.best

72,855 domains as of 19 Sep 2026

Domains

72,855

19 Sep 2026

30-day change

▲ +11,227

18.22%

Signed in root

✔ Yes

DS record present

Type

Generic

ASCII

Registrar figures are for February 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: BestTLD Pty Ltd
Technical backend: CentralNic (Team Internet) via rdap host
Delegated: 27 Feb 2014
Nameservers: a.nic.best, b.nic.best, c.nic.best, d.nic.best
RDAP: https://rdap.centralnic.com/best
Zone data: CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Of the 71,582 domains that came up for renewal between Jun 2025 and May 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate

14.75%

below .com/.net/.org

Renewed

10,560

in twelve months

Deleted

61,022

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 42 of the 114 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

42.15kreported Feb 2026

Share of .best by registrar
Dynadot Inc	11,417	27.08%
Namecheap2 accreditations	10,944	25.96%
NameSilo, LLC	4,245	10.07%
NETIM SAS	3,636	8.63%
Sav.com, LLC36 accreditations	2,545	6.04%
Porkbun LLC	1,519	3.6%
OVH sas	1,254	2.97%
GoDaddy4 accreditations	1,068	2.53%
Squarespace Domains II LLC	795	1.89%
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	399	0.95%
Other104 more	4,332	10.28%

Domains by month, Feb 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.

Feb 2014 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All

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Month	Domains	Change	Registrars	Net adds	Deletes
May 2026	46,740	▼ -60	155	6,401	7,448
Apr 2026	46,800	▲ +2,875	157	4,559	1,796
Mar 2026	43,925	▲ +1,771	155	3,748	2,153
Feb 2026	42,154	▲ +523	156	2,819	13,212
Jan 2026	41,631	▼ -1,208	156	2,536	4,091
Dec 2025	42,839	▼ -2,259	160	1,109	3,391
Nov 2025	45,098	▼ -7,956	159	975	8,915
Oct 2025	53,054	▼ -1,244	159	1,273	2,571
Sep 2025	54,298	▼ -2,694	160	1,158	3,877
Aug 2025	56,992	▼ -1,465	159	3,365	4,854
Jul 2025	58,457	▼ -2,278	159	1,406	3,707
Jun 2025	60,735	▼ -3,463	158	1,129	5,007
May 2025	64,198	▼ -2,210	159	1,457	2,989
Apr 2025	66,408	▼ -4,128	159	1,108	5,482
Mar 2025	70,536	▲ +176	158	3,567	3,413
Feb 2025	70,360	▲ +1,427	155	5,060	4,275
Jan 2025	68,933	▼ -2,004	154	1,210	3,076
Dec 2024	70,937	▼ -5,147	151	2,604	7,765
Nov 2024	76,084	▼ -1,077	145	3,197	3,826
Oct 2024	77,161	▲ +1,384	142	4,615	2,192
Sep 2024	75,777	▲ +5,517	138	7,734	2,727
Aug 2024	70,260	▼ -6	134	3,795	4,523
Jul 2024	70,266	▲ +61	149	4,316	2,958
Jun 2024	70,205	▼ -804	152	3,813	6,172
May 2024	71,009	▼ -956	152	3,509	4,706
Apr 2024	71,965	▼ -829	150	4,638	5,703
Mar 2024	72,794	▼ -6,373	150	3,924	10,047
Feb 2024	79,167	▼ -1,247	151	3,922	4,840
Jan 2024	80,414	▲ +4,011	151	4,603	1,720
Dec 2023	76,403	▲ +2,330	150	4,749	1,552
Nov 2023	74,073	▲ +2,323	150	2,565	1,000
Oct 2023	71,750	▲ +1,776	149	3,420	959
Sep 2023	69,974	▲ +7,950	149	8,115	1,024
Aug 2023	62,024	▲ +968	150	2,291	1,092
Jul 2023	61,056	▲ +1,908	150	3,019	1,013
Jun 2023	59,148	▲ +674	149	2,503	1,841
May 2023	58,474	▲ +3,700	149	4,285	1,010
Apr 2023	54,774	▲ +1,810	149	4,255	1,845
Mar 2023	52,964	▲ +5,670	147	7,050	1,803
Feb 2023	47,294	▲ +2,223	149	4,848	2,202
Jan 2023	45,071	▲ +5,266	147	7,451	1,428
Dec 2022	39,805	▲ +7,712	140	8,922	2,082
Nov 2022	32,093	▲ +128	125	1,078	1,856
Oct 2022	31,965	▼ -277	115	1,312	1,459
Sep 2022	32,242	▲ +456	109	1,080	766
Aug 2022	31,786	▼ -74	105	911	1,087
Jul 2022	31,860	▼ -834	106	884	1,659
Jun 2022	32,694	▼ -1,096	101	744	1,934
May 2022	33,790	▼ -677	99	718	1,489
Apr 2022	34,467	▼ -4,117	96	1,783	5,180
Mar 2022	38,584	▼ -5,784	93	622	7,252
Feb 2022	44,368	▼ -5,917	92	1,549	7,384
Jan 2022	50,285	▼ -9,397	90	1,329	10,478
Dec 2021	59,682	▼ -3,958	90	2,582	6,767
Nov 2021	63,640	▼ -3,659	90	1,327	4,966
Oct 2021	67,299	▼ -3,113	90	1,879	5,106
Sep 2021	70,412	▼ -5,066	89	1,795	6,916
Aug 2021	75,478	▼ -4,408	88	1,637	6,167
Jul 2021	79,886	▼ -4,898	86	868	5,634
Jun 2021	84,784	▼ -3,466	86	921	4,469
May 2021	88,250	▼ -3,450	85	1,437	4,750
Apr 2021	91,700	▼ -3,636	84	1,827	5,339
Mar 2021	95,336	▼ -7,151	83	1,908	8,947
Feb 2021	102,487	▼ -22,113	83	1,725	22,743
Jan 2021	124,600	▼ -7,455	82	3,192	11,166
Dec 2020	132,055	▲ +35	81	11,020	10,928
Nov 2020	132,020	▲ +296	81	9,226	8,887
Oct 2020	131,724	▲ +3,968	79	7,605	4,632
Sep 2020	127,756	▲ +2,017	79	5,034	2,966
Aug 2020	125,739	▲ +2,131	78	5,463	2,889
Jul 2020	123,608	▲ +5,117	75	6,284	1,598
Jun 2020	118,491	▲ +4,877	74	6,759	1,834
May 2020	113,614	▲ +4,672	73	6,286	1,681
Apr 2020	108,942	▲ +4,394	70	5,233	1,158
Mar 2020	104,548	▲ +4,862	69	5,384	380
Feb 2020	99,686	▲ +4,606	69	5,002	561
Jan 2020	95,080	▲ +7,926	69	8,487	300
Dec 2019	87,154	▲ +17,343	69	26,307	130
Nov 2019	69,811	▲ +18,688	67	10,213	160
Oct 2019	51,123	▲ +12,222	66	12,476	92
Sep 2019	38,901	▲ +9,394	65	9,288	175
Aug 2019	29,507	▲ +6,761	64	6,124	149
Jul 2019	22,746	▲ +3,795	62	3,582	147
Jun 2019	18,951	▲ +2,498	62	3,067	88
May 2019	16,453	▲ +2,897	60	2,301	72
Apr 2019	13,556	▲ +1,426	60	1,477	107
Mar 2019	12,130	▲ +2,852	59	5,937	66
Feb 2019	9,278	▲ +4,416	59	1,428	86
Jan 2019	4,862	▲ +584	59	493	43
Dec 2018	4,278	▲ +571	58	673	56
Nov 2018	3,707	▲ +973	58	935	55
Oct 2018	2,734	▲ +15	52	87	63
Sep 2018	2,719	▲ +73	52	131	49
Aug 2018	2,646	▲ +29	52	77	66
Jul 2018	2,617	▲ +37	51	85	91
Jun 2018	2,580	▼ -68	43	56	403
May 2018	2,648	▼ -470	39	5	20
Apr 2018	3,118	▲ +30	53	81	49
Mar 2018	3,088	▲ +40	53	79	51
Feb 2018	3,048	▲ +50	53	78	29
Jan 2018	2,998	▼ -20	53	46	72
Dec 2017	3,018	▼ -5	53	52	55
Nov 2017	3,023	▲ +22	53	94	53
Oct 2017	3,001	▲ +53	53	83	53
Sep 2017	2,948	▲ +6	53	68	55
Aug 2017	2,942	▼ -21	51	51	77
Jul 2017	2,963	▼ -162	51	97	257
Jun 2017	3,125	0	51	55	63
May 2017	3,125	▼ -27	51	79	94
Apr 2017	3,152	▲ +22	51	92	69
Mar 2017	3,130	▲ +14	51	148	81
Feb 2017	3,116	▲ +112	51	154	43
Jan 2017	3,004	▲ +18	51	48	30
Dec 2016	2,986	▲ +29	51	55	26
Nov 2016	2,957	▲ +5	50	68	63
Oct 2016	2,952	▼ -46	50	63	110
Sep 2016	2,998	▲ +27	50	80	56
Aug 2016	2,971	▼ -74	50	52	124
Jul 2016	3,045	▲ +48	50	83	35
Jun 2016	2,997	▲ +5	50	58	53
May 2016	2,992	▲ +12	50	89	77
Apr 2016	2,980	▲ +92	50	119	30
Mar 2016	2,888	▲ +628	49	648	27
Feb 2016	2,260	▲ +17	48	76	59
Jan 2016	2,243	▲ +81	48	123	41
Dec 2015	2,162	▲ +45	48	64	20
Nov 2015	2,117	▲ +52	48	76	24
Oct 2015	2,065	▲ +26	47	67	42
Sep 2015	2,039	▲ +50	47	86	38
Aug 2015	1,989	▲ +35	46	124	84
Jul 2015	1,954	▲ +65	44	91	26
Jun 2015	1,889	▲ +104	44	110	8
May 2015	1,785	▲ +128	42	128	2
Apr 2015	1,657	▲ +141	42	141	4
Mar 2015	1,516	▲ +139	40	140	4
Feb 2015	1,377	▲ +245	39	246	3
Jan 2015	1,132	▲ +66	38	66	0
Dec 2014	1,066	▲ +133	36	134	2
Nov 2014	933	▲ +60	34	60	0
Oct 2014	873	▲ +55	32	55	0
Sep 2014	818	▲ +57	31	57	3
Aug 2014	761	▲ +107	28	107	0
Jul 2014	654	▲ +129	28	129	0
Jun 2014	525	▲ +212	28	212	4
May 2014	313	▲ +218	23	218	1
Apr 2014	95	▲ +94	10	94	0
Mar 2014	1	0	1	0	0
Feb 2014	1	–	1	1	0

Showing all 148 months in this range. Show the latest 6.

Domains by day, 12 Aug 2026 – 19 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 – 19 Sep 2026 30d All

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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.

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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
Dynadot Inc	12,560	29.8%	▲ +2,864	2	4,590
NameCheap, Inc.	8,097	19.2%	▲ +903	0	319
Spaceship, Inc.	7,398	17.5%	▲ +1,373	7	123
NameSilo, LLC	5,498	13%	▲ +671	1	420
NETIM SAS	2,253	5.3%	▲ +72	0	1,446
Porkbun LLC	1,662	3.9%	▲ +121	1	57
OVH sas	1,223	2.9%	▲ +20	0	11
Sav.com, LLC	1,190	2.8%	▲ +18	2	212
GoDaddy.com, LLC	1,018	2.4%	▲ +60	1	71
Squarespace Domains II LLC	765	1.8%	▲ +8	0	18
Global Domain Group LLC	620	1.5%	▲ +165	0	13
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	405	1%	0	0	0
Whois Corp.	311	0.7%	▲ +4	0	7
Key-Systems, LLC	245	0.6%	▲ +3	0	3
Name.com, Inc.	243	0.6%	▲ +12	1	3
Gname.com Pte. Ltd.	236	0.6%	▲ +33	0	70
Gandi SAS	222	0.5%	▲ +4	0	7
Hosting Ukraine LLC	181	0.4%	▲ +4	0	3
Hosteur SARL	177	0.4%	0	0	2
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com	161	0.4%	▲ +3	0	2
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com	155	0.4%	▲ +7	0	6
Tucows Domains Inc.	148	0.4%	▲ +2	0	12
Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC	147	0.3%	0	0	4
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	125	0.3%	▲ +3	0	5
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com	117	0.3%	0	0	0
eNom, LLC	104	0.2%	▲ +1	0	5
TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd.	102	0.2%	▲ +9	0	1
URL Solutions, Inc.	97	0.2%	▲ +15	2	4
MarkMonitor Inc.	79	0.2%	0	0	0
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.	75	0.2%	0	0	0
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc	63	0.1%	0	1	0
101domain GRS Limited	60	0.1%	▲ +1	0	4
Epik LLC	58	0.1%	0	0	3
Gabia, Inc.	46	0.1%	▲ +2	0	2
Network Solutions, LLC	45	0.1%	0	1	1
InterNetX GmbH	40	0.1%	0	0	2
IONOS SE	39	0.1%	0	0	1
Aceville Pte. Ltd.	33	0.1%	▲ +2	0	0
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com	32	0.1%	0	0	1
Gransy, s.r.o.	32	0.1%	▲ +1	0	1
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE	30	0.1%	0	0	0
Reliable Software	28	0.1%	0	0	0
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA	25	0.1%	0	0	0
EuroDNS S.A.	25	0.1%	▲ +5	0	0
RegistrarSEC LLC	24	0.1%	0	0	0
MAT BAO CORPORATION	23	0.1%	0	0	1
Megazone Corp., dba HOSTING.KR	22	0.1%	0	0	1
1API GmbH	21	0%	0	0	1
united-domains GmbH	21	0%	0	0	0
Wild West Domains, LLC	15	0%	0	0	0
Safenames Ltd	15	0%	0	0	0
West263 International Limited	15	0%	0	0	0
NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED	15	0%	▲ +1	0	0
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC	15	0%	0	0	0
Realtime Register B.V.	14	0%	0	0	0
Mesh Digital Limited	14	0%	0	0	0
TLD Registrar Pty Ltd	14	0%	0	0	0
Virtualia LLC	14	0%	0	0	1
İsimtescil Bilişim A.Ş.	12	0%	0	0	0
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com	11	0%	▲ +2	0	0
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd	11	0%	0	0	0
Name SRS AB	10	0%	0	0	1
Marcaria International LLC	10	0%	0	0	0
Edomains LLC	10	0%	0	0	0
Cloud DNS Ltd	10	0%	▲ +1	0	0
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG	9	0%	0	0	0
OwnRegistrar, Inc.	9	0%	0	0	1
One.com A/S	9	0%	0	0	0
GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd.	9	0%	0	0	2
Devexpanse Ltd	9	0%	0	0	0
Nameshield SAS	7	0%	0	0	0
The Registrar Company B.V.	7	0%	0	0	0
Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd.	7	0%	0	0	0
Super Registry Ltd	6	0%	0	0	0
SafeBrands SAS	6	0%	0	0	0
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL	6	0%	0	0	0
INWX GmbH	6	0%	0	0	0
Lexsynergy Limited	6	0%	0	0	0
Dominet (HK) Limited	6	0%	▲ +2	0	0
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC	5	0%	0	0	0
Regtime Ltd.	5	0%	0	0	1
NicNames, Inc.	5	0%	▲ +1	0	0
Abion AB	4	0%	0	0	0
Domain Science Kutatási Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság	4	0%	▲ +2	0	2
Sav.com, LLC - 4	4	0%	0	0	1
Sav.com, LLC - 8	4	0%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC - 12	4	0%	0	0	0
DNC Holdings, Inc.	3	0%	0	0	0
Dotname Korea Corp.	3	0%	0	0	0
NameWeb BVBA	3	0%	0	0	0
LEMARIT GmbH	3	0%	0	0	0
CV. Rumahweb Indonesia	3	0%	0	0	0
Eranet International Limited	3	0%	0	0	0
Metaregistrar BV	3	0%	0	0	0
Barbero & Associates Limited	3	0%	0	0	0
Brand Focus Limited	3	0%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC - 5	3	0%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC - 6	3	0%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC - 13	3	0%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC - 50	3	0%	▲ +1	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)	Creates	Deletes	Renews	Transfers approved	Rejected
Jan 2018	53	90.45M	52	38	75	0	0
Dec 2017	53	83.16M	50	66	85	0	0
Nov 2017	53	1	81	60	86	5	0
Oct 2017	53	83.73M	106	50	74	3	0
Sep 2017	53	85.66M	75	42	86	0	0
Aug 2017	51	74.82M	66	67	83	2	0
Jul 2017	51	80.18M	212	74	91	0	0
Jun 2017	73	78.95M	15	13	20	0	0
May 2017	74	81.15M	258	76	132	0	0
Apr 2017	51	73.11M	106	94	177	1	0
Mar 2017	51	76.09M	136	69	341	1	0
Feb 2017	71	63.51M	691	53	321	2	1
Jan 2017	70	77.87M	55	66	51	0	1
Dec 2016	71	63.20M	63	41	81	4	0
Nov 2016	71	63.42M	57	27	72	1	0
Oct 2016	71	66.61M	59	47	127	0	0
Sep 2016	71	53.88M	94	57	59	2	0
Aug 2016	71	55.32M	69	57	70	1	0
Jul 2016	71	62.99M	129	122	198	3	1
Jun 2016	71	55.54M	70	60	346	2	0
May 2016	71	46.28M	104	91	350	1	0
Apr 2016	71	51.41M	384	110	373	3	1
Mar 2016	71	46.95M	1,782	77	330	1	2
Feb 2016	68	42.57M	1,302	45	459	3	0
Jan 2016	68	43.15M	1,758	95	279	1	1
Dec 2015	67	41.96M	959	20	94	0	0
Nov 2015	67	37.70M	27	22	116	1	0
Oct 2015	68	36.48M	204	85	233	0	0
Sep 2015	68	33.97M	182	66	265	33	0
Aug 2015	68	34.41M	166	74	304	4	0
Jul 2015	65	35.01M	107	87	274	0	0
Jun 2015	64	30.28M	134	33	152	0	0
May 2015	63	25.72M	156	7	122	0	0
Apr 2015	62	30.08M	191	5	53	0	0
Mar 2015	62	26.73M	156	3	5	0	0
Feb 2015	60	22.09M	279	2	1	0	0
Jan 2015	59	24.82M	96	2	1	0	0
Dec 2014	59	23.95M	451	1	1	0	0
Nov 2014	51	24.16M	86	1	1	0	0
Oct 2014	48	25.51M	1,780	1	0	0	0
Sep 2014	47	23.14M	403	4	0	0	0
Aug 2014	46	17.09M	3,088	1	0	0	0
Jul 2014	46	12.71M	202	0	1	0	0
Jun 2014	46	20.46M	830	10	0	0	0
May 2014	45	10.94M	1,425	1	0	0	0
Apr 2014	41	11.04M	190	1	0	0	0
Mar 2014	32	13.80M	0	0	0	0	0
Feb 2014	0	371.21k	0	15	0	0	0

Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated 19 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.