.help

196,159 domains as of 18 Aug 2026

Domains

196,159

18 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: Innovation Service Ltd
Technical backend: CentralNic (Team Internet) via rdap host
Delegated: 16 Aug 2014
Nameservers: a.nic.help, b.nic.help, c.nic.help, d.nic.help
RDAP: https://rdap.centralnic.com/help
Zone data: CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Of the 47,883 domains that came up for renewal between May 2025 and Apr 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate

28.85%

below .com/.net/.org

Renewed

13,814

in twelve months

Deleted

34,069

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 2 of the 133 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

204.11kreported Apr 2026

Share of .help by registrar
Porkbun LLC	96,809	47.43%
NameSilo, LLC	38,110	18.67%
Namecheap2 accreditations	13,944	6.83%
Gname.com Pte. Ltd.	6,911	3.39%
Dynadot Inc	6,345	3.11%
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	6,079	2.98%
Key-Systems	5,405	2.65%
1API GmbH	4,717	2.31%
Devexpanse Ltd	3,802	1.86%
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc	2,408	1.18%
Other123 more	19,581	9.59%

204,111 attributed to registrars in Apr 2026, against 196,159 in 18 Aug 2026’s zone — the zone is 7,952 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, Aug 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.

Aug 2014 – Apr 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All

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Month	Domains	Change	Registrars	Net adds	Deletes
Apr 2026	204,111	▲ +19,571	153	12,429	3,850
Mar 2026	184,540	▲ +15,061	151	23,219	4,781
Feb 2026	169,479	▲ +9,467	146	10,196	4,101
Jan 2026	160,012	▲ +7,257	144	11,581	4,029
Dec 2025	152,755	▲ +12,034	141	15,376	3,102
Nov 2025	140,721	▲ +9,189	141	11,106	3,356
Oct 2025	131,532	▲ +9,800	140	14,364	2,645
Sep 2025	121,732	▲ +9,426	140	8,147	1,794
Aug 2025	112,306	▲ +13,166	138	22,658	1,717
Jul 2025	99,140	▲ +21,546	138	15,574	1,354
Jun 2025	77,594	▲ +8,383	135	7,580	1,142
May 2025	69,211	▲ +8,029	133	8,590	2,198
Apr 2025	61,182	▲ +3,945	131	5,002	1,184
Mar 2025	57,237	▲ +11,855	129	6,896	1,494
Feb 2025	45,382	▲ +3,325	129	3,785	1,304
Jan 2025	42,057	▲ +1,859	129	3,008	1,189
Dec 2024	40,198	▲ +4,075	128	5,840	1,609
Nov 2024	36,123	▲ +2,730	126	2,846	984
Oct 2024	33,393	▲ +1,480	125	2,640	1,131
Sep 2024	31,913	▲ +2,419	122	2,913	945
Aug 2024	29,494	▲ +1,456	122	2,249	1,134
Jul 2024	28,038	▲ +165	122	1,086	955
Jun 2024	27,873	▲ +466	124	1,508	1,127
May 2024	27,407	▲ +22	122	1,009	1,038
Apr 2024	27,385	▼ -902	119	833	1,771
Mar 2024	28,287	▼ -527	119	921	1,427
Feb 2024	28,814	▼ -338	119	1,090	1,662
Jan 2024	29,152	▲ +255	119	883	651
Dec 2023	28,897	▲ +443	119	949	471
Nov 2023	28,454	▲ +801	118	1,162	380
Oct 2023	27,653	▲ +887	118	1,366	418
Sep 2023	26,766	▲ +819	118	1,083	497
Aug 2023	25,947	▲ +531	118	943	377
Jul 2023	25,416	▲ +342	115	762	487
Jun 2023	25,074	▲ +274	117	793	537
May 2023	24,800	▲ +376	114	1,234	14,217
Apr 2023	24,424	▲ +828	114	335	46,406
Mar 2023	23,596	▲ +633	113	977	408
Feb 2023	22,963	▲ +964	113	1,622	398
Jan 2023	21,999	▲ +879	112	1,511	652
Dec 2022	21,120	▲ +844	113	1,718	680
Nov 2022	20,276	▲ +570	113	765	708
Oct 2022	19,706	▲ +67	113	464	616
Sep 2022	19,639	▲ +9	113	376	420
Aug 2022	19,630	▲ +42	114	443	387
Jul 2022	19,588	▲ +34	115	484	405
Jun 2022	19,554	▼ -19	115	391	443
May 2022	19,573	▼ -123	115	410	476
Apr 2022	19,696	▲ +100	114	580	556
Mar 2022	19,596	▲ +59	114	636	497
Feb 2022	19,537	▲ +5	115	441	468
Jan 2022	19,532	▼ -68	116	365	600
Dec 2021	19,600	▲ +1	116	426	458
Nov 2021	19,599	▲ +313	116	762	421
Oct 2021	19,286	▲ +389	116	763	455
Sep 2021	18,897	▲ +206	115	667	386
Aug 2021	18,691	▲ +110	114	394	510
Jul 2021	18,581	▲ +106	114	383	375
Jun 2021	18,475	▲ +70	113	420	292
May 2021	18,405	▲ +293	113	555	372
Apr 2021	18,112	▲ +260	113	521	277
Mar 2021	17,852	▲ +440	111	674	248
Feb 2021	17,412	▲ +425	111	624	196
Jan 2021	16,987	▲ +358	111	605	302
Dec 2020	16,629	▲ +416	111	761	314
Nov 2020	16,213	▲ +414	108	618	327
Oct 2020	15,799	▲ +356	109	570	289
Sep 2020	15,443	▼ -1,517	109	560	278
Aug 2020	16,960	▲ +395	111	571	240
Jul 2020	16,565	▲ +444	110	717	240
Jun 2020	16,121	▲ +445	110	597	365
May 2020	15,676	▲ +193	110	437	385
Apr 2020	15,483	▲ +244	111	441	755
Mar 2020	15,239	▲ +206	110	404	304
Feb 2020	15,033	▲ +27	110	259	234
Jan 2020	15,006	▲ +66	110	207	283
Dec 2019	14,940	▼ -33	110	215	269
Nov 2019	14,973	▲ +41	110	270	271
Oct 2019	14,932	▼ -45	111	367	208
Sep 2019	14,977	▼ -2	110	367	297
Aug 2019	14,979	▼ -78	109	309	219
Jul 2019	15,057	▼ -101	108	250	213
Jun 2019	15,158	▼ -49	109	226	230
May 2019	15,207	▼ -112	110	314	267
Apr 2019	15,319	▼ -493	110	373	386
Mar 2019	15,812	▲ +459	109	855	415
Feb 2019	15,353	▲ +44	111	270	348
Jan 2019	15,309	▲ +11	109	286	389
Dec 2018	15,298	▼ -71	108	252	272
Nov 2018	15,369	▼ -195	105	220	542
Oct 2018	15,564	▼ -452	105	214	834
Sep 2018	16,016	▼ -367	106	188	386
Aug 2018	16,383	▼ -319	108	238	284
Jul 2018	16,702	▼ -1,065	108	265	290
Jun 2018	17,767	▼ -244	108	215	334
May 2018	18,011	▼ -276	108	280	450
Apr 2018	18,287	▼ -131	108	242	672
Mar 2018	18,418	▼ -117	108	372	558
Feb 2018	18,535	▼ -70	108	371	498
Jan 2018	18,605	▼ -269	107	301	1,377
Dec 2017	18,874	▼ -380	106	217	472
Nov 2017	19,254	▼ -321	105	224	556
Oct 2017	19,575	▼ -499	104	269	373
Sep 2017	20,074	▼ -2,775	105	291	488
Aug 2017	22,849	▼ -540	114	396	660
Jul 2017	23,389	▼ -18,340	114	315	9,153
Jun 2017	41,729	▼ -756	113	322	572
May 2017	42,485	▼ -875	113	377	600
Apr 2017	43,360	▼ -766	115	458	9
Mar 2017	44,126	▼ -196	113	712	3,098
Feb 2017	44,322	▲ +436	112	589	873
Jan 2017	43,886	▲ +168	112	568	10,006
Dec 2016	43,718	▲ +189	111	354	1,135
Nov 2016	43,529	▲ +276	110	446	1,224
Oct 2016	43,253	▼ -11,202	109	774	1,143
Sep 2016	54,455	▲ +190	107	505	12,507
Aug 2016	54,265	▲ +237	107	596	292
Jul 2016	54,028	▲ +250	105	758	441
Jun 2016	53,778	▲ +604	103	744	260
May 2016	53,174	▲ +832	103	838	184
Apr 2016	52,342	▲ +804	99	847	372
Mar 2016	51,538	▲ +3,216	100	3,670	22
Feb 2016	48,322	▲ +1,140	99	722	29
Jan 2016	47,182	▲ +10,994	97	11,031	41
Dec 2015	36,188	▲ +1,193	94	1,243	42
Nov 2015	34,995	▲ +1,597	93	1,592	9
Oct 2015	33,398	▲ +1,446	89	1,593	12
Sep 2015	31,952	▲ +2,405	87	2,302	14
Aug 2015	29,547	▲ +1,617	86	1,481	8
Jul 2015	27,930	▲ +534	83	524	12
Jun 2015	27,396	▲ +669	79	662	12
May 2015	26,727	▲ +415	79	447	8
Apr 2015	26,312	▲ +463	75	501	15
Mar 2015	25,849	▲ +3,140	73	3,167	14
Feb 2015	22,709	▲ +802	71	18,763	27
Jan 2015	21,907	▲ +18,704	67	703	25
Dec 2014	3,203	▲ +809	65	977	17
Nov 2014	2,394	▲ +2,299	61	2,016	6
Oct 2014	95	0	1	0	0
Sep 2014	95	0	1	90	0
Aug 2014	95	–	1	0	0

Showing all 141 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 – 18 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
Porkbun LLC	96,809	47.4%	▲ +2,967	1	400
NameSilo, LLC	38,110	18.7%	▲ +4,027	0	1,759
NameCheap, Inc.	9,154	4.5%	▲ +389	1	410
Gname.com Pte. Ltd.	6,911	3.4%	▲ +205	1	4
Dynadot Inc	6,345	3.1%	▲ +985	4	447
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	6,079	3%	0	0	0
Key-Systems, LLC	5,405	2.6%	▲ +420	2	7
Spaceship, Inc.	4,790	2.3%	▲ +177	2	53
1API GmbH	4,717	2.3%	0	0	308
Devexpanse Ltd	3,802	1.9%	▲ +1,292	0	0
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc	2,408	1.2%	▲ +3	0	90
HOSTINGER operations, UAB	1,922	0.9%	▲ +51	1	95
Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn)	1,643	0.8%	▲ +522	0	0
Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd.	1,363	0.7%	▲ +535	0	0
Global Domain Group LLC	1,021	0.5%	▲ +185	0	6
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com	967	0.5%	▲ +30	0	46
Gandi SAS	829	0.4%	▲ +189	1	4
Dominet (HK) Limited	750	0.4%	▲ +1	0	3
Network Solutions, LLC	581	0.3%	▲ +12	0	4
Tucows Domains Inc.	572	0.3%	▲ +3	2	8
Cloudflare, Inc.	514	0.3%	▲ +40	19	2
eNom, LLC	501	0.2%	▲ +6	1	5
MarkMonitor Inc.	479	0.2%	▲ +1	0	0
Name.com, Inc.	474	0.2%	▲ +85	3	13
URL Solutions, Inc.	469	0.2%	▲ +1	0	31
Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC	428	0.2%	▲ +21	1	19
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.	421	0.2%	▲ +2	1	0
Amazon Registrar, Inc.	409	0.2%	▲ +5	1	3
Sav.com, LLC	377	0.2%	▲ +58	0	34
united-domains GmbH	370	0.2%	0	0	0
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE	350	0.2%	0	0	0
IONOS SE	339	0.2%	▲ +4	0	4
DNC Holdings, Inc.	298	0.1%	0	0	8
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com	284	0.1%	▲ +5	1	6
NicNames, Inc.	250	0.1%	0	0	5
101domain GRS Limited	239	0.1%	▲ +2	0	3
OVH sas	219	0.1%	▲ +2	0	3
InterNetX GmbH	217	0.1%	▲ +2	0	2
NameMart Pte. Ltd.	211	0.1%	▲ +97	0	0
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	180	0.1%	0	1	3
Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER	163	0.1%	0	0	20
West263 International Limited	160	0.1%	▲ +3	0	0
Cronon GmbH	145	0.1%	0	0	2
Automattic Inc.	145	0.1%	▲ +2	0	0
NETIM SAS	124	0.1%	▲ +23	2	3
Gransy, s.r.o.	121	0.1%	▲ +1	0	5
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG	109	0.1%	▲ +11	0	2
OwnRegistrar, Inc.	102	0%	▲ +7	0	0
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC	100	0%	0	0	0
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com	94	0%	▲ +4	0	2
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA	88	0%	0	0	2
MAT BAO CORPORATION	88	0%	▲ +3	0	2
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC	80	0%	0	0	2
INWX GmbH	80	0%	▲ +1	0	2
Realtime Register B.V.	76	0%	0	1	0
10dencehispahard SLU	67	0%	▲ +5	0	2
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd	63	0%	0	0	3
Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd	61	0%	▲ +1	1	0
Safenames Ltd	59	0%	0	0	0
Super Registry Ltd	59	0%	0	0	0
EuroDNS S.A.	54	0%	0	0	2
İsimtescil Bilişim A.Ş.	51	0%	0	0	0
Vautron Rechenzentrum AG	42	0%	▲ +1	0	0
Lexsynergy Limited	37	0%	0	0	0
RegistrarSEC LLC	37	0%	0	0	0
Epik LLC	33	0%	0	0	1
XServer, Inc.	33	0%	▲ +1	0	1
Name SRS AB	31	0%	0	0	0
http.net Internet GmbH	29	0%	0	0	0
Easyspace Limited	27	0%	0	0	0
One.com A/S	27	0%	▲ +1	0	1
Instra Corporation Pty Ltd.	26	0%	0	0	0
NameWeb BVBA	25	0%	0	0	0
BB-Online UK Limited	22	0%	▲ +13	0	0
Diamatrix C.C.	21	0%	0	0	2
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com	20	0%	0	0	1
Abion AB	18	0%	0	0	0
Webnames.ca Inc.	18	0%	0	0	0
Nameshield SAS	17	0%	0	1	0
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.	17	0%	0	0	0
Marcaria International LLC	16	0%	0	0	0
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com	16	0%	0	0	1
NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED	15	0%	▲ +4	0	0
Nombre Ltd	15	0%	▲ +8	0	0
COREhub, S.R.L.	14	0%	0	0	0
Infomaniak Network SA	14	0%	▲ +3	1	0
Xin Net Technology Corporation	13	0%	0	0	0
TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd.	13	0%	▲ +2	0	0
July Name Limited	13	0%	0	0	0
Mesh Digital Limited	12	0%	0	0	1
ZDNS Innovate International Limited	12	0%	0	0	0
Reliable Software	10	0%	0	0	0
Gabia, Inc.	8	0%	0	0	0
Squarespace Domains II LLC	8	0%	▲ +6	0	3
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL	8	0%	0	0	1
Hefei Juming Network Technology Co., Ltd	8	0%	▲ +2	0	0
Whois Corp.	7	0%	0	0	0
Quantum Names LLC	6	0%	0	0	0
Dotname Korea Corp.	6	0%	0	0	0
Variomedia AG	6	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	195	73.20M	40	66	52
Nov 2017	193	64.01M	38	33	39
Oct 2017	191	37.29M	37	43	38
Sep 2017	191	21.92M	28	36	65
Aug 2017	189	35.84M	51	60	41
Jul 2017	186	33.60M	38	398	42
Jun 2017	185	29.42M	51	51	40
May 2017	0	30.94M	39	60	54
Apr 2017	0	30.30M	47	173	70
Mar 2017	0	90.06M	50	39	412
Feb 2017	0	166.07M	72	34	198
Jan 2017	0	188.82M	47	44	106
Dec 2016	181	172.07M	47	60	33
Nov 2016	181	129.69B	432	1,224	473
Oct 2016	178	79.55B	766	1,143	1,948
Sep 2016	178	39.88B	561	12,507	319
Aug 2016	178	7.42B	485	292	293
Jul 2016	176	4.61B	859	441	186
Jun 2016	175	1.43B	757	260	159
May 2016	174	2.08B	870	184	121
Apr 2016	173	1.48B	831	371	152
Mar 2016	169	207.21M	3,228	369	190
Feb 2016	165	377.92M	1,196	230	2,498
Jan 2016	163	0	11,064	619	18,256
Dec 2015	163	0	1,239	83	243
Nov 2015	159	14.86M	1,617	34	15,969
Oct 2015	157	159.50M	1,460	22	556
Sep 2015	154	959.41M	2,423	29	84
Aug 2015	151	85.58M	1,633	9	11
Jul 2015	147	84.33M	551	41	28
Jun 2015	145	60.05M	681	16	16
May 2015	141	59.31M	425	19	2,419
Apr 2015	138	63.53M	478	0	53,984
Mar 2015	133	69.52M	3,154	0	4,731
Feb 2015	130	44.48M	830	0	4,046
Jan 2015	128	34.92M	18,729	0	822
Dec 2014	126	35.29M	825	0	354
Nov 2014	123	16.02M	2,305	0	154
Oct 2014	114	3.92M	0	0	156
Sep 2014	106	7.18M	0	0	149
Aug 2014	97	5.11M	90	0	90

Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated 18 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.