.com
166,686,934 domains as of 19 Sep 2026
Domains
166,686,934
30-day change
▲ +1,120,883
Signed in root
✔ Yes
Type
Generic
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.
Registry details
From the IANA Root Zone Database and RDAP bootstrap.
- Registry operator
- VeriSign Global Registry Services
- Technical backend
- Verisign via ns suffix
- Delegated
- unknown
- Nameservers
- a.gtld-servers.net, b.gtld-servers.net, c.gtld-servers.net, d.gtld-servers.net, e.gtld-servers.net, f.gtld-servers.net, g.gtld-servers.net, h.gtld-servers.net, i.gtld-servers.net, j.gtld-servers.net, k.gtld-servers.net, l.gtld-servers.net, m.gtld-servers.net
- RDAP
- https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1
- Zone data
- CZDS access approved — counted daily
Do people keep it?
all renewal rates ›Source: ICANN monthly registry reports
Of the 134,121,243 domains that came up for renewal between Jun 2025 and May 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.
Keep rate
73.31%
Renewed
98,330,373
Deleted
35,790,870
For comparison, the median new gTLD keeps 68.45% and .com, .net and .org together keep 73.23%.
Registrar share
individual · combinedSource: ICANN monthly registry reports
Related accreditations combined into corporate families, folding 1,767 of the 509 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.
169.21Mreported May 2026
| GoDaddy4 accreditations | 51.61M | 30.5% |
|---|---|---|
| Namecheap2 accreditations | 13.66M | 8.07% |
| Tucows3 accreditations | 7.22M | 4.26% |
| Squarespace Domains II LLC | 5.98M | 3.53% |
| Gname.com Pte. Ltd.500 accreditations | 4.99M | 2.95% |
| Newfold Digital3 accreditations | 4.96M | 2.93% |
| TurnCommerce, Inc. DBA NameBright.com1252 accreditations | 4.33M | 2.56% |
| IONOS SE | 4.00M | 2.36% |
| HOSTINGER operations, UAB | 3.92M | 2.32% |
| Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn)3 accreditations | 3.87M | 2.29% |
| Other499 more | 64.68M | 38.23% |
169,209,254 attributed to registrars in May 2026, against 166,686,934 in 19 Sep 2026’s zone — the zone is 2,522,320 smaller. The two are months apart, and a registry's own count also includes registrations that are not delegated in the zone. Why there are two clocks.
Domains by month, Oct 2013 – 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.
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| Month | Domains | Change | Registrars | Net adds | Deletes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | 169,209,254 | ▲ +886,835 | 2,900 | 4,152,056 | 3,335,441 |
| Apr 2026 | 168,322,419 | ▲ +1,015,061 | 2,898 | 3,881,314 | 3,049,175 |
| Mar 2026 | 167,307,358 | ▲ +1,389,767 | 2,899 | 3,999,977 | 2,736,821 |
| Feb 2026 | 165,917,591 | ▲ +645,950 | 2,899 | 3,231,336 | 2,689,511 |
| Jan 2026 | 165,271,641 | ▲ +691,406 | 2,900 | 3,457,497 | 3,040,936 |
| Dec 2025 | 164,580,235 | ▲ +439,939 | 2,897 | 3,368,485 | 2,964,977 |
Showing the latest 6 of 152 months in this range. Show all 152.
Domains by day, 20 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.
20 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.
- Added
- Dropped
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DropCatch.com 348 LLC | 1,266 | ▲ +68 | 0 | 39 | |
| Gname 132 Inc | 1,266 | ▲ +88 | 0 | 128 | |
| Gname 209 Inc | 1,265 | ▲ +81 | 0 | 110 | |
| Gname 229 Inc | 1,265 | ▲ +77 | 0 | 111 | |
| Gname 142 Inc | 1,264 | ▲ +80 | 0 | 137 | |
| Gname 175 Inc | 1,264 | ▲ +57 | 0 | 133 | |
| Gname 226 Inc | 1,264 | ▲ +76 | 0 | 104 | |
| Gname 178 Inc | 1,263 | ▲ +64 | 0 | 128 | |
| Gname 199 Inc | 1,263 | ▲ +89 | 0 | 121 | |
| Gname 221 Inc | 1,263 | ▲ +85 | 0 | 104 | |
| Gname 493 Inc | 1,263 | ▲ +125 | 0 | 0 | |
| DropCatch.com 435 LLC | 1,262 | ▲ +77 | 0 | 39 | |
| Gname 107 Inc | 1,262 | ▲ +67 | 0 | 124 | |
| Gname 198 Inc | 1,262 | ▲ +92 | 0 | 129 | |
| Dynadot17 LLC | 1,261 | ▲ +59 | 0 | 21 | |
| Gname 183 Inc | 1,261 | ▲ +77 | 0 | 134 | |
| Mypreciousdomain.com LLC | 1,260 | ▲ +45 | 0 | 87 | |
| DropCatch.com 756 LLC | 1,260 | ▲ +90 | 0 | 37 | |
| Gname 134 Inc | 1,260 | ▲ +79 | 0 | 149 | |
| Gname 174 Inc | 1,260 | ▲ +77 | 0 | 109 | |
| Gname 170 Inc | 1,259 | ▲ +73 | 0 | 131 | |
| Gname 190 Inc | 1,259 | ▲ +87 | 0 | 140 | |
| Gname 255 Inc | 1,257 | ▲ +87 | 0 | 135 | |
| Gname 147 Inc | 1,256 | ▲ +58 | 0 | 119 | |
| Gname 203 Inc | 1,256 | ▲ +90 | 0 | 104 | |
| Gname 251 Inc | 1,256 | ▲ +107 | 0 | 117 | |
| Gname 294 Inc | 1,256 | ▲ +57 | 0 | 122 | |
| Gname 103 Inc | 1,255 | ▲ +70 | 0 | 131 | |
| Gname 288 Inc | 1,255 | ▲ +91 | 0 | 109 | |
| DropCatch.com 418 LLC | 1,253 | ▲ +93 | 0 | 34 | |
| Gname 182 Inc | 1,250 | ▲ +79 | 0 | 128 | |
| DropCatch.com 906 LLC | 1,249 | ▲ +63 | 0 | 34 | |
| Gname 105 Inc | 1,247 | ▲ +72 | 0 | 142 | |
| Gname 169 Inc | 1,246 | ▲ +95 | 0 | 140 | |
| Gname 181 Inc | 1,246 | ▲ +57 | 0 | 123 | |
| Gname 207 Inc | 1,245 | ▲ +65 | 0 | 117 | |
| Gname 495 Inc | 1,245 | ▲ +118 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rainydaydomains.com LLC | 1,244 | ▲ +88 | 0 | 58 | |
| DropCatch.com 922 LLC | 1,244 | ▲ +78 | 0 | 35 | |
| Gname 116 Inc | 1,244 | ▲ +72 | 0 | 135 | |
| Gname 145 Inc | 1,244 | ▲ +76 | 0 | 120 | |
| Gname 210 Inc | 1,244 | ▲ +82 | 0 | 114 | |
| DropCatch.com 515 LLC | 1,243 | ▲ +68 | 0 | 35 | |
| Gname 130 Inc | 1,240 | ▲ +64 | 0 | 124 | |
| Gname 215 Inc | 1,239 | ▲ +80 | 0 | 120 | |
| Gname 119 Inc | 1,238 | ▲ +69 | 0 | 137 | |
| Gname 223 Inc | 1,238 | ▲ +96 | 0 | 119 | |
| Gname 274 Inc | 1,238 | ▲ +68 | 0 | 99 | |
| Neo Strive, LLC D/B/A Domtake | 1,237 | ▲ +6 | 0 | 18 | |
| Gname 220 Inc | 1,237 | ▲ +87 | 0 | 130 | |
| Gname 148 Inc | 1,236 | ▲ +66 | 0 | 118 | |
| Gname 204 Inc | 1,236 | ▲ +95 | 0 | 116 | |
| DropCatch.com 856 LLC | 1,235 | ▲ +64 | 0 | 35 | |
| Gname 232 Inc | 1,235 | ▲ +85 | 0 | 123 | |
| Gname 269 Inc | 1,235 | ▲ +60 | 0 | 123 | |
| DropCatch.com 727 LLC | 1,234 | ▲ +74 | 0 | 41 | |
| Gname 216 Inc | 1,234 | ▲ +74 | 0 | 109 | |
| Gname 225 Inc | 1,234 | ▲ +91 | 0 | 136 | |
| DropCatch.com 668 LLC | 1,233 | ▲ +69 | 0 | 32 | |
| DropCatch.com 774 LLC | 1,233 | ▲ +72 | 0 | 30 | |
| Gname 196 Inc | 1,233 | ▲ +82 | 0 | 125 | |
| Gname 141 Inc | 1,232 | ▲ +78 | 0 | 137 | |
| Gname 150 Inc | 1,232 | ▲ +78 | 0 | 159 | |
| Gname 208 Inc | 1,232 | ▲ +79 | 0 | 110 | |
| Gname 228 Inc | 1,232 | ▲ +84 | 0 | 113 | |
| Gname 230 Inc | 1,232 | ▲ +91 | 0 | 122 | |
| Gname 261 Inc | 1,232 | ▲ +62 | 0 | 105 | |
| DropCatch.com 345 LLC | 1,231 | ▲ +72 | 0 | 42 | |
| Gname 176 Inc | 1,231 | ▲ +67 | 0 | 123 | |
| DropCatch.com 762 LLC | 1,230 | ▲ +64 | 0 | 26 | |
| Guangdong HUYI Internet & IP Services Co., Ltd | 1,229 | ▲ +2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Gname 237 Inc | 1,229 | ▲ +70 | 0 | 116 | |
| DropCatch.com 628 LLC | 1,227 | ▲ +65 | 0 | 42 | |
| Gname 154 Inc | 1,227 | ▲ +78 | 0 | 132 | |
| Gname 273 Inc | 1,227 | ▲ +79 | 0 | 103 | |
| Domain Jamboree, LLC | 1,226 | ▲ +8 | 4 | 25 | |
| DropCatch.com 738 LLC | 1,226 | ▲ +63 | 0 | 31 | |
| DropCatch.com 837 LLC | 1,226 | ▲ +75 | 0 | 44 | |
| Gname 171 Inc | 1,226 | ▲ +78 | 0 | 113 | |
| Gname 191 Inc | 1,226 | ▲ +92 | 0 | 125 | |
| DropCatch.com 1094 LLC | 1,225 | ▲ +77 | 0 | 21 | |
| Gname 231 Inc | 1,225 | ▲ +74 | 0 | 95 | |
| Gname 259 Inc | 1,225 | ▲ +71 | 0 | 107 | |
| DropCatch.com 783 LLC | 1,224 | ▲ +64 | 0 | 39 | |
| Gname 265 Inc | 1,224 | ▲ +55 | 0 | 122 | |
| DropCatch.com 347 LLC | 1,223 | ▲ +70 | 0 | 32 | |
| Gname 284 Inc | 1,223 | ▲ +76 | 0 | 114 | |
| Enameco, LLC | 1,222 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| DropCatch.com 726 LLC | 1,222 | ▲ +66 | 0 | 30 | |
| Gname 133 Inc | 1,222 | ▲ +66 | 0 | 145 | |
| Gname 243 Inc | 1,221 | ▲ +86 | 0 | 137 | |
| Gname 268 Inc | 1,221 | ▲ +67 | 0 | 107 | |
| DropCatch.com 482 LLC | 1,220 | ▲ +58 | 0 | 27 | |
| Gname 113 Inc | 1,220 | ▲ +57 | 0 | 112 | |
| Gname 250 Inc | 1,219 | ▲ +111 | 0 | 115 | |
| DropCatch.com 1095 LLC | 1,218 | ▲ +79 | 0 | 29 | |
| Gname 123 Inc | 1,217 | ▲ +81 | 0 | 128 | |
| Gname 144 Inc | 1,217 | ▲ +60 | 0 | 119 | |
| Gname 252 Inc | 1,217 | ▲ +89 | 0 | 116 | |
| DropCatch.com 625 LLC | 1,216 | ▲ +79 | 0 | 34 |
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 | 2,429 | 3,339.24B | 0 | 2,709,298,771 | 2,935,943 | 4,649,260 | 202,900 | 65,115 |
| Dec 2017 | 2,429 | 2,831.53B | 0 | 2,659,314,603 | 3,229,662 | 3,849,962 | 158,948 | 72,023 |
| Nov 2017 | 2,425 | 2,726.93B | 0 | 2,623,762,052 | 2,772,978 | 3,744,236 | 181,475 | 61,371 |
| Oct 2017 | 2,870 | 2,789.53B | 0 | 3,019,722,490 | 2,710,990 | 3,733,991 | 170,384 | 60,889 |
| Sep 2017 | 2,872 | 2,585.95B | 0 | 2,945,368,445 | 2,530,110 | 3,588,262 | 210,512 | 59,596 |
| Aug 2017 | 2,870 | 2,707.75B | 0 | 2,784,726,782 | 2,676,474 | 3,687,584 | 202,802 | 63,460 |
| Jul 2017 | 2,868 | 2,572.72B | 0 | 2,603,409,665 | 2,883,703 | 3,802,300 | 180,494 | 84,838 |
| Jun 2017 | 2,870 | 2,594.58B | 0 | 2,775,332,475 | 2,830,759 | 3,682,362 | 179,276 | 60,630 |
| May 2017 | 2,867 | 2,479.37B | 0 | 3,099,853,266 | 2,917,168 | 3,875,567 | 175,195 | 61,481 |
| Apr 2017 | 2,869 | 3,287.59B | 0 | 2,734,436,570 | 3,468,726 | 3,814,574 | 170,368 | 61,283 |
| Mar 2017 | 2,869 | 2,855.22B | 0 | 2,580,175,985 | 3,448,844 | 4,315,517 | 216,782 | 59,591 |
| Feb 2017 | 2,868 | 2,504.35B | 0 | 2,447,802,356 | 2,619,732 | 3,918,630 | 176,970 | 52,315 |
| Jan 2017 | 2,870 | 2,625.68B | 0 | 3,152,436,545 | 2,855,107 | 4,289,023 | 183,215 | 69,110 |
| Dec 2016 | 2,070 | 2,721.31B | 0 | 3,040,810,674 | 4,363,266 | 3,684,074 | 166,117 | 64,186 |
| Nov 2016 | 2,069 | 2,669.73B | 0 | 2,749,614,766 | 3,562,692 | 3,559,768 | 198,431 | 63,560 |
| Oct 2016 | 2,066 | 2,398.64B | 0 | 2,763,699,210 | 2,929,730 | 3,781,000 | 227,456 | 56,547 |
| Sep 2016 | 2,062 | 2,442.75B | 0 | 2,640,357,668 | 2,705,191 | 3,597,731 | 193,498 | 50,503 |
| Aug 2016 | 2,061 | 2,421.32B | 0 | 2,963,118,788 | 2,769,747 | 3,586,457 | 185,769 | 40,646 |
| Jul 2016 | 2,066 | 2,310.74B | 0 | 2,985,243,745 | 2,863,919 | 3,530,535 | 180,568 | 39,471 |
| Jun 2016 | 2,065 | 2,373.80B | 0 | 2,926,969,095 | 2,935,494 | 3,637,814 | 171,063 | 39,434 |
| May 2016 | 2,061 | 2,579.44B | 0 | 3,895,764,831 | 2,899,204 | 3,783,292 | 184,553 | 43,108 |
| Apr 2016 | 2,062 | 2,403.54B | 0 | 3,522,572,950 | 2,931,683 | 3,742,406 | 212,170 | 42,939 |
| Mar 2016 | 2,058 | 2,545.55B | 0 | 2,584,957,187 | 2,807,078 | 4,310,947 | 214,693 | 37,254 |
| Feb 2016 | 2,058 | 2,197.41B | 0 | 2,148,956,648 | 2,502,766 | 3,793,205 | 196,443 | 33,027 |
| Jan 2016 | 2,055 | 2,321.01B | 0 | 2,216,681,467 | 2,764,348 | 4,066,742 | 183,714 | 33,030 |
| Dec 2015 | 2,054 | 2,456.84B | 0 | 2,094,681,061 | 3,177,317 | 3,487,748 | 190,194 | 31,809 |
| Nov 2015 | 1,956 | 2,420.87B | 0 | 2,493,851,716 | 2,763,457 | 3,293,504 | 173,684 | 31,638 |
| Oct 2015 | 1,699 | 2,522.73B | 0 | 2,702,989,221 | 2,903,199 | 3,511,876 | 182,014 | 33,382 |
| Sep 2015 | 1,636 | 2,333.37B | 0 | 2,424,352,541 | 2,949,044 | 3,413,998 | 183,365 | 31,883 |
| Aug 2015 | 1,635 | 2,215.37B | 0 | 2,356,643,660 | 2,666,386 | 3,628,409 | 186,180 | 32,351 |
| Jul 2015 | 1,472 | 2,316.93B | 0 | 2,489,257,850 | 2,644,776 | 3,404,277 | 213,920 | 31,235 |
| Jun 2015 | 1,473 | 2,312.04B | 0 | 2,455,785,868 | 2,934,287 | 3,387,947 | 188,022 | 30,166 |
| May 2015 | 1,473 | 2,397.50B | 0 | 2,634,344,789 | 3,055,053 | 3,508,193 | 235,486 | 31,000 |
| Apr 2015 | 1,470 | 2,308.05B | 0 | 2,239,040,951 | 3,184,490 | 3,655,080 | 260,912 | 29,669 |
| Mar 2015 | 1,394 | 2,552.08B | 0 | 2,037,313,101 | 3,276,543 | 4,060,790 | 260,362 | 30,635 |
| Feb 2015 | 1,393 | 2,268.05B | 0 | 1,736,341,988 | 2,420,900 | 3,540,921 | 216,434 | 22,367 |
| Jan 2015 | 1,263 | 2,401.09B | 0 | 2,059,059,845 | 2,696,930 | 3,955,498 | 261,423 | 22,692 |
| Dec 2014 | 1,090 | 2,315.00B | 0 | 1,950,874,353 | 3,024,174 | 3,347,836 | 256,982 | 21,579 |
| Nov 2014 | 1,089 | 2,245.85B | 0 | 1,873,705,181 | 3,428,128 | 3,091,666 | 255,340 | 20,973 |
| Oct 2014 | 1,090 | 2,377.12B | 0 | 1,883,455,604 | 3,128,372 | 3,415,855 | 733,272 | 21,436 |
| Sep 2014 | 1,078 | 2,529.04B | 0 | 1,817,147,692 | 2,871,391 | 3,304,022 | 349,860 | 24,219 |
| Aug 2014 | 1,058 | 2,672.49B | 0 | 1,890,829,070 | 2,904,536 | 3,313,271 | 205,152 | 37,100 |
| Jul 2014 | 1,126 | 2,246.13B | 0 | 1,906,939,099 | 3,011,945 | 3,279,681 | 202,933 | 22,012 |
| Jun 2014 | 1,053 | 2,015.88B | 0 | 1,923,964,930 | 2,819,720 | 3,245,929 | 189,749 | 26,554 |
| May 2014 | 945 | 1,944.23B | 0 | 1,818,800,954 | 2,894,860 | 3,398,290 | 290,404 | 28,604 |
| Apr 2014 | 937 | 1,839.24B | 0 | 1,733,888,438 | 2,895,776 | 3,360,298 | 210,866 | 38,121 |
| Mar 2014 | 935 | 1,931.85B | 0 | 1,712,124,842 | 2,685,035 | 3,529,885 | 191,241 | 47,284 |
| Feb 2014 | 934 | 1,624.57B | 0 | 1,522,037,238 | 2,247,086 | 3,312,184 | 163,766 | 46,286 |
| Jan 2014 | 933 | 1,703.53B | 0 | 1,744,484,065 | 2,510,571 | 3,747,155 | 215,611 | 91,744 |
| Dec 2013 | 930 | 1,737.19B | 0 | 1,640,050,847 | 2,378,741 | 3,187,961 | 163,821 | 17,092 |
| Nov 2013 | 928 | 1,735.26B | 0 | 1,797,241,369 | 2,510,445 | 3,200,939 | 140,972 | 15,910 |
| Oct 2013 | 928 | 1,758.39B | 0 | 1,738,363,852 | 2,500,846 | 3,362,185 | 187,942 | 36,960 |
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.