.science

11,699 domains as of 13 Aug 2026

Domains
11,699
13 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
dot Science Limited
Technical backend
ARI Registry Services (GoDaddy Registry) via ns ptr
Delegated
15 Nov 2014
Nameservers
a.nic.science, b.nic.science, c.nic.science, ns1.dns.nic.science, ns2.dns.nic.science, ns3.dns.nic.science
RDAP
https://rdap.nic.science
Zone data
CZDS access approved — counted daily

Registrar share

individual · combined

Individual ICANN accreditations, matching the registry report line for line. 119 reported volume in this TLD.

NameCheap, Inc. — 2,209 (18.41%)GoDaddy.com, LLC — 1,469 (12.24%)Porkbun LLC — 972 (8.1%)Cloudflare, Inc. — 713 (5.94%)Dominet (HK) Limited — 635 (5.29%)Squarespace Domains II LLC — 557 (4.64%)Key-Systems, LLC — 469 (3.91%)Gandi SAS — 460 (3.83%)Tucows Domains Inc. — 436 (3.63%)NameSilo, LLC — 355 (2.96%)Other — 3,725 (31.04%)
12kdomains reported
Share of .science by registrar
NameCheap, Inc.2,20918.41%
GoDaddy.com, LLC1,46912.24%
Porkbun LLC9728.1%
Cloudflare, Inc.7135.94%
Dominet (HK) Limited6355.29%
Squarespace Domains II LLC5574.64%
Key-Systems, LLC4693.91%
Gandi SAS4603.83%
Tucows Domains Inc.4363.63%
NameSilo, LLC3552.96%
Other109 more registrars3,72531.04%

Domains by month, 2024–present

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.

11,76111,84211,92312,00412,085Jun 2024May 2025Apr 2026
MonthDomainsChangeRegistrarsNet addsDeletes
Apr 2026 12,000 ▲ +138 119 315 172
Mar 2026 11,862 ▼ -39 119 227 285
Feb 2026 11,901 ▲ +54 120 198 140
Jan 2026 11,847 ▼ -17 119 188 217
Dec 2025 11,864 ▲ +48 118 171 131
Nov 2025 11,816 ▼ -4 116 162 174
Oct 2025 11,820 0 116 134 143
Sep 2025 11,820 ▲ +4 115 142 140
Aug 2025 11,816 ▼ -20 115 131 146
Jul 2025 11,836 ▼ -4 114 150 161
Jun 2025 11,840 ▼ -12 113 149 166
May 2025 11,852 ▼ -54 113 110 162
Apr 2025 11,906 ▲ +28 111 140 114
Mar 2025 11,878 ▼ -39 112 139 178
Feb 2025 11,917 ▲ +3 112 167 155
Jan 2025 11,914 ▲ +55 111 177 137
Dec 2024 11,859 ▲ +76 109 241 162
Nov 2024 11,783 ▼ -5 110 206 176
Oct 2024 11,788 ▼ -23 109 153 224
Sep 2024 11,811 ▼ -83 111 112 197
Aug 2024 11,894 ▼ -76 111 102 177
Jul 2024 11,970 ▼ -93 111 110 206
Jun 2024 12,063 111 92 288

Domains over time

Counted from daily zone files. Names with at least one NS record or a DS record.

11,58211,64111,69911,75711,81612 Aug 2612 Aug 2613 Aug 26

Daily adds and drops

Day-over-day difference of the zone's name list.

  • Added
  • Dropped
+90-913 Aug 2613 Aug 26

Registrars

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.
Registrar Domains Share Net adds Transfers in Deletes
Cronon GmbH 123
1%
0 0 0
IONOS SE 129
1.1%
0 0 2
Spaceship, Inc. 160
1.3%
▲ +15 1 0
Name.com, Inc. 164
1.4%
▲ +7 1 3
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com 182
1.5%
0 0 15
Dynadot Inc 195
1.6%
▲ +12 0 4
OVH sas 227
1.9%
▲ +3 0 2
MarkMonitor Inc. 267
2.2%
▲ +8 1 1
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. 280
2.3%
0 1 0
NameSilo, LLC 355
3%
0 0 7
Tucows Domains Inc. 436
3.6%
▲ +5 0 5
Gandi SAS 460
3.8%
▲ +1 0 2
Key-Systems, LLC 469
3.9%
▲ +8 1 3
Squarespace Domains II LLC 557
4.6%
▲ +11 0 2
Dominet (HK) Limited 635
5.3%
▲ +2 0 2
Cloudflare, Inc. 713
5.9%
▲ +80 5 5
Porkbun LLC 972
8.1%
▲ +33 1 14
GoDaddy.com, LLC 1,469
12.2%
▲ +34 0 17
NameCheap, Inc. 2,209
18.4%
▲ +76 1 47

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 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.