.best

63,474 domains as of 26 Aug 2026

Domains

63,474

26 Aug 2026

30-day change

–

Signed in root

✔ Yes

DS record present

Type

Generic

ASCII

Registrar figures are for March 2021. 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 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

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Related accreditations combined into corporate families. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

95.34kreported Mar 2021

Share of .best by registrar
NameSilo, LLC	25,825	27.09%
Namecheap	24,653	25.86%
Dynadot Inc	7,940	8.33%
OVH sas	7,310	7.67%
URL Solutions, Inc.	4,877	5.12%
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	3,610	3.79%
Epik LLC	3,563	3.74%
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com	3,319	3.48%
Porkbun LLC	1,956	2.05%
Gandi SAS	1,856	1.95%
Other68 more	10,427	10.94%

Domains by month, Apr 2016 – Apr 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.

Apr 2016 – 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

Showing the latest 6 of 121 months in this range. Show all 121.

Domains by day, 12 Aug 2026 – 26 Aug 2026

Source: Daily zone files

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

12 Aug 2026 – 26 Aug 2026

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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.

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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
Dynadot Inc	13,322	14%	▲ +1,636	4	603
NameCheap, Inc.	7,520	7.9%	▲ +794	0	269
Spaceship, Inc.	6,061	6.4%	▲ +989	5	84
NameSilo, LLC	5,274	5.5%	▲ +637	1	219
NETIM SAS	3,633	3.8%	▲ +106	0	110
Porkbun LLC	1,651	1.7%	▲ +101	1	40
Sav.com, LLC	1,378	1.4%	▲ +19	1	144
OVH sas	1,216	1.3%	▲ +6	0	40
GoDaddy.com, LLC	1,027	1.1%	▲ +25	1	17
Squarespace Domains II LLC	775	0.8%	▲ +4	0	11
Global Domain Group LLC	444	0.5%	▲ +106	0	13
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	402	0.4%	0	0	0
Whois Corp.	313	0.3%	▲ +6	0	3
Gname.com Pte. Ltd.	264	0.3%	▲ +44	0	153
Key-Systems, LLC	247	0.3%	▲ +2	0	1
Name.com, Inc.	233	0.2%	▲ +12	0	1
Gandi SAS	228	0.2%	▲ +1	0	14
Hosting Ukraine LLC	182	0.2%	▲ +2	0	3
Hosteur SARL	179	0.2%	0	0	1
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com	160	0.2%	▲ +5	0	3
Tucows Domains Inc.	157	0.2%	0	0	5
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com	156	0.2%	▲ +6	0	4
Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC	151	0.2%	0	0	1
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	128	0.1%	▲ +3	0	1
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com	117	0.1%	0	0	2
eNom, LLC	108	0.1%	0	0	1
TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd.	95	0.1%	▲ +10	0	2
URL Solutions, Inc.	84	0.1%	▲ +24	0	0
MarkMonitor Inc.	79	0.1%	0	0	0
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.	75	0.1%	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%	0	0	0
InterNetX GmbH	42	0%	▲ +1	0	1
IONOS SE	40	0%	0	0	1
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com	33	0%	▲ +1	0	0
Gransy, s.r.o.	33	0%	▲ +2	0	0
Aceville Pte. Ltd.	32	0%	▲ +1	0	0
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE	30	0%	0	1	0
Reliable Software	28	0%	0	0	0
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA	25	0%	0	0	2
MAT BAO CORPORATION	24	0%	0	0	0
RegistrarSEC LLC	24	0%	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

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
Apr 2026	345	4.05B	391.69k	4,678	6,477	721	15	0
Mar 2026	346	4.27B	400.91k	3,675	2,979	585	23	1
Feb 2026	346	3.43B	298.16k	2,995	1,270	540	11	0
Jan 2026	346	3.65B	271.18k	2,858	2,714	544	36	0
Dec 2025	346	3.49B	268.03k	1,087	4,696	574	39	1
Nov 2025	343	3.44B	312.07k	938	3,941	524	20	0
Oct 2025	341	3.70B	358.40k	1,314	11,607	599	66	0
Sep 2025	338	3.71B	1.23M	9,024	4,757	856	17	0
Aug 2025	337	4.00B	368.62k	3,143	4,325	444	19	0
Jul 2025	335	4.22B	334.70k	4,474	9,842	1,066	21	0
Jun 2025	333	4.16B	185.30k	1,125	3,581	490	20	0
May 2025	329	4.04B	186.24k	1,183	4,868	551	16	0
Apr 2025	329	4.02B	186.14k	1,359	3,931	538	22	0
Mar 2025	328	4.26B	176.14k	3,155	5,583	617	49	0
Feb 2025	327	3.59B	162.17k	5,674	5,148	576	47	0
Jan 2025	327	4.43B	152.07k	1,072	4,430	535	26	0
Dec 2024	325	4.07B	155.03k	2,530	3,361	651	20	0
Nov 2024	325	4.46B	147.98k	2,849	6,660	692	11	0
Oct 2024	324	4.89B	137.64k	3,089	6,483	531	40	0
Sep 2024	322	4.54B	137.56k	8,151	2,849	476	19	0
Aug 2024	319	3.64B	128.14k	4,503	3,727	538	18	0
Jul 2024	317	3.89B	138.80k	3,027	4,988	559	16	1
Jun 2024	317	3.73B	170.03k	4,994	3,200	451	25	0
May 2024	316	3.68B	128.34k	3,880	6,155	625	21	0
Apr 2024	304	1.58B	112.05k	4,801	5,871	754	23	0
Mar 2024	303	845.69M	120.01k	3,504	6,258	532	92	1
Feb 2024	299	3.15B	111.90k	4,035	8,718	733	43	0
Jan 2024	295	3.92B	127.21k	5,738	7,163	471	128	1
Dec 2023	294	3.64B	133.27k	3,879	1,685	505	24	0
Nov 2023	290	3.19B	103.81k	3,332	2,735	1,302	58	0
Oct 2023	290	3.28B	93.91k	2,727	1,754	1,486	19	1
Sep 2023	288	3.08B	0	8,973	1,548	1,356	37	0
Aug 2023	286	2.22B	0	2,060	1,747	1,325	76	0
Jul 2023	286	1.38B	0	2,939	1,839	1,202	49	3
Jun 2023	286	3.18B	0	0	0	0	24	2
May 2023	285	3.52B	0	4,708	2,553	1,185	28	1
Apr 2023	285	3.61B	0	3,675	1,780	1,048	9	0
Mar 2023	280	3.28B	0	7,465	2,414	1,029	39	1
Feb 2023	278	2.22B	0	4,392	1,470	1,011	24	0
Jan 2023	276	2.91B	0	3,679	1,229	598	9	0
Dec 2022	274	4.05B	0	6,688	1,040	886	32	0
Nov 2022	273	4.01B	0	1,213	1,664	642	77	0
Oct 2022	271	3.77B	0	1,165	2,032	590	21	0
Sep 2022	271	3.87B	0	1,239	1,482	604	20	0
Aug 2022	268	4.15B	0	1,283	1,207	589	17	0
Jul 2022	267	3.66B	0	1,089	1,354	450	19	0
Jun 2022	267	3.06B	0	1,110	1,835	518	13	0
May 2022	247	1.87B	0	1,144	2,446	600	16	0
Apr 2022	241	526.75M	0	1,089	1,832	1,470	23	0
Mar 2022	235	2.86B	0	1,940	5,367	1,209	72	1
Feb 2022	234	2.39B	0	1,648	4,775	2,303	13	0
Jan 2022	232	3.18B	0	1,411	10,691	2,244	30	0
Dec 2021	181	153.44B	0	2,952	11,060	5,137	35	2
Nov 2021	178	158.42B	0	1,762	8,222	2,897	26	0
Oct 2021	174	157.06B	0	2,213	6,259	3,177	20	0
Sep 2021	173	145.72B	0	2,121	5,999	3,079	18	0
Aug 2021	172	5.02B	0	2,027	8,215	3,323	7	0
Jul 2021	171	4.77B	0	1,217	7,761	3,826	10	0
Jun 2021	169	4.26M	0	1,021	5,883	3,242	16	0
May 2021	166	1.54B	0	1,419	5,134	3,618	24	0
Apr 2021	164	1.50B	0	0	0	0	11	0
Mar 2021	165	1.20B	0	2,233	5,298	2,440	14	0
Feb 2021	162	1.79B	0	1,999	8,689	1,430	102	0
Jan 2021	161	1.51B	0	2,490	18,100	1,568	27	0
Dec 2020	154	1.51B	0	10,844	18,160	1,923	44	0
Nov 2020	148	1.26B	0	9,468	12,253	1,334	45	0
Oct 2020	146	1.50B	0	8,999	10,677	672	25	0
Sep 2020	144	1.17B	0	5,325	5,270	764	16	1
Aug 2020	136	1.45B	0	4,965	3,081	757	20	0
Jul 2020	136	1.86B	0	1,651	654	110	23	0
Jun 2020	134	1.55B	0	7,023	1,801	467	16	0
May 2020	123	1.74B	0	6,437	1,765	566	4	0
Apr 2020	116	1.34B	0	5,800	2,185	355	9	1
Mar 2020	97	1.16B	0	5,373	1,143	267	11	6
Feb 2020	93	1.05B	0	5,290	716	3,562	55	0
Jan 2020	93	843.76M	0	8,417	574	256	12	0
Dec 2019	93	746.69M	0	13,031	385	293	80	1
Nov 2019	93	827.06M	0	23,184	168	444	18	0
Oct 2019	93	860.03M	0	8,971	162	106	25	2
Sep 2019	93	665.33M	0	9,776	150	142	6	0
Aug 2019	91	824.23M	0	7,000	140	320	14	1
Jul 2019	90	880.47M	0	4,094	151	60	5	0
Jun 2019	89	132.26M	0	2,523	73	108	3	0
May 2019	89	109.40M	0	3,063	88	107	8	0
Apr 2019	88	98.07M	0	1,505	104	133	1	0
Mar 2019	88	82.97M	0	2,958	77	75	2	0
Feb 2019	87	63.85M	0	4,527	30	151	3	0
Jan 2019	87	67.69M	0	645	67	96	1	2
Dec 2018	84	62.54M	0	629	72	90	2	0
Nov 2018	83	46.77M	0	2,462	236	161	2	0
Oct 2018	83	37.76M	0	204	75	69	2	0
Sep 2018	78	35.01M	0	241	150	66	1	0
Aug 2018	78	46.97M	0	355	233	99	1	0
Jul 2018	78	51.67M	0	163	68	94	4	0
Jun 2018	53	74.14M	0	71	71	106	3	1
May 2018	49	51.73M	0	17	28	32	0	0
Apr 2018	53	96.91M	0	81	530	166	3	0
Mar 2018	53	94.21M	0	91	72	121	1	2
Feb 2018	53	82.72M	0	84	45	191	2	1
Jan 2018	53	90.45M	0	52	38	75	0	0

Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated 26 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.