nTLDData

.free

2,740 domains as of 13 Aug 2026

Domains
2,740
13 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
Amazon Registry Services, Inc.
Technical backend
Nominet via rdap host
Delegated
8 Nov 2016
Nameservers
dns1.nic.free, dns2.nic.free, dns3.nic.free, dns4.nic.free, dnsa.nic.free, dnsb.nic.free, dnsc.nic.free, dnsd.nic.free
RDAP
https://rdap.nominet.uk/free
Zone data
CZDS access approved — counted daily

Registrar share

individual · combined

Individual ICANN accreditations, matching the registry report line for line. 35 reported volume in this TLD.

NameCheap, Inc. — 555 (20.72%)Porkbun LLC — 296 (11.05%)Spaceship, Inc. — 295 (11.02%)Dynadot Inc — 216 (8.07%)101domain GRS Limited — 166 (6.2%)Nameshield SAS — 160 (5.97%)CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. — 153 (5.71%)Gandi SAS — 145 (5.41%)Key-Systems, LLC — 132 (4.93%)Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE — 131 (4.89%)Other — 429 (16.02%)
2.7kdomains reported
NameCheap, Inc.55520.72%
Porkbun LLC29611.05%
Spaceship, Inc.29511.02%
Dynadot Inc2168.07%
101domain GRS Limited1666.2%
Nameshield SAS1605.97%
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.1535.71%
Gandi SAS1455.41%
Key-Systems, LLC1324.93%
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE1314.89%
Other25 more registrars42916.02%

Domains by month, 2016–present

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.

07231,4462,1692,892Nov 2016Jul 2021Apr 2026
MonthDomainsChangeRegistrarsNet addsDeletes
Apr 2026 2,678 ▲ +109 35 110 1
Mar 2026 2,569 ▲ +121 34 120 4
Feb 2026 2,448 ▲ +70 34 86 1
Jan 2026 2,378 ▲ +145 34 142 1
Dec 2025 2,233 ▲ +160 32 183 1
Nov 2025 2,073 ▲ +191 29 166 0
Oct 2025 1,882 ▲ +144 29 232 1
Sep 2025 1,738 ▲ +192 29 96 0
Aug 2025 1,546 ▲ +94 29 98 4
Jul 2025 1,452 ▲ +135 29 135 2
Jun 2025 1,317 ▲ +153 29 179 3
May 2025 1,164 ▲ +899 28 864 18
Apr 2025 265 ▲ +263 17 253 0
Mar 2025 2 0 2 0 0
Feb 2025 2 0 2 0 0
Jan 2025 2 0 2 0 0
Dec 2024 2 0 2 0 0
Nov 2024 2 0 2 0 0
Oct 2024 2 0 2 0 0
Sep 2024 2 0 2 0 0
Aug 2024 2 0 2 0 0
Jul 2024 2 0 2 0 0
Jun 2024 2 0 2 0 0
May 2024 2 0 2 0 0

Domains over time

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

2,7372,7382,7392,7392,74012 Aug 2612 Aug 2613 Aug 26

Daily adds and drops

Day-over-day difference of the zone's name list.

  • Added
  • Dropped
+50-513 Aug 2613 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
NameCheap, Inc. 555
20.7%
▲ +43 1 0
Porkbun LLC 296
11.1%
▲ +5 2 0
Spaceship, Inc. 295
11%
▲ +42 0 0
Dynadot Inc 216
8.1%
▲ +4 0 0
101domain GRS Limited 166
6.2%
0 0 0
Nameshield SAS 160
6%
0 0 0
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. 153
5.7%
0 0 0
Gandi SAS 145
5.4%
▲ +1 0 0
Key-Systems, LLC 132
4.9%
▲ +2 0 0
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE 131
4.9%
▲ +2 0 0
Lexsynergy Limited 97
3.6%
0 0 0
MarkMonitor Inc. 87
3.2%
▲ +1 0 0
Tucows Domains Inc. 46
1.7%
▲ +1 0 0
Name.com, Inc. 45
1.7%
▲ +1 0 0
NETIM SAS 32
1.2%
▲ +1 1 0
Gransy, s.r.o. 21
0.8%
▲ +4 0 0
Safenames Ltd 17
0.6%
0 1 0
NameSilo, LLC 11
0.4%
▲ +2 0 0
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC 11
0.4%
0 0 0
Abion AB 9
0.3%
0 0 1
eNom, LLC 8
0.3%
0 0 0
EuroDNS S.A. 8
0.3%
0 0 0
Marcaria International LLC 8
0.3%
0 0 0
Amazon Registrar, Inc. 6
0.2%
0 0 0
Variomedia AG 6
0.2%
0 0 0
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA 4
0.1%
0 0 0
INWX GmbH 3
0.1%
0 0 0
Secura GmbH 2
0.1%
0 0 0
Unstoppable Domains Inc. 2
0.1%
0 0 0
Realtime Register B.V. 1
0%
0 0 0
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com 1
0%
0 0 0
Gname.com Pte. Ltd. 1
0%
▲ +1 0 0
NicNames, Inc. 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.

MonthOperational registrarsDNS queries (UDP)RDAP queriesCreatesDeletesRenews
Dec 2017 2 57.22M 0 0 0 0
Nov 2017 2 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 2017 2 47.83M 0 0 0 0
Sep 2017 2 50.1M 0 0 0 0
Aug 2017 2 43.42M 0 0 0 0
Jul 2017 2 50.92M 0 0 0 0
Jun 2017 2 68.83M 0 0 0 0
May 2017 2 51.15M 0 0 0 0
Apr 2017 1 49.18M 0 0 0 0
Mar 2017 1 56.62M 0 0 0 0
Feb 2017 3 47.85M 0 0 0 0
Jan 2017 0 53M 0 0 0 0
Dec 2016 0 72.47M 0 0 0 0
Nov 2016 0 50.12M 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 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.