.lighting

5,366 domains as of 18 Aug 2026

Domains

5,366

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: 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 ›

Of the 5,602 domains that came up for renewal between May 2025 and Apr 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate

74.21%

above .com/.net/.org

Renewed

4,157

in twelve months

Deleted

1,445

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

5.80kreported Apr 2026

Share of .lighting by registrar
GoDaddy4 accreditations	1,811	31.21%
Tucows2 accreditations	345	5.95%
Namecheap2 accreditations	327	5.64%
InterNetX GmbH	323	5.57%
Squarespace Domains II LLC	268	4.62%
IONOS SE	235	4.05%
Key-Systems	188	3.24%
Newfold Digital3 accreditations	162	2.79%
Mesh Digital Limited	150	2.59%
Cloudflare, Inc.	148	2.55%
Other109 more	1,845	31.8%

5,802 attributed to registrars in Apr 2026, against 5,366 in 18 Aug 2026’s zone — the zone is 436 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, Nov 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.

Nov 2013 – Apr 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All

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Month	Domains	Change	Registrars	Net adds	Deletes
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
Nov 2025	5,634	▼ -32	132	48	87
Oct 2025	5,666	▲ +2	131	72	83
Sep 2025	5,664	▼ -15	132	59	69
Aug 2025	5,679	▼ -2	130	65	64
Jul 2025	5,681	▼ -7	131	64	76
Jun 2025	5,688	▼ -499	133	57	554
May 2025	6,187	▼ -79	134	75	157
Apr 2025	6,266	▲ +26	134	103	83
Mar 2025	6,240	▼ -42	133	74	107
Feb 2025	6,282	▲ +2	134	55	60
Jan 2025	6,280	▼ -9	133	56	71
Dec 2024	6,289	▼ -36	131	70	100
Nov 2024	6,325	▼ -21	131	51	68
Oct 2024	6,346	▼ -36	131	50	90
Sep 2024	6,382	▼ -15	130	62	76
Aug 2024	6,397	▼ -5	133	47	59
Jul 2024	6,402	▼ -15	132	64	74
Jun 2024	6,417	▼ -29	131	57	89
May 2024	6,446	▼ -20	131	67	80
Apr 2024	6,466	▼ -89	130	236	159
Mar 2024	6,555	▲ +532	126	419	63
Feb 2024	6,023	▼ -9	125	50	66
Jan 2024	6,032	▲ +49	126	118	70
Dec 2023	5,983	▲ +3	126	71	67
Nov 2023	5,980	▼ -23	127	47	72
Oct 2023	6,003	▼ -36	127	64	92
Sep 2023	6,039	▲ +22	130	72	57
Aug 2023	6,017	▼ -2	130	72	69
Jul 2023	6,019	▼ -32	130	60	92
Jun 2023	6,051	▼ -28	129	42	76
May 2023	6,079	▼ -49	129	69	109
Apr 2023	6,128	▼ -32	129	50	87
Mar 2023	6,160	▲ +3	129	61	55
Feb 2023	6,157	▼ -14	129	55	73
Jan 2023	6,171	▼ -61	128	56	125
Dec 2022	6,232	▼ -18	128	63	79
Nov 2022	6,250	▲ +4	127	72	63
Oct 2022	6,246	▲ +24	124	104	67
Sep 2022	6,222	▲ +33	122	94	51
Aug 2022	6,189	▲ +39	119	91	76
Jul 2022	6,150	▼ -5	117	81	86
Jun 2022	6,155	▲ +22	120	80	87
May 2022	6,133	▼ -41	111	101	131
Apr 2022	6,174	▼ -6	110	70	98
Mar 2022	6,180	▲ +19	110	71	59
Feb 2022	6,161	▼ -27	110	107	92
Jan 2022	6,188	▲ +47	109	77	69
Dec 2021	6,141	▲ +29	107	99	65
Nov 2021	6,112	▲ +94	107	173	73
Oct 2021	6,018	▲ +46	109	85	56
Sep 2021	5,972	▲ +43	108	114	71
Aug 2021	5,929	▼ -39	107	71	100
Jul 2021	5,968	▲ +10	107	73	75
Jun 2021	5,958	▼ -15	107	51	72
May 2021	5,973	▼ -24	107	101	115
Apr 2021	5,997	▼ -41	107	101	133
Mar 2021	6,038	▲ +49	104	107	68
Feb 2021	5,989	▲ +35	104	93	70
Jan 2021	5,954	0	103	59	56
Dec 2020	5,954	▲ +38	103	110	80
Nov 2020	5,916	▲ +13	103	95	82
Oct 2020	5,903	▼ -4	103	83	91
Sep 2020	5,907	▲ +15	103	73	55
Aug 2020	5,892	▼ -6	102	85	101
Jul 2020	5,898	▼ -26	100	80	99
Jun 2020	5,924	▼ -7	99	62	76
May 2020	5,931	▼ -109	99	116	224
Apr 2020	6,040	▼ -52	99	57	99
Mar 2020	6,092	▼ -31	99	60	93
Feb 2020	6,123	▲ +11	99	73	60
Jan 2020	6,112	▲ +15	100	49	54
Dec 2019	6,097	▼ -13	98	64	70
Nov 2019	6,110	▲ +15	97	75	65
Oct 2019	6,095	▲ +17	96	87	60
Sep 2019	6,078	▲ +23	96	99	82
Aug 2019	6,055	▲ +19	96	87	78
Jul 2019	6,036	▲ +12	96	87	75
Jun 2019	6,024	▼ -17	97	76	95
May 2019	6,041	▼ -103	95	73	174
Apr 2019	6,144	▼ -109	96	65	178
Mar 2019	6,253	▲ +22	97	84	74
Feb 2019	6,231	▼ -7	96	75	73
Jan 2019	6,238	▼ -6	96	83	103
Dec 2018	6,244	▼ -1	96	92	92
Nov 2018	6,245	▼ -22	94	68	89
Oct 2018	6,267	▼ -34	94	62	106
Sep 2018	6,301	▼ -32	94	51	84
Aug 2018	6,333	▼ -28	94	58	88
Jul 2018	6,361	▼ -21	94	74	103
Jun 2018	6,382	▼ -29	94	81	115
May 2018	6,411	▼ -94	95	103	193
Apr 2018	6,505	▼ -13	95	93	116
Mar 2018	6,518	▲ +112	95	192	81
Feb 2018	6,406	▲ +16	95	85	69
Jan 2018	6,390	▲ +66	94	105	46
Dec 2017	6,324	▲ +45	93	125	54
Nov 2017	6,279	▲ +79	93	128	68
Oct 2017	6,200	▲ +80	93	140	60
Sep 2017	6,120	▲ +38	93	111	78
Aug 2017	6,082	▲ +42	90	113	90
Jul 2017	6,040	▼ -17	89	105	113
Jun 2017	6,057	0	90	101	104
May 2017	6,057	▼ -176	91	150	328
Apr 2017	6,233	▼ -81	92	116	200
Mar 2017	6,314	▲ +12	93	111	99
Feb 2017	6,302	▲ +42	92	92	55
Jan 2017	6,260	▲ +58	89	89	41
Dec 2016	6,202	▲ +10	90	78	66
Nov 2016	6,192	▲ +32	91	84	61
Oct 2016	6,160	▲ +6	90	72	64
Sep 2016	6,154	▲ +53	88	120	81
Aug 2016	6,101	▲ +26	88	98	77
Jul 2016	6,075	▲ +44	88	119	76
Jun 2016	6,031	▲ +6	88	106	103
May 2016	6,025	▼ -106	88	160	261
Apr 2016	6,131	▼ -77	88	143	220
Mar 2016	6,208	▲ +84	88	131	67
Feb 2016	6,124	▲ +64	87	114	50
Jan 2016	6,060	▲ +73	86	115	56
Dec 2015	5,987	▲ +43	82	102	54
Nov 2015	5,944	▲ +72	81	125	60
Oct 2015	5,872	▲ +46	81	122	80
Sep 2015	5,826	▲ +56	79	129	76
Aug 2015	5,770	▲ +29	78	171	155
Jul 2015	5,741	▲ +24	77	124	110
Jun 2015	5,717	▲ +43	75	170	155
May 2015	5,674	▼ -531	75	155	684
Apr 2015	6,205	▼ -205	75	120	324
Mar 2015	6,410	▲ +93	75	134	49
Feb 2015	6,317	▲ +33	74	95	71
Jan 2015	6,284	▲ +114	72	107	6
Dec 2014	6,170	▲ +133	70	141	10
Nov 2014	6,037	▲ +147	70	177	16
Oct 2014	5,890	▲ +164	70	146	19
Sep 2014	5,726	▲ +139	69	162	15
Aug 2014	5,587	▲ +249	67	239	11
Jul 2014	5,338	▲ +192	67	176	17
Jun 2014	5,146	▲ +218	64	227	9
May 2014	4,928	▲ +363	64	366	18
Apr 2014	4,565	▲ +393	62	401	7
Mar 2014	4,172	▲ +802	58	809	18
Feb 2014	3,370	▲ +3,369	51	3,357	12
Jan 2014	1	0	1	0	0
Dec 2013	1	0	1	0	0
Nov 2013	1	–	1	0	0

Showing all 150 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.

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Dropped

Registrars

Registrar	Domains	Share	Net adds	Transfers in	Deletes
GoDaddy.com, LLC	1,762	30.4%	▲ +14	0	29
InterNetX GmbH	323	5.6%	▲ +265	0	2
NameCheap, Inc.	291	5%	▲ +12	0	5
Tucows Domains Inc.	280	4.8%	▲ +2	0	4
Squarespace Domains II LLC	268	4.6%	▲ +5	0	1
IONOS SE	235	4.1%	▲ +1	0	3
Key-Systems, LLC	188	3.2%	▲ +1	0	11
Mesh Digital Limited	150	2.6%	▲ +1	0	2
Cloudflare, Inc.	148	2.6%	▲ +5	1	1
Network Solutions, LLC	128	2.2%	0	0	1
eNom, LLC	124	2.1%	▲ +1	0	0
Dynadot Inc	121	2.1%	▲ +1	4	4
Porkbun LLC	114	2%	▲ +2	1	1
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.	99	1.7%	0	0	0
Cronon GmbH	94	1.6%	0	0	2
Domain Science Kutatási Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság	87	1.5%	▲ +2	0	14
Gandi SAS	85	1.5%	0	4	2
Name.com, Inc.	80	1.4%	▲ +2	0	1
united-domains GmbH	78	1.3%	0	0	0
MarkMonitor Inc.	75	1.3%	0	1	14
OVH sas	72	1.2%	0	0	0
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA	65	1.1%	0	0	1
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com	58	1%	0	0	1
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	45	0.8%	0	0	0
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd	36	0.6%	▲ +2	0	1
Spaceship, Inc.	36	0.6%	0	0	1
Gransy, s.r.o.	33	0.6%	0	0	0
NameSilo, LLC	31	0.5%	0	0	1
HOSTINGER operations, UAB	31	0.5%	▲ +5	0	1
1API GmbH	29	0.5%	0	0	1
Amazon Registrar, Inc.	26	0.4%	0	0	0
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
EuroDNS S.A.	22	0.4%	0	0	0
The Registrar Company B.V.	22	0.4%	▲ +1	0	0
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com	21	0.4%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC	21	0.4%	▲ +1	0	4
Automattic Inc.	19	0.3%	0	0	0
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com	18	0.3%	0	0	0
Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC	18	0.3%	0	0	1
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
Metaregistrar BV	13	0.2%	0	0	0
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC	13	0.2%	0	0	2
Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC	12	0.2%	0	0	1
GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd.	12	0.2%	0	0	1
Netregistry Wholesale Pty Ltd	11	0.2%	0	0	0
Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER	11	0.2%	▲ +1	0	0
Super Registry Ltd	11	0.2%	0	0	0
RegistrarSEC LLC	11	0.2%	0	0	0
DNC Holdings, Inc.	10	0.2%	0	0	0
Safenames Ltd	10	0.2%	0	0	1
101domain GRS Limited	10	0.2%	0	0	0
Variomedia AG	10	0.2%	0	0	0
One.com A/S	10	0.2%	0	0	0
INWX GmbH	9	0.2%	0	0	0
NameWeb BVBA	8	0.1%	0	0	0
Hosting Ukraine LLC	8	0.1%	0	0	0
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG	7	0.1%	0	1	0
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com	7	0.1%	0	0	1
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%	▲ +1	0	0
Server Plan Srl	5	0.1%	0	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	0.1%	0	0	0
Gabia, Inc.	3	0.1%	0	0	0
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc	3	0.1%	0	0	0
Epik LLC	3	0.1%	0	0	0
Turkticaret.net Yazılım Hizmetleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.	3	0.1%	0	0	0
Internet Invest, Ltd. dba Imena.ua	3	0.1%	0	0	0
10dencehispahard SLU	3	0.1%	0	0	0
inherent SAS	3	0.1%	0	0	0
Internet Domain Service BS Corp	3	0.1%	0	0	0
Registrator Domenov LLC	3	0.1%	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	1	0
http.net Internet GmbH	2	0%	0	0	0
URL Solutions, Inc.	2	0%	0	0	0
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com	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
Eranet International Limited	2	0%	▲ +1	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	194	84.48M	96	51	108
Nov 2017	193	72.68M	147	49	103
Oct 2017	192	66.87M	140	67	74
Sep 2017	192	64.09M	117	71	101
Aug 2017	190	58.98M	133	84	125
Jul 2017	187	53.63M	96	80	135
Jun 2017	187	53.36M	107	107	142
May 2017	187	54.43M	153	109	104
Apr 2017	186	50.71M	120	211	144
Mar 2017	185	52.07M	111	301	214
Feb 2017	174	37.11M	98	121	411
Jan 2017	172	58.41M	99	61	392
Dec 2016	171	56.88M	77	43	726
Nov 2016	171	50.97M	770	65	829
Oct 2016	166	58.74M	71	61	370
Sep 2016	164	61.70M	135	81	80
Aug 2016	162	72.72M	104	63	102
Jul 2016	160	68.01M	118	75	108
Jun 2016	160	63.79M	133	77	113
May 2016	141	53.40M	156	91	113
Apr 2016	141	36.40M	143	194	122
Mar 2016	139	37.34M	152	306	213
Feb 2016	137	40.34M	112	53	550
Jan 2016	137	39.59M	129	52	372
Dec 2015	137	41.04M	97	55	528
Nov 2015	136	31.52M	132	56	682
Oct 2015	133	30.20M	126	66	340
Sep 2015	130	23.72M	137	70	43
Aug 2015	130	22.68M	400	77	79
Jul 2015	129	25.03M	131	169	64
Jun 2015	128	23.98M	197	77	80
May 2015	125	12.74M	147	145	108
Apr 2015	125	21.52M	112	350	97
Mar 2015	122	21.14M	143	696	180
Feb 2015	119	22.92M	104	59	702
Jan 2015	119	27.11M	121	53	573
Dec 2014	115	21.90M	148	26	136
Nov 2014	113	19.62M	209	70	26
Oct 2014	112	21.59M	183	18	17
Sep 2014	109	20.70M	153	16	13
Aug 2014	109	15.32M	264	15	10
Jul 2014	106	11.08M	340	17	12
Jun 2014	98	15.21M	366	16	5
May 2014	94	7.53M	1,948	93	7,575
Apr 2014	90	8.07M	476	33	900
Mar 2014	85	11.36M	809	18	0
Feb 2014	82	10.28M	3,356	1	1
Jan 2014	73	2.39M	56	0	0
Dec 2013	4	1.72M	23	0	0
Nov 2013	2	892.24k	0	0	0

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.