.news

76,683 domains as of 2 Sep 2026

Domains

76,683

2 Sep 2026

30-day change

–

Signed in root

✔ Yes

DS record present

Type

Generic

ASCII

Registrar figures are for June 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: Dog Beach, LLC
Technical backend: Identity Digital via rdap host
Delegated: 21 Mar 2015
Nameservers: v0n0.nic.news, v0n1.nic.news, v0n2.nic.news, v0n3.nic.news, v2n0.nic.news, v2n1.nic.news
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 77,496 domains that came up for renewal between Jun 2025 and May 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate

55.43%

below .com/.net/.org

Renewed

42,958

in twelve months

Deleted

34,538

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 8 of the 88 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

77.78kreported Jun 2016

Share of .news by registrar
Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn)	31,825	40.91%
GoDaddy3 accreditations	14,153	18.2%
eNom, LLC	7,807	10.04%
Name.com, Inc.3 accreditations	7,111	9.14%
Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd.	2,223	2.86%
IONOS SE	2,134	2.74%
united-domains GmbH	1,613	2.07%
Dynadot Inc	1,034	1.33%
Tucows2 accreditations	1,009	1.3%
OVH sas	700	0.9%
Other78 more	8,175	10.51%

Domains by month, May 2025 – 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.

May 2025 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All

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Month	Domains	Change	Registrars	Net adds	Deletes
May 2026	78,289	▲ +1,310	264	3,240	2,007
Apr 2026	76,979	▲ +581	264	3,182	1,977
Mar 2026	76,398	▼ -12,388	262	2,374	15,758
Feb 2026	88,786	▲ +500	257	2,140	1,598
Jan 2026	88,286	▲ +509	256	1,856	1,525
Dec 2025	87,777	▲ +13	254	1,786	1,757

Showing the latest 6 of 13 months in this range. Show all 13.

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

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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

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	18,571	23.9%	▲ +437	17	410
NameCheap, Inc.	11,714	15.1%	▲ +492	6	408
Tucows Domains Inc.	4,160	5.3%	▲ +1,036	6	70
Cloudflare, Inc.	2,908	3.7%	▲ +145	33	23
Name.com, Inc.	2,557	3.3%	▲ +57	2	32
Porkbun LLC	2,437	3.1%	▲ +108	16	116
HOSTINGER operations, UAB	2,407	3.1%	▲ +126	2	61
Squarespace Domains II LLC	2,082	2.7%	▲ +45	0	32
Dynadot Inc	1,732	2.2%	▲ +69	6	96
Domain Science Kutatási Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság	1,505	1.9%	▲ +86	0	167
IONOS SE	1,485	1.9%	▲ +14	0	12
eNom, LLC	1,480	1.9%	▲ +7	0	11
InterNetX GmbH	1,299	1.7%	▲ +9	0	4
Spaceship, Inc.	1,265	1.6%	▲ +209	14	46
Gandi SAS	1,093	1.4%	▲ +20	0	14
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com	1,055	1.4%	▲ +26	2	20
united-domains GmbH	1,013	1.3%	▲ +5	1	7
Key-Systems, LLC	903	1.2%	▲ +23	1	12
NameSilo, LLC	891	1.1%	▲ +7	5	31
Automattic Inc.	853	1.1%	▲ +21	0	19
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.	813	1%	0	3	2
Amazon Registrar, Inc.	805	1%	▲ +27	1	8
Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn)	798	1%	▲ +32	0	29
Squarespace Domains LLC	758	1%	0	0	18
OVH sas	749	1%	▲ +11	3	12
MarkMonitor Inc.	704	0.9%	▲ +1	0	0
Sav.com, LLC	667	0.9%	▲ +42	0	39
Network Solutions, LLC	656	0.8%	▲ +9	2	2
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com	587	0.8%	▲ +8	0	10
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC	436	0.6%	0	8	0
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	378	0.5%	▲ +4	0	8
Mesh Digital Limited	377	0.5%	▲ +6	0	8
Cronon GmbH	375	0.5%	0	0	7
RegistryGate GmbH	375	0.5%	▲ +5	1	1
Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd.	373	0.5%	▲ +11	0	7
1API GmbH	334	0.4%	0	0	4
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE	270	0.3%	0	1	2
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com	267	0.3%	▲ +5	0	4
Wild West Domains, LLC	264	0.3%	▲ +3	1	4
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA	257	0.3%	▲ +2	0	4
DNSPod, Inc.	250	0.3%	▲ +18	2	15
Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER	242	0.3%	0	0	1
Variomedia AG	240	0.3%	0	0	0
Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC	230	0.3%	0	0	2
101domain GRS Limited	184	0.2%	▲ +1	0	4
Infomaniak Network SA	179	0.2%	▲ +3	0	0
EuroDNS S.A.	173	0.2%	▲ +1	0	2
Gabia, Inc.	165	0.2%	▲ +1	0	3
Dominet (HK) Limited	159	0.2%	▲ +1	0	2
XServer, Inc.	151	0.2%	▲ +9	0	6
TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd.	148	0.2%	▲ +2	2	5
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd	138	0.2%	▲ +3	1	2
One.com A/S	129	0.2%	▲ +4	3	3
NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED	128	0.2%	▲ +2	0	0
CommuniGal Communication Ltd.	117	0.2%	▲ +4	0	107
Gransy, s.r.o.	117	0.2%	▲ +1	0	3
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC	114	0.1%	0	0	3
Gname.com Pte. Ltd.	112	0.1%	▲ +7	0	2
Epik LLC	107	0.1%	0	0	0
INWX GmbH	104	0.1%	▲ +3	0	2
Unstoppable Domains Inc.	96	0.1%	▲ +1	2	2
Nameshield SAS	95	0.1%	0	0	0
COREhub, S.R.L.	93	0.1%	0	0	0
Safenames Ltd	92	0.1%	▲ +1	0	2
Go China Domains, LLC	91	0.1%	0	0	0
Blue Razor Domains, LLC	86	0.1%	0	0	0
Go Australia Domains, LLC	85	0.1%	0	0	0
Xiamen ChinaSource Internet Service Co., Ltd	82	0.1%	▲ +1	0	4
Go France Domains, LLC	80	0.1%	0	0	0
Global Domain Group LLC	80	0.1%	▲ +2	1	1
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc	79	0.1%	▲ +1	0	1
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL	76	0.1%	▲ +2	0	1
NETIM SAS	76	0.1%	▲ +3	0	1
Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd	76	0.1%	▲ +5	0	0
CV. Rumahweb Indonesia	75	0.1%	0	0	2
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com	70	0.1%	▲ +1	0	6
Marcaria International LLC	70	0.1%	0	0	0
Go Canada Domains, LLC	70	0.1%	0	0	0
Go Montenegro Domains, LLC	70	0.1%	0	0	0
GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd.	70	0.1%	0	0	1
Internet Invest, Ltd. dba Imena.ua	67	0.1%	0	1	1
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com	66	0.1%	▲ +2	0	0
Name SRS AB	60	0.1%	▲ +1	0	0
Hosting Ukraine LLC	59	0.1%	▲ +3	0	0
Devexpanse Ltd	56	0.1%	▲ +3	0	0
Realtime Register B.V.	53	0.1%	0	1	0
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG	50	0.1%	▲ +1	0	4
Regtime Ltd.	50	0.1%	0	0	0
Abion AB	46	0.1%	0	17	0
DNC Holdings, Inc.	46	0.1%	▲ +3	0	2
TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown	41	0.1%	0	0	3
PlanetHoster Inc.	41	0.1%	0	0	0
LiquidNet Ltd.	37	0%	▲ +1	0	2
Megazone Corp., dba HOSTING.KR	36	0%	0	0	0
Edomains LLC	36	0%	▲ +6	0	3
Webnames.ca Inc.	34	0%	▲ +3	0	0
URL Solutions, Inc.	34	0%	▲ +2	0	3
Atak Domain Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş.	34	0%	0	0	1
http.net Internet GmbH	30	0%	0	0	2
SafeBrands SAS	30	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
May 2026	1,649	23.69B	4.42M	3,937	2,065	1,891	121	2,950
Apr 2026	1,644	29.95B	4.33M	3,714	2,228	1,860	–	–
Mar 2026	1,645	9.71B	4.83M	30,622	2,274	2,641	–	–
Feb 2026	1,644	10.35B	4.36M	4,359	15,412	2,252	–	–
Jan 2026	1,643	10.17B	4.58M	16,734	1,858	2,224	–	–
Dec 2025	1,643	8.29B	3.97M	39,286	1,596	1,941	–	–
Nov 2025	1,642	7.16B	3.64M	45,519	1,736	3,367	–	–
Oct 2025	1,637	7.46B	3.40M	7,056	1,680	2,023	–	–
Sep 2025	1,636	7.13B	2.90M	9,893	1,723	5,043	–	–
Aug 2025	1,632	7.48B	2.19M	4,063	1,843	2,128	–	–
Jul 2025	1,629	7.22B	1.49M	4,601	1,558	2,720	–	–
Jun 2025	1,625	7.07B	1.60M	2,862	1,622	2,794	–	–
May 2025	1,622	6.89B	1.49M	19,330	1,680	1,933	–	–
Apr 2025	1,620	6.11B	2.32M	8,969	1,832	1,879	–	–
Mar 2025	1,617	6.94B	1.28M	29,304	2,398	2,032	–	–
Feb 2025	1,616	6.36B	1.04M	44,433	1,539	2,357	–	–
Jan 2025	1,613	6.85B	1.13M	51,328	1,833	2,225	–	–
Dec 2024	1,609	6.84B	1.30M	25,554	1,978	1,731	–	–
Nov 2024	1,607	5.75B	837.49k	35,939	1,903	1,787	–	–
Oct 2024	1,605	5.62B	581.94k	46,797	1,721	2,243	–	–
Sep 2024	1,600	5.23B	570.16k	32,777	1,752	1,907	–	–
Aug 2024	1,600	5.36B	383.19k	33,404	1,853	2,031	–	–
Jul 2024	1,600	5.74B	368.52k	38,715	1,579	2,493	–	–
Jun 2024	1,598	5.26B	359.05k	80,683	1,800	2,695	–	–
May 2024	1,598	5.23B	342.72k	33,511	1,789	1,788	–	–
Apr 2024	1,598	5.65B	522.98k	56,828	1,786	1,734	–	–
Mar 2024	1,597	5.68B	302.79k	41,788	1,795	1,759	–	–
Feb 2024	1,595	5.08B	286.46k	24,351	1,560	2,222	–	–
Jan 2024	1,596	5.02B	315.72k	39,289	1,604	1,955	–	–
Dec 2023	1,597	4.89B	328.19k	35,294	1,592	1,531	–	–
Nov 2023	1,596	4.85B	339.48k	41,041	1,619	1,483	–	–
Oct 2023	1,341	5.07B	284.48k	8,188	1,848	1,737	–	–
Sep 2023	339	4.83B	0	154,464	1,414	1,852	–	–
Aug 2023	338	5.29B	0	5,530	1,699	1,814	–	–
Jul 2023	337	5.18B	0	21,944	2,079	2,420	–	–
Jun 2023	337	7.75B	0	4,864	1,781	2,642	–	–
May 2023	336	12.29B	0	2,977	1,873	1,792	–	–
Apr 2023	336	5.66B	0	1,958	1,617	1,615	–	–
Mar 2023	333	6.59B	0	1,608	3,186	1,422	–	–
Feb 2023	333	6.32B	0	1,752	2,251	2,156	–	–
Jan 2023	332	7.00B	0	13,919	1,807	2,009	–	–
Dec 2022	332	7.13B	0	4,245	2,033	1,702	–	–
Nov 2022	325	7.08B	0	21,294	1,850	1,601	–	–
Oct 2022	325	7.27B	0	3,848	1,571	1,760	–	–
Sep 2022	326	6.73B	0	138,954	1,658	1,680	–	–
Aug 2022	326	6.18B	0	38,498	2,149	1,798	–	–
Jul 2022	324	6.69B	0	11,265	2,067	2,449	–	–
Jun 2022	324	6.47B	0	5,918	1,915	2,600	–	–
May 2022	319	13.26B	0	8,809	1,888	1,736	–	–
Apr 2022	318	6.02B	0	212,328	2,152	1,586	–	–
Mar 2022	316	5.65B	0	1,109,140	6,470	1,685	–	–
Feb 2022	314	5.03B	0	261,593	3,566	2,219	–	–
Jan 2022	310	5.01B	0	22,473	1,802	2,118	–	–
Dec 2021	308	4.76B	0	28,950	1,528	1,701	–	–
Nov 2021	295	4.06B	0	12,600	1,396	1,463	–	–
Oct 2021	264	3.62B	0	64,979	1,314	1,833	–	–
Sep 2021	237	2.71B	0	5,402,005	1,329	1,637	–	–
Aug 2021	238	2.72B	0	54,222	1,564	1,734	–	–
Jul 2021	234	2.84B	0	484,931	1,261	2,167	–	–
Jun 2021	246	2.41B	0	1,251,538	1,246	2,634	–	–
May 2021	246	2.83B	0	1,195,434	1,644	1,522	–	–
Apr 2021	246	2.47B	0	1,947,140	1,498	1,353	–	–
Mar 2021	246	2.38B	0	361,849	1,845	1,372	–	–
Feb 2021	243	2.09B	0	254,596	2,216	1,852	–	–
Jan 2021	240	2.25B	0	274,831	1,076	1,671	–	–
Dec 2020	239	2.13B	0	752,639	6,724	1,319	–	–
Nov 2020	238	2.07B	0	2,241	1,316	1,174	–	–
Oct 2020	238	2.18B	0	120,376	3,056	2,361	–	–
Sep 2020	236	1.99B	0	1,655	1,201	1,372	–	–
Aug 2020	236	1.97B	0	1,529	1,553	1,549	–	–
Jul 2020	235	1.88B	0	1,717	1,241	1,931	–	–
Jun 2020	235	1.81B	0	1,812	1,270	2,960	–	–
May 2020	232	1.92B	0	1,993	1,840	1,684	–	–
Apr 2020	232	1.78B	0	2,070	3,119	1,132	–	–
Mar 2020	230	1.82B	0	1,970	1,368	1,211	–	–
Feb 2020	230	1.64B	0	1,733	1,145	1,972	–	–
Jan 2020	229	1.65B	0	2,162	1,603	1,252	–	–
Dec 2019	228	1.61B	0	112,201	1,460	1,038	–	–
Nov 2019	228	1.70B	0	20,355	1,890	1,274	–	–
Oct 2019	213	1.63B	0	1,138	1,855	1,559	–	–
Sep 2019	213	1.30B	0	1,506	1,483	1,426	–	–
Aug 2019	212	1.24B	0	1,516	1,932	1,460	–	–
Jul 2019	211	1.27B	0	1,554	1,483	2,090	–	–
Jun 2019	210	1.23B	0	1,736	1,234	2,425	–	–
May 2019	210	1.30B	0	1,556	1,460	1,123	–	–
Apr 2019	209	1.23B	0	1,761	1,510	1,040	–	–
Mar 2019	209	1.38B	0	142,361	1,439	903	–	–
Feb 2019	208	1.30B	0	1,430	1,488	1,405	–	–
Jan 2019	206	1.16B	0	1,558	1,938	1,217	–	–
Dec 2018	205	1.04B	0	149,595	1,756	1,020	–	–
Nov 2018	205	993.51M	0	1,463	2,311	1,055	–	–
Oct 2018	204	1.00B	0	2,067	1,988	1,307	–	–
Sep 2018	203	921.94M	0	1,693	1,515	1,126	–	–
Aug 2018	202	936.01M	0	1,911	2,595	1,336	–	–
Jul 2018	202	934.74M	0	1,543	1,953	3,026	–	–
Jun 2018	199	880.66M	0	4,273	2,194	2,952	–	–
May 2018	198	891.33M	0	1,618	3,006	1,013	–	–
Apr 2018	198	794.42M	0	2,030	3,134	846	–	–
Mar 2018	145	823.70M	0	5,136	2,055	992	–	–
Feb 2018	145	730.47M	0	2,058	4,066	1,323	–	–

Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated 2 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.