.help

200,001 domains as of 3 Sep 2026

Domains

200,001

3 Sep 2026

30-day change

–

Signed in root

✔ Yes

DS record present

Type

Generic

ASCII

Registrar figures are for September 2014. 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 ›

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Of the 51,631 domains that came up for renewal between Jun 2025 and May 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate

26.96%

below .com/.net/.org

Renewed

13,918

in twelve months

Deleted

37,713

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. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

95reported Sep 2014

Share of .help by registrar
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	95	100%

Domains by month, Aug 2014 – 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.

Aug 2014 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All

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Month	Domains	Change	Registrars	Net adds	Deletes
May 2026	219,489	▲ +15,378	155	30,798	5,842
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

Showing the latest 6 of 142 months in this range. Show all 142.

Domains by day, 12 Aug 2026 – 3 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 – 3 Sep 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 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
Porkbun LLC	104,908	110429.5%	▲ +16,146	8	694
NameSilo, LLC	39,778	41871.6%	▲ +3,972	0	2,270
NameCheap, Inc.	9,208	9692.6%	▲ +500	2	428
Gname.com Pte. Ltd.	7,983	8403.2%	▲ +1,247	0	97
Spaceship, Inc.	6,770	7126.3%	▲ +4,110	3	138
Dynadot Inc	6,726	7080%	▲ +1,849	1	1,295
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	6,103	6424.2%	0	0	3
Key-Systems, LLC	5,731	6032.6%	▲ +377	6	16
1API GmbH	4,542	4781.1%	0	0	171
Devexpanse Ltd	4,001	4211.6%	▲ +165	1	0
Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn)	2,671	2811.6%	▲ +1,032	0	0
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc	2,255	2373.7%	0	0	153
Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd.	1,930	2031.6%	▲ +541	0	0
HOSTINGER operations, UAB	1,899	1998.9%	▲ +75	1	90
Global Domain Group LLC	1,187	1249.5%	▲ +197	0	50
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com	944	993.7%	▲ +20	0	43
Gandi SAS	836	880%	▲ +12	0	8
Dominet (HK) Limited	744	783.2%	0	0	6
Cloudflare, Inc.	600	631.6%	▲ +85	9	3
Network Solutions, LLC	579	609.5%	▲ +7	1	7
Tucows Domains Inc.	563	592.6%	▲ +3	0	10
eNom, LLC	486	511.6%	▲ +1	0	14
MarkMonitor Inc.	482	507.4%	▲ +2	0	0
URL Solutions, Inc.	448	471.6%	0	0	23
Amazon Registrar, Inc.	438	461.1%	▲ +30	2	6
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.	431	453.7%	▲ +1	10	0
Name.com, Inc.	431	453.7%	▲ +81	0	133
Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC	424	446.3%	▲ +16	1	22
Sav.com, LLC	372	391.6%	▲ +61	0	69
united-domains GmbH	369	388.4%	▲ +1	0	1
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE	349	367.4%	▲ +1	0	2
NameMart Pte. Ltd.	341	358.9%	▲ +157	0	0
IONOS SE	339	356.8%	▲ +2	1	5
DNC Holdings, Inc.	290	305.3%	▲ +1	0	9
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com	287	302.1%	▲ +9	0	5
NicNames, Inc.	248	261.1%	0	0	2
101domain GRS Limited	239	251.6%	▲ +1	0	1
InterNetX GmbH	218	229.5%	▲ +2	0	1
OVH sas	218	229.5%	▲ +3	0	4
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	181	190.5%	▲ +1	0	0
West263 International Limited	159	167.4%	0	0	0
Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER	155	163.2%	0	0	10
Automattic Inc.	146	153.7%	▲ +2	0	1
Cronon GmbH	140	147.4%	0	0	5
NETIM SAS	137	144.2%	▲ +16	1	0
Gransy, s.r.o.	121	127.4%	▲ +1	0	1
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG	107	112.6%	0	0	2
OwnRegistrar, Inc.	105	110.5%	▲ +7	0	3
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC	101	106.3%	0	1	0
Realtime Register B.V.	94	98.9%	0	18	0
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com	91	95.8%	▲ +5	0	6
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA	90	94.7%	▲ +2	1	1
MAT BAO CORPORATION	84	88.4%	▲ +5	0	10
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC	80	84.2%	0	0	0
INWX GmbH	79	83.2%	0	0	1
Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd	63	66.3%	▲ +1	1	0
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd	62	65.3%	0	0	1
Super Registry Ltd	59	62.1%	0	0	0
10dencehispahard SLU	59	62.1%	▲ +1	0	9
Safenames Ltd	57	60%	0	0	2
EuroDNS S.A.	53	55.8%	0	0	1
İsimtescil Bilişim A.Ş.	51	53.7%	0	0	0
Vautron Rechenzentrum AG	42	44.2%	0	0	0
Lexsynergy Limited	37	38.9%	0	0	0
RegistrarSEC LLC	37	38.9%	0	0	0
XServer, Inc.	34	35.8%	▲ +1	0	0
Epik LLC	33	34.7%	0	0	0
Name SRS AB	31	32.6%	0	0	0
http.net Internet GmbH	28	29.5%	0	0	1
Easyspace Limited	27	28.4%	0	0	0
One.com A/S	26	27.4%	0	0	1
Instra Corporation Pty Ltd.	25	26.3%	0	0	2
NameWeb BVBA	25	26.3%	0	0	0
Diamatrix C.C.	21	22.1%	0	0	0
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com	20	21.1%	▲ +1	0	0
Abion AB	19	20%	▲ +2	0	0
NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED	19	20%	▲ +3	0	0
Webnames.ca Inc.	18	18.9%	0	0	0
Squarespace Domains II LLC	17	17.9%	▲ +10	0	0
Nameshield SAS	17	17.9%	0	0	0
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.	17	17.9%	0	0	0
BB-Online UK Limited	16	16.8%	▲ +2	0	0
Marcaria International LLC	16	16.8%	0	0	0
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com	16	16.8%	0	0	0
Infomaniak Network SA	16	16.8%	▲ +1	1	0
TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd.	15	15.8%	▲ +2	0	0
COREhub, S.R.L.	14	14.7%	0	0	0
Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com	14	14.7%	▲ +13	0	0
Xin Net Technology Corporation	13	13.7%	0	0	0
July Name Limited	13	13.7%	0	0	0
Mesh Digital Limited	12	12.6%	0	0	0
ZDNS Innovate International Limited	12	12.6%	0	0	0
Nombre Ltd	12	12.6%	▲ +3	0	0
Reliable Software	10	10.5%	0	0	0
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL	9	9.5%	▲ +1	0	0
Gabia, Inc.	8	8.4%	0	0	0
Hefei Juming Network Technology Co., Ltd	8	8.4%	0	0	0
Whois Corp.	7	7.4%	0	0	0
Megazone Corp., dba HOSTING.KR	7	7.4%	▲ +4	0	5
Quantum Names LLC	6	6.3%	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
May 2026	391	9.55B	934.47k	21,199	6,330	831	70	2
Apr 2026	388	8.58B	712.15k	23,015	5,752	719	–	–
Mar 2026	388	7.33B	610.10k	16,488	3,920	800	–	–
Feb 2026	388	5.69B	452.25k	13,563	3,436	822	–	–
Jan 2026	388	6.25B	406.46k	11,288	5,704	964	–	–
Dec 2025	387	5.85B	384.38k	14,345	4,368	805	–	–
Nov 2025	384	4.47B	324.26k	12,374	3,059	1,066	–	–
Oct 2025	382	3.90B	280.78k	11,280	3,663	1,164	–	–
Sep 2025	379	3.41B	226.30k	9,174	4,424	2,161	–	–
Aug 2025	378	3.36B	207.67k	14,790	2,149	971	–	–
Jul 2025	375	2.87B	189.59k	23,972	2,951	2,715	–	–
Jun 2025	373	2.48B	115.53k	9,512	1,433	763	–	–
May 2025	370	2.44B	111.16k	10,071	2,235	750	–	–
Apr 2025	369	2.22B	96.45k	5,140	1,465	686	–	–
Mar 2025	368	2.23B	80.86k	7,389	1,904	1,418	–	–
Feb 2025	368	1.79B	65.23k	4,528	1,472	798	–	–
Jan 2025	368	1.87B	65.91k	3,054	1,349	1,504	–	–
Dec 2024	366	1.88B	64.19k	5,647	1,810	1,487	–	–
Nov 2024	366	1.86B	55.78k	3,732	2,234	1,738	–	–
Oct 2024	363	2.11B	38.51k	2,637	1,345	1,796	–	–
Sep 2024	361	1.83B	22.10k	3,316	2,417	1,532	–	–
Aug 2024	359	1.82B	17.71k	2,613	948	1,674	–	–
Jul 2024	357	1.64B	15.70k	1,145	872	2,036	–	–
Jun 2024	358	1.49B	15.10k	1,559	989	2,015	–	–
May 2024	357	1.38B	11.53k	1,107	1,523	2,443	–	–
Apr 2024	346	545.14M	13.12k	890	1,006	2,335	–	–
Mar 2024	346	333.51M	11.69k	958	1,826	4,663	–	–
Feb 2024	344	1.20B	12.37k	1,356	1,296	2,388	–	–
Jan 2024	340	1.37B	12.46k	971	1,756	929	–	–
Dec 2023	340	1.36B	11.71k	956	715	651	–	–
Nov 2023	336	1.28B	13.40k	1,209	497	2,534	–	–
Oct 2023	337	1.20B	8.29k	1,307	413	5,000	–	–
Sep 2023	337	974.74M	0	1,316	390	5,818	–	–
Aug 2023	283	709.80M	0	911	548	2,584	–	–
Jul 2023	283	423.23M	0	895	365	1,666	–	–
Jun 2023	282	836.99M	0	0	0	0	–	–
May 2023	276	878.00M	0	1,268	627	3,237	–	–
Apr 2023	530	1.20B	0	1,481	437	1,639	–	–
Mar 2023	256	172.76M	0	266	56	73	–	–
Feb 2023	255	415.74M	0	197	62	121	–	–
Jan 2023	255	395.64M	0	193	97	85	–	–
Dec 2022	255	356.64M	0	146	107	55	–	–
Nov 2022	236	12.88M	0	191	87	51	–	–
Oct 2022	235	13.85M	0	172	96	73	–	–
Sep 2022	235	13.99M	0	140	109	55	–	–
Aug 2022	235	21.43M	0	165	87	53	–	–
Jul 2022	235	17.86M	0	154	46	55	–	–
Jun 2022	237	14.88M	0	73	48	69	–	–
May 2022	237	13.29M	0	135	67	46	–	–
Apr 2022	236	14.60M	0	340	70	42	–	–
Mar 2022	221	14.18M	0	100	1	64	–	–
Feb 2022	221	19.69M	0	125	38	107	–	–
Jan 2022	221	20.95M	0	64	69	61	–	–
Dec 2021	221	25.96M	0	95	34	41	–	–
Nov 2021	221	28.53M	0	129	33	39	–	–
Oct 2021	221	32.42M	0	112	24	47	–	–
Sep 2021	221	31.79M	0	98	1	49	–	–
Aug 2021	221	32.44M	0	135	39	43	–	–
Jul 2021	221	43.25M	0	117	34	45	–	–
Jun 2021	221	42.40M	0	63	6	59	–	–
May 2021	221	36.55M	0	63	23	46	–	–
Apr 2021	221	31.51M	0	10	31	41	–	–
Mar 2021	221	182.02M	0	31	5	4	–	–
Feb 2021	221	156.91M	0	2	23	110	–	–
Jan 2021	221	156.57M	0	5	21	78	–	–
Dec 2020	221	137.49M	0	79	34	48	–	–
Nov 2020	221	238.90M	0	35	20	47	–	–
Oct 2020	221	296.50M	0	28	26	41	–	–
Sep 2020	221	276.77M	0	30	35	44	–	–
Aug 2020	220	238.60M	0	28	41	39	–	–
Jul 2020	219	49.67M	0	21	60	43	–	–
Jun 2020	219	124.34M	0	33	4,147	68	–	–
May 2020	219	231.32M	0	29	1,670	49	–	–
Apr 2020	217	287.55M	0	18	52	53	–	–
Mar 2020	213	334.85M	0	26	45	58	–	–
Feb 2020	212	267.22M	0	24	25	102	–	–
Jan 2020	212	255.28M	0	28	32	74	–	–
Dec 2019	212	243.97M	0	23	37	40	–	–
Nov 2019	211	278.04M	0	27	21	43	–	–
Oct 2019	210	192.45M	0	31	34	37	–	–
Sep 2019	210	152.47M	0	20	53	38	–	–
Aug 2019	210	134.01M	0	29	37	46	–	–
Jul 2019	210	61.44M	0	34	67	40	–	–
Jun 2019	210	56.60M	0	21	46	49	–	–
May 2019	209	60.19M	0	75	104	67	–	–
Apr 2019	207	63.76M	0	5,638	67	56	–	–
Mar 2019	206	64.10M	0	24	37	80	–	–
Feb 2019	206	53.47M	0	30	34	116	–	–
Jan 2019	203	60.19M	0	34	36	108	–	–
Dec 2018	204	72.67M	0	31	51	52	–	–
Nov 2018	203	14.36M	0	33	49	47	–	–
Oct 2018	203	67.95M	0	30	40	39	–	–
Sep 2018	202	105.96M	0	34	42	41	–	–
Aug 2018	202	120.36M	0	40	57	36	–	–
Jul 2018	201	122.15M	0	63	57	47	–	–
Jun 2018	198	201.83M	0	86	50	67	–	–
May 2018	197	233.12M	0	44	57	59	–	–
Apr 2018	196	99.73M	0	121	106	57	–	–
Mar 2018	195	69.09M	0	36	45	82	–	–
Feb 2018	194	99.47M	0	30	33	122	–	–

Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated 3 September 2026 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.