼ -4,898	86	868	5,634
Jun 2021	84,784	▼ -3,466	86	921	4,469
May 2021	88,250	▼ -3,450	85	1,437	4,750
Apr 2021	91,700	▼ -3,636	84	1,827	5,339
Mar 2021	95,336	▼ -7,151	83	1,908	8,947
Feb 2021	102,487	▼ -22,113	83	1,725	22,743
Jan 2021	124,600	▼ -7,455	82	3,192	11,166
Dec 2020	132,055	▲ +35	81	11,020	10,928
Nov 2020	132,020	▲ +296	81	9,226	8,887
Oct 2020	131,724	▲ +3,968	79	7,605	4,632
Sep 2020	127,756	▲ +2,017	79	5,034	2,966
Aug 2020	125,739	▲ +2,131	78	5,463	2,889
Jul 2020	123,608	▲ +5,117	75	6,284	1,598
Jun 2020	118,491	▲ +4,877	74	6,759	1,834
May 2020	113,614	▲ +4,672	73	6,286	1,681
Apr 2020	108,942	▲ +4,394	70	5,233	1,158
Mar 2020	104,548	▲ +4,862	69	5,384	380
Feb 2020	99,686	▲ +4,606	69	5,002	561
Jan 2020	95,080	▲ +7,926	69	8,487	300
Dec 2019	87,154	▲ +17,343	69	26,307	130
Nov 2019	69,811	▲ +18,688	67	10,213	160
Oct 2019	51,123	▲ +12,222	66	12,476	92
Sep 2019	38,901	▲ +9,394	65	9,288	175
Aug 2019	29,507	▲ +6,761	64	6,124	149
Jul 2019	22,746	▲ +3,795	62	3,582	147
Jun 2019	18,951	▲ +2,498	62	3,067	88
May 2019	16,453	▲ +2,897	60	2,301	72
Apr 2019	13,556	▲ +1,426	60	1,477	107
Mar 2019	12,130	▲ +2,852	59	5,937	66
Feb 2019	9,278	▲ +4,416	59	1,428	86
Jan 2019	4,862	▲ +584	59	493	43
Dec 2018	4,278	▲ +571	58	673	56
Nov 2018	3,707	▲ +973	58	935	55
Oct 2018	2,734	▲ +15	52	87	63
Sep 2018	2,719	▲ +73	52	131	49
Aug 2018	2,646	▲ +29	52	77	66
Jul 2018	2,617	▲ +37	51	85	91
Jun 2018	2,580	▼ -68	43	56	403
May 2018	2,648	▼ -470	39	5	20
Apr 2018	3,118	▲ +30	53	81	49
Mar 2018	3,088	▲ +40	53	79	51
Feb 2018	3,048	▲ +50	53	78	29
Jan 2018	2,998	▼ -20	53	46	72
Dec 2017	3,018	▼ -5	53	52	55
Nov 2017	3,023	▲ +22	53	94	53
Oct 2017	3,001	▲ +53	53	83	53
Sep 2017	2,948	▲ +6	53	68	55
Aug 2017	2,942	▼ -21	51	51	77
Jul 2017	2,963	▼ -162	51	97	257
Jun 2017	3,125	0	51	55	63
May 2017	3,125	▼ -27	51	79	94
Apr 2017	3,152	▲ +22	51	92	69
Mar 2017	3,130	▲ +14	51	148	81
Feb 2017	3,116	▲ +112	51	154	43
Jan 2017	3,004	▲ +18	51	48	30
Dec 2016	2,986	▲ +29	51	55	26
Nov 2016	2,957	▲ +5	50	68	63
Oct 2016	2,952	▼ -46	50	63	110
Sep 2016	2,998	▲ +27	50	80	56
Aug 2016	2,971	▼ -74	50	52	124
Jul 2016	3,045	▲ +48	50	83	35
Jun 2016	2,997	▲ +5	50	58	53
May 2016	2,992	▲ +12	50	89	77
Apr 2016	2,980	▲ +92	50	119	30
Mar 2016	2,888	▲ +628	49	648	27
Feb 2016	2,260	▲ +17	48	76	59
Jan 2016	2,243	▲ +81	48	123	41
Dec 2015	2,162	▲ +45	48	64	20
Nov 2015	2,117	▲ +52	48	76	24
Oct 2015	2,065	▲ +26	47	67	42
Sep 2015	2,039	▲ +50	47	86	38
Aug 2015	1,989	▲ +35	46	124	84
Jul 2015	1,954	▲ +65	44	91	26
Jun 2015	1,889	▲ +104	44	110	8
May 2015	1,785	▲ +128	42	128	2
Apr 2015	1,657	▲ +141	42	141	4
Mar 2015	1,516	▲ +139	40	140	4
Feb 2015	1,377	▲ +245	39	246	3
Jan 2015	1,132	▲ +66	38	66	0
Dec 2014	1,066	▲ +133	36	134	2
Nov 2014	933	▲ +60	34	60	0
Oct 2014	873	▲ +55	32	55	0
Sep 2014	818	▲ +57	31	57	3
Aug 2014	761	▲ +107	28	107	0
Jul 2014	654	▲ +129	28	129	0
Jun 2014	525	▲ +212	28	212	4
May 2014	313	▲ +218	23	218	1
Apr 2014	95	▲ +94	10	94	0
Mar 2014	1	0	1	0	0
Feb 2014	1	–	1	1	0

Showing all 147 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	Domains	Share	Net adds	Transfers in	Deletes
Dynadot Inc	13,322	28.5%	▲ +1,636	4	603
NameCheap, Inc.	7,520	16.1%	▲ +794	0	269
Spaceship, Inc.	6,061	13%	▲ +989	5	84
NameSilo, LLC	5,274	11.3%	▲ +637	1	219
NETIM SAS	3,633	7.8%	▲ +106	0	110
Porkbun LLC	1,651	3.5%	▲ +101	1	40
Sav.com, LLC	1,378	2.9%	▲ +19	1	144
OVH sas	1,216	2.6%	▲ +6	0	40
GoDaddy.com, LLC	1,027	2.2%	▲ +25	1	17
Squarespace Domains II LLC	775	1.7%	▲ +4	0	11
Global Domain Group LLC	444	0.9%	▲ +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	0.5%	▲ +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	0.3%	▲ +5	0	3
Tucows Domains Inc.	157	0.3%	0	0	5
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com	156	0.3%	▲ +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%	0	0	1
Megazone Corp., dba HOSTING.KR	23	0%	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.

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

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.