.boston

4,321 domains as of 19 Aug 2026

Domains

4,321

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: Registry Services, LLC
Technical backend: ARI Registry Services (GoDaddy Registry) via ns ptr
Delegated: 29 Nov 2016
Nameservers: a.nic.boston, b.nic.boston, c.nic.boston, x.nic.boston, y.nic.boston, z.nic.boston
RDAP: https://rdap.nic.boston
Zone data: CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Of the 4,083 domains that came up for renewal between May 2025 and Apr 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate

64.22%

below .com/.net/.org

Renewed

2,622

in twelve months

Deleted

1,461

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 11 of the 56 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

4.55kreported Apr 2026

Share of .boston by registrar
GoDaddy4 accreditations	2,048	45.03%
Namecheap2 accreditations	767	16.86%
Cloudflare, Inc.	263	5.78%
Porkbun LLC	244	5.36%
Newfold Digital3 accreditations	153	3.36%
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.	117	2.57%
Tucows2 accreditations	102	2.24%
EnCirca, Inc.	95	2.09%
NameSilo, LLC	91	2%
Dynadot Inc	90	1.98%
Other46 more	578	12.71%

4,548 attributed to registrars in Apr 2026, against 4,321 in 19 Aug 2026’s zone — the zone is 227 smaller. 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, Apr 2023 – 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.

Apr 2023 – Apr 2026 1y 3y 5y All

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Month	Domains	Change	Registrars	Net adds	Deletes
Apr 2026	4,548	▼ -207	63	79	293
Mar 2026	4,755	▲ +14	64	96	88
Feb 2026	4,741	▼ -28	64	58	77
Jan 2026	4,769	▼ -107	64	67	176
Dec 2025	4,876	▼ -141	64	46	202
Nov 2025	5,017	▲ +18	63	99	88

Showing the latest 6 of 37 months in this range. Show all 37.

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
GoDaddy.com, LLC	1,977	43.5%	▲ +35	0	60
NameCheap, Inc.	586	12.9%	▲ +7	0	16
Cloudflare, Inc.	263	5.8%	▲ +8	28	0
Porkbun LLC	244	5.4%	▲ +18	1	5
Spaceship, Inc.	181	4%	▲ +7	0	6
Network Solutions, LLC	129	2.8%	▲ +1	0	0
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.	117	2.6%	0	0	0
Tucows Domains Inc.	101	2.2%	0	0	3
EnCirca, Inc.	95	2.1%	0	0	0
NameSilo, LLC	91	2%	0	0	1
Dynadot Inc	90	2%	▲ +1	0	160
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE	85	1.9%	0	0	0
MarkMonitor Inc.	73	1.6%	0	0	0
IONOS SE	47	1%	0	0	1
Gandi SAS	34	0.7%	0	0	0
101domain GRS Limited	31	0.7%	0	0	0
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com	30	0.7%	0	0	0
Key-Systems, LLC	29	0.6%	0	0	0
Wild West Domains, LLC	28	0.6%	0	0	0
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC	27	0.6%	0	0	1
Hello Internet Corp.	24	0.5%	0	0	0
Name.com, Inc.	20	0.4%	▲ +1	0	0
Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC	19	0.4%	0	0	3
1API GmbH	19	0.4%	0	0	1
GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd.	16	0.4%	0	0	0
Go Canada Domains, LLC	14	0.3%	0	0	0
eNom, LLC	13	0.3%	▲ +1	0	0
Safenames Ltd	11	0.2%	0	0	0
Go China Domains, LLC	11	0.2%	0	0	0
Instra Corporation Pty Ltd.	11	0.2%	0	0	0
united-domains GmbH	11	0.2%	0	0	0
Gname.com Pte. Ltd.	11	0.2%	0	0	35
Go Australia Domains, LLC	10	0.2%	0	0	0
Go France Domains, LLC	9	0.2%	0	0	0
Lexsynergy Limited	9	0.2%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC	7	0.2%	0	0	0
Marcaria International LLC	7	0.2%	0	0	0
Go Montenegro Domains, LLC	7	0.2%	0	0	0
Blue Razor Domains, LLC	6	0.1%	0	0	0
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC	5	0.1%	0	0	0
Namemart Limited	5	0.1%	0	0	0
Devexpanse Ltd	5	0.1%	0	0	0
InterNetX GmbH	4	0.1%	0	0	0
Epik LLC	4	0.1%	0	0	0
NETIM SAS	4	0.1%	0	0	0
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	4	0.1%	0	0	0
Unstoppable Domains Inc.	4	0.1%	0	0	0
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd	2	0%	0	0	0
INWX GmbH	2	0%	0	0	0
Barbero & Associates Limited	2	0%	0	0	0
Reserved for billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	2	0%	0	0	0
Abion AB	1	0%	0	0	0
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA	1	0%	0	0	0
BB-Online UK Limited	1	0%	0	0	0
Realtime Register B.V.	1	0%	0	0	0
Tiger Technologies LLC	1	0%	0	0	0
EuroDNS S.A.	1	0%	0	0	0
DomainContext, Inc.	1	0%	0	0	0
OwnRegistrar, Inc.	1	0%	0	0	0
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL	1	0%	0	0	0
Domain Science Kutatási Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság	1	0%	0	0	0
Reserved for ICANN's Registry SLA Monitoring System transactions reporting	1	0%	0	0	0
Reserved for non-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	215	129.02M	484.63k	86	78	157
Mar 2026	212	161.58M	465.61k	102	298	178
Feb 2026	212	135.92M	398.79k	49	62	172
Jan 2026	212	144.32M	402.65k	69	73	298
Dec 2025	207	286.67M	410.66k	61	199	201
Nov 2025	205	132.28M	397.01k	106	213	193
Oct 2025	203	131.86M	408.37k	80	114	421
Sep 2025	163	131.56M	376.81k	46	100	238
Aug 2025	163	141.71M	366.62k	91	76	172
Jul 2025	159	137.71M	340.77k	1,253	67	226
Jun 2025	159	144.15M	332.68k	75	116	128
May 2025	159	151.42M	334.67k	58	71	142
Apr 2025	158	136.28M	333.55k	100	89	151
Mar 2025	157	137.78M	325.34k	107	103	184
Feb 2025	152	123.48M	277.81k	222	120	155
Jan 2025	151	159.81M	291.15k	112	107	253
Dec 2024	148	145.70M	291.51k	54	110	220
Nov 2024	148	125.20M	283.88k	176	171	247
Oct 2024	147	135.41M	159.46k	63	68	449
Sep 2024	145	153.60M	10.88k	105	103	339
Aug 2024	145	155.57M	9.99k	107	65	217
Jul 2024	144	150.46M	10.70k	75	71	234
Jun 2024	142	147.19M	16.79k	59	93	132
May 2024	141	138.83M	9.65k	124	48	160
Apr 2024	140	167.77M	10.97k	104	70	145
Mar 2024	137	144.47M	6.82k	120	87	140
Feb 2024	138	149.63M	5.15k	121	299	160
Jan 2024	135	154.14M	9.85k	391	346	139
Dec 2023	135	156.15M	9.11k	362	119	135
Nov 2023	134	111.42M	8.63k	79	120	188
Oct 2023	133	124.26M	0	118	73	552
Sep 2023	132	113.58M	0	107	94	208
Aug 2023	132	116.24M	0	131	49	281
Jul 2023	130	116.29M	0	92	102	201
Jun 2023	129	116.00M	0	136	185	111
May 2023	129	121.27M	0	112	95	103
Apr 2023	125	107.18M	0	105	136	125
Mar 2023	123	118.43M	0	93	67	157
Feb 2023	117	96.07M	0	71	56	129
Jan 2023	114	103.96M	0	215	100	141
Dec 2022	113	114.58M	0	351	131	162
Nov 2022	112	176.70M	0	233	176	183
Oct 2022	112	221.88M	0	100	134	558
Sep 2022	112	199.96M	0	76	167	195
Aug 2022	100	409.20M	0	131	165	200
Jul 2022	99	169.79M	0	77	68	167
Jun 2022	99	184.70M	0	71	61	102
May 2022	98	153.81M	0	178	80	98
Apr 2022	98	0	0	129	74	141
Mar 2022	98	123.32M	0	85	70	134
Feb 2022	98	110.89M	0	52	29	141
Jan 2022	93	112.31M	0	75	26	149
Dec 2021	91	117.53M	0	77	68	109
Nov 2021	100	104.58M	0	107	133	111
Oct 2021	100	132.19M	0	61	28	176
Sep 2021	99	120.72M	0	56	49	127
Aug 2021	99	144.02M	0	80	49	131
Jul 2021	97	125.88M	0	78	50	119
Jun 2021	97	124.27M	0	85	195	111
May 2021	97	134.69M	0	89	150	26
Apr 2021	96	193.83M	0	54	147	48
Mar 2021	97	148.69M	0	69	160	40
Feb 2021	96	123.96M	0	51	134	53
Jan 2021	95	134.27M	0	94	148	45
Dec 2020	92	122.64M	0	62	183	52
Nov 2020	89	119.91M	0	49	533	107
Oct 2020	88	153.98M	0	58	159	157
Sep 2020	88	97.22M	0	65	151	161
Aug 2020	88	97.56M	0	73	161	84
Jul 2020	89	102.89M	0	63	153	89
Jun 2020	89	106.55M	0	66	150	111
May 2020	87	113.98M	0	65	154	27
Apr 2020	83	107.47M	0	54	9,688	47
Mar 2020	80	109.93M	0	66	180	41
Feb 2020	77	100.73M	0	3,567,447	103	76
Jan 2020	76	98.93M	0	7,308,790	148	51
Dec 2019	79	114.96M	0	37	189	48
Nov 2019	78	127.42M	0	36	486	88
Oct 2019	76	129.11M	0	56	85	255
Sep 2019	74	91.57M	0	60	80	143
Aug 2019	74	100.92M	0	78	82	95
Jul 2019	74	94.04M	0	70	101	121
Jun 2019	74	82.68M	0	70	88	225
May 2019	74	84.43M	0	80	93	12
Apr 2019	74	80.97M	0	46	129	22
Mar 2019	73	85.90M	0	9,568	105	35
Feb 2019	73	71.76M	0	71	99	57
Jan 2019	73	92.61M	0	27,158	15,271	24
Dec 2018	72	83.94M	0	61	2,088	28
Nov 2018	72	68.82M	0	64	1,231	52
Oct 2018	71	71.92M	0	54	11	452
Sep 2018	70	71.67M	0	41	8	221
Aug 2018	69	69.08M	0	66	9	583
Jul 2018	68	60.56M	0	78	6	82
Jun 2018	67	58.20M	0	493	13	77
May 2018	67	58.57M	0	106	4	4
Apr 2018	67	57.84M	0	123	3	1
Mar 2018	66	59.65M	0	168	2	1
Feb 2018	65	53.47M	0	217	0	0
Jan 2018	65	61.04M	0	328	2	6

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.