nTLDData legacy TLDs too :)

.software

26,238 domains as of 1 Oct 2026

Domains
26,238
1 Oct 2026
30-day change
▲ +270
1.04%
Signed in root
✔ Yes
DS record present
Type
Generic
ASCII
Registrar figures are for April 2022. 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 new gTLD keeps 68.45% 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 30 of the 118 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

Month ‹ › Apr 2022 latest
GoDaddy — 4,132 (18.9%)Namecheap — 3,059 (13.99%)Name.com, Inc. — 2,317 (10.6%)Squarespace Domains II LLC — 1,347 (6.16%)Tucows — 1,036 (4.74%)Key-Systems — 962 (4.4%)Newfold Digital — 805 (3.68%)Sav.com, LLC — 670 (3.06%)IONOS SE — 661 (3.02%)eNom, LLC — 556 (2.54%)Other — 6,318 (28.9%)
21.86kreported Apr 2022
GoDaddy4 accreditations4,13218.9%
Namecheap3,05913.99%
Name.com, Inc.3 accreditations2,31710.6%
Squarespace Domains II LLC1,3476.16%
Tucows2 accreditations1,0364.74%
Key-Systems9624.4%
Newfold Digital3 accreditations8053.68%
Sav.com, LLC18 accreditations6703.06%
IONOS SE6613.02%
eNom, LLC5562.54%
Other108 more6,31828.9%

Domains by month, May 2021 – 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 2021 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All
17,42220,91924,41627,91231,409May 2021Nov 2023May 2026
Drag to zoom
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 61 months in this range. Show all 61.

Domains by day, 12 Aug 2026 – 1 Oct 2026

Source: Daily zone files

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

12 Aug 2026 – 1 Oct 2026 30d All
25,86325,96426,06526,16526,26612 Aug 266 Sep 261 Oct 26
Drag to zoom

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
+430-4312 Aug 261 Oct 26

Registrars

Registrar figures are for June 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 4,462
20.4%
▲ +148 0 58
NameCheap, Inc. 4,069
18.6%
▲ +123 4 87
Name.com, Inc. 2,568
11.7%
▲ +188 2 137
Cloudflare, Inc. 1,241
5.7%
▲ +45 11 9
InterNetX GmbH 1,178
5.4%
▲ +6 0 2
Squarespace Domains II LLC 1,143
5.2%
▲ +7 0 11
Key-Systems, LLC 1,061
4.9%
▲ +12 1 5
Porkbun LLC 1,061
4.9%
▲ +43 6 15
Tucows Domains Inc. 837
3.8%
▲ +9 1 11
IONOS SE 783
3.6%
▲ +9 1 8
HOSTINGER operations, UAB 519
2.4%
▲ +42 1 8
Dynadot Inc 479
2.2%
▲ +19 1 13
Domain Science Kutatási Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság 461
2.1%
▲ +22 0 55
eNom, LLC 453
2.1%
▲ +7 0 8
united-domains GmbH 438
2%
▲ +2 0 0
OVH sas 409
1.9%
▲ +6 2 7
Cronon GmbH 381
1.7%
0 0 2
Spaceship, Inc. 366
1.7%
▲ +31 5 2
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE 308
1.4%
▲ +3 0 3
Network Solutions, LLC 306
1.4%
▲ +4 0 3
Amazon Registrar, Inc. 298
1.4%
▲ +8 2 1
Mesh Digital Limited 293
1.3%
▲ +4 0 1
MarkMonitor Inc. 260
1.2%
0 0 0
Gandi SAS 230
1.1%
▲ +2 0 2
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. 229
1%
0 0 0
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu 229
1%
▲ +2 1 0
1API GmbH 217
1%
0 0 0
NameSilo, LLC 146
0.7%
▲ +1 0 4
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA 143
0.7%
▲ +2 1 1
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com 122
0.6%
0 0 1
Sav.com, LLC 106
0.5%
▲ +3 0 4
INWX GmbH 104
0.5%
▲ +1 0 1
Realtime Register B.V. 97
0.4%
▲ +1 0 3
EuroDNS S.A. 94
0.4%
0 0 1
Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd 94
0.4%
▲ +3 0 1
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd 88
0.4%
0 0 1
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com 86
0.4%
▲ +1 0 0
Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC 86
0.4%
0 0 0
101domain GRS Limited 82
0.4%
0 0 2
Lexsynergy Limited 74
0.3%
0 0 0
Automattic Inc. 70
0.3%
▲ +2 0 5
Gransy, s.r.o. 66
0.3%
▲ +1 0 3
Squarespace Domains LLC 66
0.3%
0 0 1
Safenames Ltd 60
0.3%
0 0 0
RegistrarSEC LLC 56
0.3%
0 0 0
Infomaniak Network SA 54
0.2%
▲ +1 1 0
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC 52
0.2%
0 0 0
Wild West Domains, LLC 52
0.2%
0 0 0
Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC 49
0.2%
0 0 1
COREhub, S.R.L. 48
0.2%
0 1 0
Metaregistrar BV 46
0.2%
0 0 0
Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER 45
0.2%
0 0 1
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC 45
0.2%
▲ +2 1 0
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com 42
0.2%
0 0 2
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com 40
0.2%
▲ +1 0 1
NETIM SAS 38
0.2%
0 0 0
Vautron Rechenzentrum AG 37
0.2%
▲ +1 0 0
One.com A/S 35
0.2%
0 0 1
Marcaria International LLC 32
0.1%
0 0 1
DNC Holdings, Inc. 31
0.1%
▲ +2 0 0
TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd. 29
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd. 29
0.1%
0 0 2
Internet Invest, Ltd. dba Imena.ua 27
0.1%
0 0 0
Hosting Ukraine LLC 25
0.1%
0 0 0
Dominet (HK) Limited 22
0.1%
0 0 0
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG 21
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
http.net Internet GmbH 21
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
Nameshield SAS 21
0.1%
0 0 0
Epik LLC 20
0.1%
0 0 0
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL 19
0.1%
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
Diamatrix C.C. 16
0.1%
▲ +4 0 0
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%
0 0 0
Global Domain Group LLC 15
0.1%
0 0 1
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com 14
0.1%
0 0 0
LiquidNet Ltd. 14
0.1%
0 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
Webnames.ca Inc. 11
0.1%
0 0 0
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc 11
0.1%
▲ +1 1 0
Abion AB 10
0%
0 0 0
Scaleway SAS 10
0%
▲ +2 0 0
Go Canada Domains, LLC 10
0%
0 0 0
10dencehispahard SLU 10
0%
0 0 1
NameWeb BVBA 10
0%
0 0 0
ZDNS Innovate International Limited 10
0%
0 0 0
Unstoppable Domains Inc. 10
0%
▲ +2 0 0
Super Registry Ltd 9
0%
0 0 0
Go Montenegro Domains, LLC 9
0%
0 0 0
IP Twins SAS 8
0%
0 0 0
Focus IP, Inc. dba Tracer 8
0%
0 0 0
Gabia, Inc. 7
0%
0 0 1
CPS-Datensysteme GmbH 7
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
Feb 2018 140 135.11M 0 377 161 311 – –
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 June 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.