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Registry backends

Which technical registry service provider actually serves each new gTLD's DNS. ICANN publishes no TLD-to-backend mapping, so this is inferred from three signals: the root-zone nameserver hostnames, the RDAP endpoint from IANA's bootstrap file, and — for TLDs running vanity hostnames — the reverse DNS of those nameservers' addresses.

New gTLDs Legacy gTLDs All gTLDs
1,090 TLDs attributed across 26 platforms. 24 remain unattributed — brand TLDs whose vanity nameservers and RDAP endpoints reveal nothing about who operates them. They are counted here rather than quietly dropped. How the inference works.

Backend concentration

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

A handful of platforms serve the DNS for most of the new-gTLD namespace. Share of all new-gTLD domains by technical backend, from ICANN's monthly registry reports. Each TLD is attributed to the platform serving it today — nothing records who ran a TLD's DNS in 2016 — so this is volume on today's platforms over time, not who served it at the time.

Month ‹ › Apr 2026 latest
CentralNic (Team Internet) — 16.28M (29.13%)GoDaddy Registry (Neustar) — 12.40M (22.18%)Identity Digital — 7.44M (13.32%)ZDNS — 7.30M (13.05%)ARI Registry Services (GoDaddy Registry) — 4.74M (8.48%)GMO Registry — 4.54M (8.12%)Google Registry — 2.08M (3.73%)fury.ca — 419.84k (0.75%)Knipp / TANGO Registry — 150.33k (0.27%)Nominet — 139.29k (0.25%)Other — 404.54k (0.72%)
55.88Mreported Apr 2026
CentralNic (Team Internet)87 TLDs16.28M29.13%
GoDaddy Registry (Neustar)53 TLDs12.40M22.18%
Identity Digital441 TLDs7.44M13.32%
ZDNS32 TLDs7.30M13.05%
ARI Registry Services (GoDaddy Registry)204 TLDs4.74M8.48%
GMO Registry46 TLDs4.54M8.12%
Google Registry46 TLDs2.08M3.73%
fury.ca5 TLDs419.84k0.75%
Knipp / TANGO Registry27 TLDs150.33k0.27%
Nominet74 TLDs139.29k0.25%
Other13 more backends404.54k0.72%

By domains served

Source: Daily zone files and ICANN monthly registry reports

Bar length is domains; the TLD count is shown alongside because the two rank very differently.

CentralNic (Team Internet) 87 TLDs
17.49M
GoDaddy Registry (Neustar) 55 TLDs
11.51M
Identity Digital 441 TLDs
7.31M
ZDNS 32 TLDs
6.59M
ARI Registry Services (GoDaddy Registry) 204 TLDs
5.22M
GMO Registry 46 TLDs
4.46M
Google Registry 46 TLDs
2.55M
fury.ca 5 TLDs
385.89k
Nominet 78 TLDs
140.81k
Knipp / TANGO Registry 27 TLDs
140.43k
AFNIC 11 TLDs
118.84k
dnsnode.net 2 TLDs
60,726
Public Interest Registry 10 TLDs
49,413
RyCE 4 TLDs
43,245
KNET 9 TLDs
35,977

All backends

#BackendTLDsDomainsSource
1 CentralNic (Team Internet) 87 17,494,967 curated
2 GoDaddy Registry (Neustar) 55 11,506,731 curated
3 Identity Digital 441 7,309,531 curated
4 ZDNS 32 6,586,936 curated
5 ARI Registry Services (GoDaddy Registry) 204 5,224,413 curated
6 GMO Registry 46 4,458,214 curated
7 Google Registry 46 2,548,145 curated
8 fury.ca inferred 5 385,888 rdap_host shared by 5 TLDs
9 Nominet 78 140,809 curated
10 Knipp / TANGO Registry 27 140,431 curated
11 AFNIC 11 118,836 curated
12 dnsnode.net inferred 2 60,726 ns_suffix shared by 16 TLDs
13 Public Interest Registry 10 49,413 curated
14 RyCE 4 43,245 curated
15 KNET 9 35,977 curated
16 FlexiReg 2 28,618 curated
17 anycastdns.cz inferred 1 16,825 ns_suffix shared by 25 TLDs
18 dns.net.za inferred 3 7,290 ns_suffix shared by 7 TLDs
19 Verisign 14 6,532 curated
20 ripn.net inferred 2 2,228 ns_suffix shared by 25 TLDs
21 NIC.br 5 904 curated
22 pch.net inferred 1 75 ns_suffix shared by 17 TLDs
23 aka-ns.net inferred 2 4 ns_suffix shared by 12 TLDs
24 ns.il inferred 1 – ns_suffix shared by 6 TLDs
25 ntc.org.pk inferred 1 – ns_suffix shared by 3 TLDs
26 monic.mo inferred 1 – ns_suffix shared by 5 TLDs

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.