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25,963 domains as of 2 Sep 2026

Domains
25,963
2 Sep 2026
30-day change
–
–
Signed in root
✔ Yes
DS record present
Type
Generic
ASCII
Registrar figures are for November 2017. 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
31 May 2014
Nameservers
v0n0.nic.software, v0n1.nic.software, v0n2.nic.software, v0n3.nic.software, v2n0.nic.software, v2n1.nic.software
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 21,554 domains that came up for renewal between Jun 2025 and May 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate
73.53%
above .com/.net/.org
Renewed
15,848
in twelve months
Deleted
5,706
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 11 of the 88 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

Month ‹ › Nov 2017 latest
GoDaddy — 3,060 (24.17%)Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) — 895 (7.07%)Namecheap — 872 (6.89%)Tucows — 708 (5.59%)IONOS SE — 698 (5.51%)eNom, LLC — 641 (5.06%)Key-Systems — 599 (4.73%)Newfold Digital — 517 (4.08%)united-domains GmbH — 516 (4.08%)Name.com, Inc. — 446 (3.52%)Other — 3,710 (29.3%)
12.66kreported Nov 2017
GoDaddy3 accreditations3,06024.17%
Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn)8957.07%
Namecheap8726.89%
Tucows2 accreditations7085.59%
IONOS SE6985.51%
eNom, LLC6415.06%
Key-Systems5994.73%
Newfold Digital3 accreditations5174.08%
united-domains GmbH5164.08%
Name.com, Inc.3 accreditations4463.52%
Other78 more3,71029.3%

Domains by month, May 2014 – 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 2014 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All
08,22016,44024,66032,879May 2014May 2020May 2026
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MonthDomainsChangeRegistrarsNet addsDeletes
May 2026 26,950 ▲ +150 188 765 603
Apr 2026 26,800 ▲ +304 186 1,369 516
Mar 2026 26,496 ▲ +853 187 783 486
Feb 2026 25,643 ▲ +200 182 693 503
Jan 2026 25,443 ▲ +161 180 597 487
Dec 2025 25,282 ▲ +125 175 582 461

Showing the latest 6 of 145 months in this range. Show all 145.

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
25,88525,90725,93025,95225,97412 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
+340-3412 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 4,386
34.6%
▲ +135 4 54
NameCheap, Inc. 4,045
31.9%
▲ +116 0 113
Name.com, Inc. 2,508
19.8%
▲ +184 0 142
Cloudflare, Inc. 1,195
9.4%
▲ +45 16 12
Squarespace Domains II LLC 1,149
9.1%
▲ +10 0 15
Key-Systems, LLC 1,053
8.3%
▲ +23 2 8
InterNetX GmbH 1,052
8.3%
▲ +4 4 0
Porkbun LLC 1,037
8.2%
▲ +42 7 26
Tucows Domains Inc. 841
6.6%
▲ +8 0 16
IONOS SE 784
6.2%
▲ +4 0 6
Domain Science Kutatási Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság 497
3.9%
▲ +21 0 74
HOSTINGER operations, UAB 480
3.8%
▲ +43 0 12
Dynadot Inc 473
3.7%
▲ +6 0 19
eNom, LLC 457
3.6%
▲ +7 0 11
united-domains GmbH 437
3.5%
▲ +3 0 6
OVH sas 410
3.2%
▲ +5 2 0
Cronon GmbH 385
3%
0 0 9
Spaceship, Inc. 339
2.7%
▲ +20 2 8
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE 308
2.4%
0 0 2
Network Solutions, LLC 307
2.4%
▲ +2 0 3
Mesh Digital Limited 291
2.3%
▲ +6 0 9
Amazon Registrar, Inc. 289
2.3%
▲ +6 1 0
MarkMonitor Inc. 260
2.1%
▲ +2 1 1
Gandi SAS 230
1.8%
▲ +6 1 2
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. 230
1.8%
0 0 0
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu 226
1.8%
▲ +5 0 6
1API GmbH 218
1.7%
0 0 1
NameSilo, LLC 149
1.2%
▲ +4 1 8
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA 141
1.1%
▲ +2 0 1
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com 124
1%
▲ +3 1 0
Sav.com, LLC 105
0.8%
▲ +3 0 5
INWX GmbH 105
0.8%
▲ +2 1 2
Realtime Register B.V. 97
0.8%
0 1 0
EuroDNS S.A. 93
0.7%
0 0 2
Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd 92
0.7%
▲ +4 0 1
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd 89
0.7%
▲ +1 0 1
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com 86
0.7%
▲ +4 0 2
Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC 86
0.7%
0 0 1
101domain GRS Limited 84
0.7%
0 0 1
Lexsynergy Limited 74
0.6%
▲ +19 0 0
Automattic Inc. 74
0.6%
▲ +3 0 1
Gransy, s.r.o. 67
0.5%
▲ +1 0 2
Squarespace Domains LLC 67
0.5%
0 0 0
Safenames Ltd 60
0.5%
0 0 0
RegistrarSEC LLC 56
0.4%
0 0 0
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC 52
0.4%
0 0 2
Wild West Domains, LLC 52
0.4%
0 0 0
Infomaniak Network SA 52
0.4%
0 0 0
Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC 50
0.4%
0 0 0
COREhub, S.R.L. 47
0.4%
0 3 0
Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER 46
0.4%
▲ +3 0 3
Metaregistrar BV 46
0.4%
0 9 0
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com 44
0.3%
▲ +1 0 1
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC 43
0.3%
0 0 0
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com 40
0.3%
0 0 0
NETIM SAS 38
0.3%
0 0 1
Vautron Rechenzentrum AG 36
0.3%
0 0 0
One.com A/S 35
0.3%
0 1 1
Marcaria International LLC 33
0.3%
0 0 0
GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd. 31
0.2%
0 0 3
DNC Holdings, Inc. 30
0.2%
0 0 0
TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd. 28
0.2%
0 0 0
Internet Invest, Ltd. dba Imena.ua 27
0.2%
0 0 0
Hosting Ukraine LLC 25
0.2%
0 0 0
Dominet (HK) Limited 22
0.2%
0 0 0
Nameshield SAS 21
0.2%
0 0 0
Epik LLC 20
0.2%
0 0 0
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG 20
0.2%
0 0 0
http.net Internet GmbH 20
0.2%
0 0 0
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL 19
0.2%
0 0 0
Go China Domains, LLC 18
0.1%
0 0 0
SafeBrands SAS 18
0.1%
0 0 0
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd. 17
0.1%
0 0 0
Global Domain Group LLC 16
0.1%
▲ +1 0 3
Blue Razor Domains, LLC 15
0.1%
0 0 0
Name SRS AB 15
0.1%
0 0 0
Go Australia Domains, LLC 15
0.1%
0 0 0
WEDOS Internet, a.s. 15
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com 14
0.1%
0 0 0
LiquidNet Ltd. 14
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
Devexpanse Ltd 13
0.1%
0 0 0
Secura GmbH 12
0.1%
0 0 0
Go France Domains, LLC 12
0.1%
0 0 0
Variomedia AG 12
0.1%
0 0 0
Diamatrix C.C. 12
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
Webnames.ca Inc. 11
0.1%
0 0 0
10dencehispahard SLU 11
0.1%
0 0 0
Abion AB 10
0.1%
0 0 0
Go Canada Domains, LLC 10
0.1%
0 0 0
NameWeb BVBA 10
0.1%
0 0 0
ZDNS Innovate International Limited 10
0.1%
0 0 0
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc 9
0.1%
0 0 0
Super Registry Ltd 9
0.1%
0 0 0
Go Montenegro Domains, LLC 9
0.1%
0 0 0
Unstoppable Domains Inc. 9
0.1%
0 0 0
Scaleway SAS 8
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
Gabia, Inc. 8
0.1%
0 0 0
IP Twins SAS 8
0.1%
0 0 0
Focus IP, Inc. dba Tracer 8
0.1%
0 0 0
CPS-Datensysteme GmbH 7
0.1%
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 139 160.62M 0 418 294 327 – –
Dec 2017 139 166.27M 0 369 185 494 – –
Nov 2017 139 144.72M 0 385 135 586 – –
Oct 2017 139 141.56M 0 345 178 346 – –
Sep 2017 139 131.10M 0 346 147 217 – –
Aug 2017 137 123.99M 0 342 174 204 – –
Jul 2017 137 115.28M 0 352 168 160 – –
Jun 2017 139 111.20M 0 597 180 246 – –
May 2017 137 108.33M 0 382 207 273 – –
Apr 2017 136 101.07M 0 401 217 237 – –
Mar 2017 136 98.43M 0 432 177 320 – –
Feb 2017 134 64.12M 0 353 229 283 – –
Jan 2017 133 87.23M 0 307 422 431 – –
Dec 2016 131 74.29M 0 373 321 462 – –
Nov 2016 131 69.70M 0 299 113 517 – –
Oct 2016 131 66.16M 0 253 200 423 – –
Sep 2016 123 66.19M 0 366 160 178 – –
Aug 2016 123 66.50M 0 282 171 152 – –
Jul 2016 122 62.59M 0 294 285 172 – –
Jun 2016 120 57.32M 0 330 255 201 – –
May 2016 119 58.36M 0 344 155 162 – –
Apr 2016 119 80.11M 0 369 141 177 – –
Mar 2016 117 54.36M 0 378 128 207 – –
Feb 2016 116 48.43M 0 360 137 175 – –
Jan 2016 112 45.16M 0 334 798 198 – –
Dec 2015 113 39.08M 0 368 47 376 – –
Nov 2015 111 31.65M 0 345 29 559 – –
Oct 2015 110 29.50M 0 456 6 290 – –
Sep 2015 110 25.92M 0 513 12 97 – –
Aug 2015 108 26.41M 0 466 13 33 – –
Jul 2015 104 25.36M 0 482 34 25 – –
Jun 2015 104 24.04M 0 753 11 6 – –
May 2015 100 17.77M 0 670 14 7 – –
Apr 2015 97 21.53M 0 521 8 7 – –
Mar 2015 95 20.73M 0 568 12 9 – –
Feb 2015 92 18.13M 0 521 9 9 – –
Jan 2015 89 18.21M 0 887 12 13 – –
Dec 2014 85 17.43M 0 1,579,758 21 27 – –
Nov 2014 82 14.27M 0 844 3 0 – –
Oct 2014 74 14.12M 0 264 0 0 – –
Sep 2014 60 13.03M 0 17 0 0 – –
Aug 2014 59 9.97M 0 0 0 0 – –
Jul 2014 43 6.22M 0 0 0 0 – –
Jun 2014 13 10.80M 0 0 0 0 – –
May 2014 10 16.57k 0 1 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.