.design

114,309 domains as of 2 Sep 2026

Domains
114,309
2 Sep 2026
30-day change
Signed in root
✔ Yes
DS record present
Type
Generic
ASCII
Registrar figures are for December 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
Registry Services, LLC
Technical backend
ARI Registry Services (GoDaddy Registry) via ns ptr
Delegated
24 Jan 2015
Nameservers
a.nic.design, b.nic.design, c.nic.design, x.nic.design, y.nic.design, z.nic.design
RDAP
https://rdap.nic.design
Zone data
CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Of the 101,694 domains that came up for renewal between Jun 2025 and May 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate
72.51%
below .com/.net/.org
Renewed
73,743
in twelve months
Deleted
27,951
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 7 of the 105 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

Month Dec 2016 latest
Namecheap — 11,862 (20.62%)GoDaddy — 10,268 (17.85%)Newfold Digital — 8,220 (14.29%)Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar — 3,335 (5.8%)Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) — 3,022 (5.25%)eNom, LLC — 2,993 (5.2%)Tucows — 2,654 (4.61%)Porkbun LLC — 2,546 (4.43%)IONOS SE — 1,823 (3.17%)Name.com, Inc. — 1,347 (2.34%)Other — 9,451 (16.43%)
57.52kreported Dec 2016
Share of .design by registrar
Namecheap11,86220.62%
GoDaddy3 accreditations10,26817.85%
Newfold Digital2 accreditations8,22014.29%
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar3,3355.8%
Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn)3,0225.25%
eNom, LLC2,9935.2%
Tucows2 accreditations2,6544.61%
Porkbun LLC2,5464.43%
IONOS SE1,8233.17%
Name.com, Inc.1,3472.34%
Other95 more9,45116.43%

Domains by month, Jan 2015 – 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.

Jan 2015 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All
035,06470,128105.19k140.26kJan 2015Sep 2020May 2026
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MonthDomainsChangeRegistrarsNet addsDeletes
May 2026 118,956 ▼ -86 201 3,245 3,367
Apr 2026 119,042 ▲ +316 190 2,835 2,582
Mar 2026 118,726 ▲ +1,219 185 2,997 1,866
Feb 2026 117,507 ▲ +312 178 2,299 1,939
Jan 2026 117,195 ▲ +464 173 2,403 2,118
Dec 2025 116,731 ▼ -299 173 2,558 2,560

Showing the latest 6 of 137 months in this range. Show all 137.

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
113.94k114.04k114.14k114.24k114.34k12 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
+2590-25912 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
GoDaddy.com, LLC 27,564
47.9%
▲ +585 12 586
NameCheap, Inc. 21,522
37.4%
▲ +831 6 763
Tucows Domains Inc. 12,063
21%
▲ +52 91 271
Squarespace Domains II LLC 9,777
17%
▲ +106 9 119
Porkbun LLC 8,929
15.5%
▲ +177 19 152
eNom, LLC 3,380
5.9%
▲ +12 0 84
Cloudflare, Inc. 2,603
4.5%
▲ +113 54 23
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com 2,440
4.2%
▲ +20 0 23
Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) 2,165
3.8%
▲ +46 0 63
Network Solutions, LLC 2,017
3.5%
▲ +10 3 36
Key-Systems, LLC 1,996
3.5%
▲ +21 8 21
Dynadot Inc 1,949
3.4%
▲ +480 4 547
Name.com, Inc. 1,678
2.9%
▲ +202 19 11
IONOS SE 1,665
2.9%
0 0 20
Automattic Inc. 1,582
2.8%
▲ +25 4 67
Spaceship, Inc. 1,308
2.3%
▲ +115 8 120
OVH sas 1,215
2.1%
▲ +17 2 18
Mesh Digital Limited 1,124
2%
▲ +117 1 107
Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC 851
1.5%
0 0 16
Cronon GmbH 846
1.5%
0 0 2
united-domains GmbH 796
1.4%
▲ +5 0 5
Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER 703
1.2%
▲ +9 0 10
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com 636
1.1%
▲ +25 0 14
1API GmbH 533
0.9%
0 0 12
Realtime Register B.V. 519
0.9%
▲ +13 9 12
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu 411
0.7%
▲ +6 1 9
InterNetX GmbH 403
0.7%
▲ +4 1 1
XServer, Inc. 400
0.7%
▲ +2 2 6
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA 389
0.7%
▲ +1 1 7
MarkMonitor Inc. 386
0.7%
▲ +1 2 0
DNSPod, Inc. 367
0.6%
▲ +20 2 16
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. 366
0.6%
▲ +2 1 1
Gandi SAS 337
0.6%
▲ +6 4 7
NameSilo, LLC 335
0.6%
▲ +7 0 6
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd 257
0.4%
▲ +3 0 5
Amazon Registrar, Inc. 241
0.4%
▲ +1 1 1
Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd. 221
0.4%
▲ +2 0 11
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE 203
0.4%
0 1 0
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC 197
0.3%
0 0 2
Sav.com, LLC 194
0.3%
▲ +24 0 6
Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd 172
0.3%
▲ +2 4 2
One.com A/S 154
0.3%
▲ +2 0 2
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com 144
0.3%
▲ +3 0 0
Wild West Domains, LLC 143
0.2%
▲ +5 0 3
EuroDNS S.A. 143
0.2%
▲ +1 2 2
Gransy, s.r.o. 139
0.2%
▲ +2 1 2
Global Domain Group LLC 128
0.2%
▲ +109 0 2
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com 122
0.2%
▲ +2 0 1
NETIM SAS 118
0.2%
0 0 0
Vautron Rechenzentrum AG 117
0.2%
▲ +2 0 1
101domain GRS Limited 114
0.2%
0 0 1
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar 107
0.2%
0 0 0
West263 International Limited 102
0.2%
0 2 135
INWX GmbH 96
0.2%
▲ +2 0 3
The Registrar Company B.V. 91
0.2%
0 1 0
Metaregistrar BV 86
0.1%
0 10 3
Hosting Ukraine LLC 81
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
Instra Corporation Pty Ltd. 76
0.1%
▲ +2 0 1
Reserved for billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar 76
0.1%
0 0 0
Nameshield SAS 73
0.1%
0 0 0
Super Registry Ltd 70
0.1%
0 0 0
Name SRS AB 68
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC 67
0.1%
0 3 0
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG 63
0.1%
0 0 0
Go China Domains, LLC 63
0.1%
0 0 0
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL 57
0.1%
0 0 0
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc 55
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
Diamatrix C.C. 54
0.1%
0 0 5
Server Plan Srl 53
0.1%
▲ +2 0 0
Xiamen ChinaSource Internet Service Co., Ltd 49
0.1%
0 0 0
Safenames Ltd 47
0.1%
0 0 0
Hefei Juming Network Technology Co., Ltd 47
0.1%
▲ +7 0 0
WEDOS Internet, a.s. 47
0.1%
0 0 2
Netregistry Wholesale Pty Ltd 44
0.1%
0 0 1
Gabia, Inc. 42
0.1%
0 0 0
Marcaria International LLC 41
0.1%
0 0 0
GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd. 41
0.1%
0 0 0
Regtime Ltd. 40
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd. 40
0.1%
0 0 0
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd. 39
0.1%
0 0 0
Dinahosting s.l. 37
0.1%
0 0 2
RegistrarSEC LLC 34
0.1%
0 0 0
Xin Net Technology Corporation 33
0.1%
▲ +2 0 0
10dencehispahard SLU 33
0.1%
▲ +2 0 1
DNC Holdings, Inc. 32
0.1%
▲ +1 0 1
Go Australia Domains, LLC 31
0.1%
0 0 0
Go Canada Domains, LLC 28
0%
0 0 0
Abion AB 27
0%
0 1 0
Go France Domains, LLC 27
0%
0 0 0
COREhub, S.R.L. 26
0%
0 0 0
WHC Online Solutions Inc. 26
0%
0 0 1
http.net Internet GmbH 26
0%
0 0 0
Go Montenegro Domains, LLC 26
0%
0 0 0
NameWeb BVBA 26
0%
0 0 0
Gname.com Pte. Ltd. 26
0%
▲ +1 0 0
OnlineNIC, Inc. 24
0%
0 0 0
Blue Razor Domains, LLC 24
0%
0 0 0
MAT BAO CORPORATION 23
0%
0 0 3
Webnames.ca Inc. 22
0%
0 0 1
PlanetHoster Inc. 21
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
Jan 2018 231 197.28M 0 2,921 3,973 1,665 70 1
Dec 2017 230 230.28M 0 2,951 2,009 1,201 60 0
Nov 2017 228 184.50M 0 7,506 1,743 1,230 65 4
Oct 2017 226 208.12M 0 7,222 1,527 1,323 50 2
Sep 2017 225 217.15M 0 2,689 1,853 1,133 62 5
Aug 2017 222 247.99M 0 3,222 2,884 1,239 49 2
Jul 2017 221 260.87M 0 3,507 2,149 1,052 46 1
Jun 2017 221 259.21M 0 3,493 2,597 1,301 50 1
May 2017 220 222.05M 0 6,355 5,652 2,451 102 2
Apr 2017 219 209.61M 0 3,191 2,702 1,632 114 4
Mar 2017 216 206.12M 0 4,011 2,537 1,283 70 3
Feb 2017 214 172.33M 0 2,732 1,549 906 80 1
Jan 2017 212 179.56M 0 2,694 1,935 713 39 0
Dec 2016 207 93.14M 0 2,051 1,637 496 39 3
Nov 2016 206 62.24M 0 3,132 1,619 883 38 0
Oct 2016 202 74.44M 0 2,439 1,701 724 52 0
Sep 2016 200 60.55M 0 2,273 1,548 601 44 0
Aug 2016 200 52.34M 0 2,674 1,237 848 41 3
Jul 2016 197 75.81M 0 2,820 1,648 712 38 0
Jun 2016 196 117.32M 0 3,821 2,713 979 41 0
May 2016 193 126.25M 0 2,263 544 2,128 133 3
Apr 2016 190 66.56M 0 6,305 69 1,092 99 2
Mar 2016 188 65.34M 0 3,176 50 337 89 1
Feb 2016 185 65.96M 0 2,817 68 89 28 0
Jan 2016 153 57.80M 0 2,626 133 43 26 0
Dec 2015 149 37.21M 0 1,829 35 30 12 0
Nov 2015 148 52.53M 0 3,481 41 7 15 0
Oct 2015 140 33.80M 0 2,555 58 27 16 0
Sep 2015 134 35.91M 0 2,268 39 8 16 0
Aug 2015 157 33.42M 0 2,469 72 22 17 0
Jul 2015 149 29.77M 0 1,420 29 4 11 0
Jun 2015 134 26.21M 0 2,117 29 8 0 0
May 2015 121 21.20M 0 9,258 119 28 0 0
Apr 2015 110 8.09M 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 2015 87 7.42M 0 7 0 1 0 0
Feb 2015 69 5.28M 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jan 2015 1 54.97M 0 0 0 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.