.institute

21,664 domains as of 19 Aug 2026

Domains

21,664

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: Binky Moon, LLC
Technical backend: Identity Digital via rdap host
Delegated: 28 Dec 2013
Nameservers: v0n0.nic.institute, v0n1.nic.institute, v0n2.nic.institute, v0n3.nic.institute, v2n0.nic.institute, v2n1.nic.institute
RDAP: https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap
Zone data: CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Of the 14,825 domains that came up for renewal between May 2025 and Apr 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate

70.09%

below .com/.net/.org

Renewed

10,391

in twelve months

Deleted

4,434

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 144 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

20.51kreported Apr 2026

Share of .institute by registrar
GoDaddy4 accreditations	5,825	28.4%
Namecheap2 accreditations	4,811	23.46%
Squarespace Domains II LLC	1,053	5.13%
InterNetX GmbH	726	3.54%
Tucows2 accreditations	680	3.32%
Porkbun LLC	542	2.64%
IONOS SE	537	2.62%
Newfold Digital3 accreditations	503	2.45%
HOSTINGER operations, UAB	453	2.21%
Cloudflare, Inc.	438	2.14%
Other134 more	4,943	24.1%

20,511 attributed to registrars in Apr 2026, against 21,664 in 19 Aug 2026’s zone — the zone is 1,153 larger. 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, Dec 2013 – 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.

Dec 2013 – Apr 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All

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Month	Domains	Change	Registrars	Net adds	Deletes
Apr 2026	20,511	▲ +533	186	1,522	471
Mar 2026	19,978	▲ +1,194	185	1,144	322
Feb 2026	18,784	▲ +678	184	910	320
Jan 2026	18,106	▲ +326	184	690	446
Dec 2025	17,780	▲ +165	185	487	328
Nov 2025	17,615	▲ +179	184	472	302
Oct 2025	17,436	▲ +158	184	469	344
Sep 2025	17,278	▲ +119	180	431	321
Aug 2025	17,159	▲ +22	176	434	422
Jul 2025	17,137	▲ +51	176	446	394
Jun 2025	17,086	▲ +78	176	446	376
May 2025	17,008	▲ +40	174	415	388
Apr 2025	16,968	▲ +51	172	361	320
Mar 2025	16,917	▲ +81	170	414	339
Feb 2025	16,836	▲ +125	167	410	276
Jan 2025	16,711	▲ +160	166	421	288
Dec 2024	16,551	▼ -16	168	382	396
Nov 2024	16,567	▲ +185	170	448	294
Oct 2024	16,382	▼ -8	171	367	360
Sep 2024	16,390	▲ +52	171	327	287
Aug 2024	16,338	▲ +1	173	290	289
Jul 2024	16,337	▲ +6	173	306	300
Jun 2024	16,331	▲ +65	173	493	391
May 2024	16,266	▲ +35	170	403	396
Apr 2024	16,231	▲ +48	162	328	304
Mar 2024	16,183	▲ +60	160	398	295
Feb 2024	16,123	▲ +95	158	377	307
Jan 2024	16,028	▲ +156	161	407	294
Dec 2023	15,872	▼ -100	160	283	354
Nov 2023	15,972	▼ -52	163	279	355
Oct 2023	16,024	▼ -513	163	344	849
Sep 2023	16,537	▼ -60	163	277	333
Aug 2023	16,597	▲ +12	167	385	322
Jul 2023	16,585	▲ +14	166	294	354
Jun 2023	16,571	▼ -79	165	258	347
May 2023	16,650	▼ -34	164	321	340
Apr 2023	16,684	▼ -73	165	280	349
Mar 2023	16,757	▲ +116	166	413	279
Feb 2023	16,641	▲ +98	165	318	257
Jan 2023	16,543	▲ +22	163	368	342
Dec 2022	16,521	▲ +31	164	331	316
Nov 2022	16,490	▲ +80	160	350	272
Oct 2022	16,410	▲ +81	159	418	320
Sep 2022	16,329	▲ +163	160	345	219
Aug 2022	16,166	▲ +538	158	849	297
Jul 2022	15,628	▲ +142	158	408	286
Jun 2022	15,486	▼ -51	159	302	381
May 2022	15,537	▲ +39	148	353	332
Apr 2022	15,498	▲ +125	149	386	247
Mar 2022	15,373	▲ +79	148	293	248
Feb 2022	15,294	▲ +105	145	357	240
Jan 2022	15,189	▲ +152	141	378	233
Dec 2021	15,037	▲ +82	138	318	237
Nov 2021	14,955	▲ +206	129	432	210
Oct 2021	14,749	▲ +171	125	371	224
Sep 2021	14,578	▲ +69	122	360	291
Aug 2021	14,509	▲ +86	122	389	286
Jul 2021	14,423	▲ +48	122	310	291
Jun 2021	14,375	▲ +37	123	339	304
May 2021	14,338	▲ +79	123	354	258
Apr 2021	14,259	▲ +54	123	379	349
Mar 2021	14,205	▲ +261	123	500	253
Feb 2021	13,944	▲ +242	122	412	190
Jan 2021	13,702	▲ +160	123	404	268
Dec 2020	13,542	▲ +132	124	416	281
Nov 2020	13,410	▲ +25	123	356	350
Oct 2020	13,385	▼ -26	122	331	367
Sep 2020	13,411	▲ +72	122	328	256
Aug 2020	13,339	▲ +115	122	440	320
Jul 2020	13,224	▲ +69	123	365	295
Jun 2020	13,155	▼ -2	122	423	425
May 2020	13,157	▼ -199	122	488	707
Apr 2020	13,356	▲ +214	120	432	228
Mar 2020	13,142	▲ +99	120	327	227
Feb 2020	13,043	▲ +48	119	328	271
Jan 2020	12,995	▲ +64	120	313	282
Dec 2019	12,931	▲ +9	117	285	276
Nov 2019	12,922	▲ +42	118	269	239
Oct 2019	12,880	▲ +131	116	356	210
Sep 2019	12,749	▲ +179	115	408	225
Aug 2019	12,570	▲ +157	116	438	263
Jul 2019	12,413	▲ +159	116	367	250
Jun 2019	12,254	▼ -75	116	342	402
May 2019	12,329	▲ +123	117	345	233
Apr 2019	12,206	▲ +157	118	403	253
Mar 2019	12,049	▲ +201	119	404	201
Feb 2019	11,848	▲ +141	118	353	223
Jan 2019	11,707	▲ +93	117	294	231
Dec 2018	11,614	▲ +54	117	303	233
Nov 2018	11,560	▲ +131	115	339	232
Oct 2018	11,429	▲ +100	113	351	237
Sep 2018	11,329	▲ +145	112	341	194
Aug 2018	11,184	▲ +32	111	248	227
Jul 2018	11,152	▼ -50	111	272	331
Jun 2018	11,202	▼ -121	111	254	375
May 2018	11,323	▲ +107	111	281	203
Apr 2018	11,216	▲ +130	112	276	141
Mar 2018	11,086	▲ +751	111	896	125
Feb 2018	10,335	▲ +196	110	269	111
Jan 2018	10,139	▲ +202	109	354	139
Dec 2017	9,937	▲ +186	108	331	156
Nov 2017	9,751	▲ +163	109	335	171
Oct 2017	9,588	▲ +151	109	338	170
Sep 2017	9,437	▲ +124	108	277	183
Aug 2017	9,313	▲ +170	107	324	165
Jul 2017	9,143	▲ +69	105	297	214
Jun 2017	9,074	▼ -3	106	289	310
May 2017	9,077	▲ +158	106	348	174
Apr 2017	8,919	▲ +200	106	350	168
Mar 2017	8,719	▲ +123	106	228	105
Feb 2017	8,596	▲ +127	103	198	99
Jan 2017	8,469	▲ +89	102	194	114
Dec 2016	8,380	▲ +9	102	171	159
Nov 2016	8,371	▲ +19	101	150	141
Oct 2016	8,352	▲ +41	100	183	141
Sep 2016	8,311	▲ +33	100	199	174
Aug 2016	8,278	▲ +104	100	266	170
Jul 2016	8,174	▼ -19	100	213	219
Jun 2016	8,193	▼ -136	100	321	434
May 2016	8,329	▲ +160	100	223	110
Apr 2016	8,169	▲ +181	100	269	84
Mar 2016	7,988	▲ +159	98	234	87
Feb 2016	7,829	▲ +145	99	243	92
Jan 2016	7,684	▲ +185	99	248	98
Dec 2015	7,499	▲ +72	97	196	115
Nov 2015	7,427	▲ +106	96	234	121
Oct 2015	7,321	▲ +109	95	239	150
Sep 2015	7,212	▲ +39	95	270	221
Aug 2015	7,173	▼ -132	95	252	396
Jul 2015	7,305	▼ -57	92	335	408
Jun 2015	7,362	▼ -447	92	276	740
May 2015	7,809	▲ +205	90	251	43
Apr 2015	7,604	▲ +274	89	286	24
Mar 2015	7,330	▲ +288	87	324	38
Feb 2015	7,042	▲ +225	87	222	16
Jan 2015	6,817	▲ +284	85	268	4
Dec 2014	6,533	▲ +206	84	219	11
Nov 2014	6,327	▲ +256	84	264	2
Oct 2014	6,071	▲ +332	82	357	9
Sep 2014	5,739	▲ +410	81	417	9
Aug 2014	5,329	▲ +375	78	393	2
Jul 2014	4,954	▲ +386	75	319	4
Jun 2014	4,568	▲ +500	72	501	8
May 2014	4,068	▲ +959	71	960	8
Apr 2014	3,109	▲ +2,787	67	2,752	6
Mar 2014	322	▲ +321	25	320	0
Feb 2014	1	0	1	0	0
Jan 2014	1	0	1	0	0
Dec 2013	1	–	1	0	0

Showing all 149 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 – 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.

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Dropped

Registrars

Registrar	Domains	Share	Net adds	Transfers in	Deletes
GoDaddy.com, LLC	5,676	27.7%	▲ +122	1	135
NameCheap, Inc.	4,522	22%	▲ +637	0	134
Squarespace Domains II LLC	1,053	5.1%	▲ +20	0	17
InterNetX GmbH	726	3.5%	▲ +518	0	1
Tucows Domains Inc.	550	2.7%	▲ +3	0	14
Porkbun LLC	542	2.6%	▲ +32	1	23
IONOS SE	537	2.6%	▲ +4	1	6
HOSTINGER operations, UAB	453	2.2%	▲ +55	0	0
Cloudflare, Inc.	438	2.1%	▲ +18	7	2
Key-Systems, LLC	362	1.8%	▲ +11	2	7
Network Solutions, LLC	343	1.7%	▲ +2	1	6
Dynadot Inc	327	1.6%	▲ +5	0	13
Name.com, Inc.	294	1.4%	▲ +18	2	12
Spaceship, Inc.	289	1.4%	▲ +21	2	5
Cronon GmbH	260	1.3%	0	0	3
Gandi SAS	238	1.2%	▲ +3	1	4
eNom, LLC	230	1.1%	0	0	4
Mesh Digital Limited	218	1.1%	▲ +3	1	5
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com	193	0.9%	▲ +5	0	5
OVH sas	188	0.9%	▲ +5	0	1
Domain Science Kutatási Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság	163	0.8%	▲ +1	0	12
NameSilo, LLC	145	0.7%	0	0	4
Automattic Inc.	145	0.7%	▲ +3	0	1
united-domains GmbH	138	0.7%	▲ +1	0	0
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA	130	0.6%	▲ +4	0	1
Amazon Registrar, Inc.	118	0.6%	▲ +1	0	0
Sav.com, LLC	97	0.5%	▲ +3	0	21
Gname.com Pte. Ltd.	93	0.5%	▲ +2	0	1
Squarespace Domains LLC	88	0.4%	0	0	0
Wild West Domains, LLC	86	0.4%	0	0	1
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC	84	0.4%	0	0	3
1API GmbH	84	0.4%	0	0	2
Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC	76	0.4%	0	0	4
MarkMonitor Inc.	65	0.3%	0	0	0
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.	65	0.3%	0	1	1
One.com A/S	62	0.3%	▲ +2	0	3
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	59	0.3%	0	1	0
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com	56	0.3%	▲ +2	0	0
Marcaria International LLC	55	0.3%	0	0	1
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com	54	0.3%	▲ +1	0	1
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE	53	0.3%	0	0	0
Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC	51	0.2%	0	0	1
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd	49	0.2%	0	0	0
Gransy, s.r.o.	49	0.2%	0	0	1
Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd	47	0.2%	0	0	0
EuroDNS S.A.	40	0.2%	0	0	1
101domain GRS Limited	39	0.2%	0	0	3
INWX GmbH	38	0.2%	▲ +2	0	0
GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd.	38	0.2%	0	0	3
Infomaniak Network SA	35	0.2%	0	0	0
Vautron Rechenzentrum AG	33	0.2%	0	0	0
Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER	32	0.2%	0	0	0
DNC Holdings, Inc.	29	0.1%	▲ +1	0	2
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC	25	0.1%	0	1	0
Netregistry Wholesale Pty Ltd	23	0.1%	0	0	0
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL	22	0.1%	0	0	1
Epik LLC	19	0.1%	0	0	0
NETIM SAS	19	0.1%	0	0	1
Realtime Register B.V.	18	0.1%	0	0	0
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com	18	0.1%	0	0	0
Safenames Ltd	17	0.1%	0	0	0
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.	16	0.1%	0	0	0
The Registrar Company B.V.	16	0.1%	0	0	0
SafeBrands SAS	14	0.1%	0	0	0
CV. Rumahweb Indonesia	14	0.1%	▲ +1	0	1
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc	13	0.1%	0	0	0
Dinahosting s.l.	13	0.1%	▲ +1	0	0
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com	13	0.1%	▲ +5	0	0
RegistrarSEC LLC	13	0.1%	0	0	0
Internet Invest, Ltd. dba Imena.ua	12	0.1%	0	0	1
Nameshield SAS	12	0.1%	0	0	0
Metaregistrar BV	12	0.1%	0	0	0
Hosting Ukraine LLC	12	0.1%	0	0	0
Global Domain Group LLC	12	0.1%	▲ +1	0	0
Diamatrix C.C.	11	0.1%	0	0	0
WEDOS Internet, a.s.	11	0.1%	0	0	0
Super Registry Ltd	10	0%	0	0	0
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG	10	0%	▲ +1	0	0
Go Canada Domains, LLC	9	0%	0	0	0
Variomedia AG	9	0%	0	0	0
10dencehispahard SLU	9	0%	0	0	0
XServer, Inc.	9	0%	▲ +3	0	0
TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd.	9	0%	0	0	0
Scaleway SAS	8	0%	0	0	0
Quantum Names LLC	8	0%	0	0	0
Name SRS AB	8	0%	0	1	0
COREhub, S.R.L.	7	0%	0	0	0
http.net Internet GmbH	7	0%	0	0	0
CPS-Datensysteme GmbH	7	0%	0	0	0
Unstoppable Domains Inc.	7	0%	0	0	0
Easyspace Limited	6	0%	0	0	0
Blue Razor Domains, LLC	6	0%	0	0	0
Go France Domains, LLC	6	0%	0	0	0
BigRock Solutions Ltd.	6	0%	0	0	0
MAT BAO CORPORATION	6	0%	0	0	0
Gabia, Inc.	5	0%	▲ +1	0	0
Go China Domains, LLC	5	0%	0	0	0
CCI REG S.A.	5	0%	0	0	0
Edomains LLC	5	0%	▲ +1	1	0
OnlineNIC, Inc.	4	0%	0	0	1

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	194	107.90M	342	146	154
Nov 2017	193	90.45M	340	134	159
Oct 2017	192	87.15M	325	187	233
Sep 2017	192	81.78M	624	171	170
Aug 2017	190	76.04M	345	180	204
Jul 2017	187	70.05M	284	171	188
Jun 2017	187	68.96M	320	197	198
May 2017	187	66.41M	338	328	220
Apr 2017	186	60.79M	370	182	341
Mar 2017	185	61.93M	237	139	507
Feb 2017	174	44.49M	228	140	266
Jan 2017	172	67.64M	205	96	204
Dec 2016	171	65.91M	174	119	128
Nov 2016	171	62.44M	969	145	129
Oct 2016	166	70.92M	911	143	153
Sep 2016	164	69.99M	211	153	161
Aug 2016	162	79.82M	272	164	195
Jul 2016	160	74.84M	195	164	162
Jun 2016	160	68.91M	298	226	125
May 2016	141	58.33M	285	444	233
Apr 2016	141	41.40M	270	114	349
Mar 2016	139	41.13M	245	89	484
Feb 2016	137	43.79M	235	87	242
Jan 2016	137	42.95M	729	82	152
Dec 2015	137	44.90M	186	109	85
Nov 2015	136	35.78M	231	107	84
Oct 2015	133	34.10M	264	118	116
Sep 2015	130	28.63M	1,579	148	102
Aug 2015	130	25.84M	272	241	118
Jul 2015	129	29.28M	1,075	202	111
Jun 2015	127	27.59M	303	551	105
May 2015	125	20.99M	246	770	179
Apr 2015	125	24.35M	288	54	325
Mar 2015	122	24.49M	328	37	556
Feb 2015	119	26.70M	240	33	205
Jan 2015	119	30.20M	289	13	77
Dec 2014	115	24.53M	376	6	50
Nov 2014	113	22.96M	454	70	12
Oct 2014	112	24.36M	350	3	24
Sep 2014	109	21.71M	420	10	8
Aug 2014	109	16.28M	378	7	3
Jul 2014	106	11.30M	352	4	2
Jun 2014	98	14.68M	898	11	1
May 2014	94	7.31M	5,115	39	0
Apr 2014	90	7.67M	192,946	32	2
Mar 2014	85	9.65M	47,240	0	0
Feb 2014	82	8.45M	0	0	0
Jan 2014	73	1.73M	1	0	0
Dec 2013	4	14.03k	0	0	0

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.