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5,380 domains as of 2 Sep 2026

Domains
5,380
2 Sep 2026
30-day change
–
–
Signed in root
✔ Yes
DS record present
Type
Generic
ASCII
Registrar figures are for September 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
Binky Moon, LLC
Technical backend
Identity Digital via rdap host
Delegated
6 Nov 2013
Nameservers
v0n0.nic.lighting, v0n1.nic.lighting, v0n2.nic.lighting, v0n3.nic.lighting, v2n0.nic.lighting, v2n1.nic.lighting
RDAP
https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap
Zone data
CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Of the 5,536 domains that came up for renewal between Jun 2025 and May 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate
75.05%
above .com/.net/.org
Renewed
4,155
in twelve months
Deleted
1,381
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 84 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

Month ‹ › Sep 2016 latest
GoDaddy — 2,536 (41.21%)eNom, LLC — 471 (7.65%)Tucows — 428 (6.95%)IONOS SE — 387 (6.29%)Mesh Digital Limited — 356 (5.78%)Key-Systems — 225 (3.66%)Newfold Digital — 168 (2.73%)united-domains GmbH — 161 (2.62%)Cronon GmbH — 127 (2.06%)Gandi SAS — 104 (1.69%)Other — 1,191 (19.35%)
6.15kreported Sep 2016
GoDaddy3 accreditations2,53641.21%
eNom, LLC4717.65%
Tucows2 accreditations4286.95%
IONOS SE3876.29%
Mesh Digital Limited3565.78%
Key-Systems2253.66%
Newfold Digital2 accreditations1682.73%
united-domains GmbH1612.62%
Cronon GmbH1272.06%
Gandi SAS1041.69%
Other74 more1,19119.35%

Domains by month, Nov 2013 – 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.

Nov 2013 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All
01,7703,5405,3097,079Nov 2013Feb 2020May 2026
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MonthDomainsChangeRegistrarsNet addsDeletes
May 2026 5,792 ▼ -10 133 86 93
Apr 2026 5,802 ▼ -51 132 327 116
Mar 2026 5,853 ▲ +256 132 54 62
Feb 2026 5,597 ▼ -2 132 50 53
Jan 2026 5,599 ▼ -6 133 38 52
Dec 2025 5,605 ▼ -29 133 50 72

Showing the latest 6 of 151 months in this range. Show all 151.

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
5,3645,3685,3735,3775,38112 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
+80-812 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 1,756
28.5%
▲ +13 1 18
InterNetX GmbH 323
5.2%
0 0 0
NameCheap, Inc. 293
4.8%
▲ +15 0 12
Tucows Domains Inc. 277
4.5%
▲ +1 0 4
Squarespace Domains II LLC 267
4.3%
▲ +4 0 4
IONOS SE 238
3.9%
▲ +7 0 1
Key-Systems, LLC 175
2.8%
0 0 4
Cloudflare, Inc. 161
2.6%
▲ +7 5 0
Mesh Digital Limited 151
2.5%
▲ +2 0 1
Network Solutions, LLC 128
2.1%
0 0 1
eNom, LLC 122
2%
0 0 2
Dynadot Inc 119
1.9%
▲ +6 0 6
Porkbun LLC 117
1.9%
▲ +3 0 1
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. 99
1.6%
0 0 0
Cronon GmbH 94
1.5%
0 0 0
Gandi SAS 85
1.4%
0 0 0
Name.com, Inc. 80
1.3%
▲ +3 0 2
MarkMonitor Inc. 75
1.2%
0 0 0
OVH sas 73
1.2%
▲ +1 0 0
united-domains GmbH 71
1.2%
0 1 7
Domain Science Kutatási Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság 70
1.1%
▲ +1 0 17
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA 65
1.1%
0 0 0
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com 58
0.9%
0 0 0
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu 44
0.7%
0 0 0
HOSTINGER operations, UAB 42
0.7%
▲ +12 0 0
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd 36
0.6%
0 0 0
Spaceship, Inc. 36
0.6%
▲ +1 0 1
NameSilo, LLC 33
0.5%
▲ +1 1 0
Gransy, s.r.o. 33
0.5%
0 0 0
1API GmbH 29
0.5%
0 0 0
Amazon Registrar, Inc. 27
0.4%
▲ +2 0 1
Wild West Domains, LLC 24
0.4%
0 0 0
Squarespace Domains LLC 24
0.4%
0 0 0
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC 22
0.4%
0 0 0
Sav.com, LLC 22
0.4%
▲ +1 0 0
EuroDNS S.A. 22
0.4%
0 0 0
The Registrar Company B.V. 22
0.4%
0 0 0
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com 21
0.3%
0 0 0
Metaregistrar BV 21
0.3%
0 9 1
Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC 19
0.3%
▲ +1 0 0
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com 18
0.3%
0 0 0
Automattic Inc. 17
0.3%
0 0 2
Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd 17
0.3%
0 0 0
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE 16
0.3%
0 0 0
Realtime Register B.V. 13
0.2%
0 0 0
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC 13
0.2%
0 0 0
Netregistry Wholesale Pty Ltd 11
0.2%
0 0 0
Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER 11
0.2%
0 0 0
RegistrarSEC LLC 11
0.2%
0 0 0
DNC Holdings, Inc. 10
0.2%
0 0 0
Super Registry Ltd 10
0.2%
0 0 1
Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC 10
0.2%
0 0 0
Variomedia AG 10
0.2%
0 0 0
One.com A/S 10
0.2%
0 0 0
GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd. 10
0.2%
0 0 2
101domain GRS Limited 9
0.1%
0 0 1
INWX GmbH 9
0.1%
0 0 0
Hosting Ukraine LLC 9
0.1%
0 0 0
NameWeb BVBA 8
0.1%
0 0 0
Safenames Ltd 7
0.1%
0 0 3
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG 7
0.1%
0 0 0
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com 7
0.1%
0 0 0
Vautron Rechenzentrum AG 7
0.1%
0 0 0
Nameshield SAS 6
0.1%
0 0 0
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL 6
0.1%
0 0 0
NETIM SAS 6
0.1%
0 0 0
MAT BAO CORPORATION 6
0.1%
0 0 0
Abion AB 5
0.1%
0 0 0
Scaleway SAS 5
0.1%
0 0 0
Webnames.ca Inc. 5
0.1%
0 0 0
Entorno Digital, S.A. 5
0.1%
0 0 0
Marcaria International LLC 5
0.1%
0 0 0
Server Plan Srl 5
0.1%
0 0 0
Internet Domain Service BS Corp 5
0.1%
▲ +2 0 0
WEDOS Internet, a.s. 5
0.1%
0 0 0
Name SRS AB 4
0.1%
0 0 0
SafeBrands SAS 4
0.1%
0 0 0
Whois Corp. 3
0%
0 0 0
Gabia, Inc. 3
0%
0 0 0
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc 3
0%
0 0 0
Epik LLC 3
0%
0 0 0
Turkticaret.net Yazılım Hizmetleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. 3
0%
0 0 0
Internet Invest, Ltd. dba Imena.ua 3
0%
0 0 0
10dencehispahard SLU 3
0%
0 0 0
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com 3
0%
▲ +1 0 0
inherent SAS 3
0%
0 0 0
Registrator Domenov LLC 3
0%
0 0 0
COREhub, S.R.L. 2
0%
0 0 0
Easyspace Limited 2
0%
0 0 0
Quantum Names LLC 2
0%
0 0 0
Corsearch Domains LLC 2
0%
0 0 0
WHC Online Solutions Inc. 2
0%
0 0 0
http.net Internet GmbH 2
0%
0 0 0
OwnRegistrar, Inc. 2
0%
0 0 0
URL Solutions, Inc. 2
0%
0 0 0
Lexsynergy Limited 2
0%
0 0 0
BigRock Solutions Ltd. 2
0%
0 0 0
NextName B.V. d/b/a RegistrarHub 2
0%
0 0 0
Atak Domain Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. 2
0%
0 0 0
IP Twins SAS 2
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 195 78.01M 0 111 74 415 – –
Dec 2017 194 84.48M 0 96 51 108 – –
Nov 2017 193 72.68M 0 147 49 103 – –
Oct 2017 192 66.87M 0 140 67 74 – –
Sep 2017 192 64.09M 0 117 71 101 – –
Aug 2017 190 58.98M 0 133 84 125 – –
Jul 2017 187 53.63M 0 96 80 135 – –
Jun 2017 187 53.36M 0 107 107 142 – –
May 2017 187 54.43M 0 153 109 104 – –
Apr 2017 186 50.71M 0 120 211 144 – –
Mar 2017 185 52.07M 0 111 301 214 – –
Feb 2017 174 37.11M 0 98 121 411 – –
Jan 2017 172 58.41M 0 99 61 392 – –
Dec 2016 171 56.88M 0 77 43 726 – –
Nov 2016 171 50.97M 0 770 65 829 – –
Oct 2016 166 58.74M 0 71 61 370 – –
Sep 2016 164 61.70M 0 135 81 80 – –
Aug 2016 162 72.72M 0 104 63 102 – –
Jul 2016 160 68.01M 0 118 75 108 – –
Jun 2016 160 63.79M 0 133 77 113 – –
May 2016 141 53.40M 0 156 91 113 – –
Apr 2016 141 36.40M 0 143 194 122 – –
Mar 2016 139 37.34M 0 152 306 213 – –
Feb 2016 137 40.34M 0 112 53 550 – –
Jan 2016 137 39.59M 0 129 52 372 – –
Dec 2015 137 41.04M 0 97 55 528 – –
Nov 2015 136 31.52M 0 132 56 682 – –
Oct 2015 133 30.20M 0 126 66 340 – –
Sep 2015 130 23.72M 0 137 70 43 – –
Aug 2015 130 22.68M 0 400 77 79 – –
Jul 2015 129 25.03M 0 131 169 64 – –
Jun 2015 128 23.98M 0 197 77 80 – –
May 2015 125 12.74M 0 147 145 108 – –
Apr 2015 125 21.52M 0 112 350 97 – –
Mar 2015 122 21.14M 0 143 696 180 – –
Feb 2015 119 22.92M 0 104 59 702 – –
Jan 2015 119 27.11M 0 121 53 573 – –
Dec 2014 115 21.90M 0 148 26 136 – –
Nov 2014 113 19.62M 0 209 70 26 – –
Oct 2014 112 21.59M 0 183 18 17 – –
Sep 2014 109 20.70M 0 153 16 13 – –
Aug 2014 109 15.32M 0 264 15 10 – –
Jul 2014 106 11.08M 0 340 17 12 – –
Jun 2014 98 15.21M 0 366 16 5 – –
May 2014 94 7.53M 0 1,948 93 7,575 – –
Apr 2014 90 8.07M 0 476 33 900 – –
Mar 2014 85 11.36M 0 809 18 0 – –
Feb 2014 82 10.28M 0 3,356 1 1 – –
Jan 2014 73 2.39M 0 56 0 0 – –
Dec 2013 4 1.72M 0 23 0 0 – –
Nov 2013 2 892.24k 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.