.help

183,837 domains as of 19 Sep 2026

Domains
183,837
19 Sep 2026
30-day change
▼ -11,751
-6.01%
Signed in root
✔ Yes
DS record present
Type
Generic
ASCII
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
Innovation Service Ltd
Technical backend
CentralNic (Team Internet) via rdap host
Delegated
16 Aug 2014
Nameservers
a.nic.help, b.nic.help, c.nic.help, d.nic.help
RDAP
https://rdap.centralnic.com/help
Zone data
CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Of the 51,631 domains that came up for renewal between Jun 2025 and May 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate
26.96%
below .com/.net/.org
Renewed
13,918
in twelve months
Deleted
37,713
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 4 of the 133 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

Month May 2026
Porkbun LLC — 104.91k (47.8%)NameSilo, LLC — 39,778 (18.12%)Namecheap — 15,978 (7.28%)Gname.com Pte. Ltd. — 7,983 (3.64%)Dynadot Inc — 6,726 (3.06%)Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar — 6,103 (2.78%)Key-Systems — 5,731 (2.61%)1API GmbH — 4,542 (2.07%)Devexpanse Ltd — 4,001 (1.82%)Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) — 3,415 (1.56%)Other — 20,324 (9.26%)
219.49kreported May 2026
Share of .help by registrar
Porkbun LLC104.91k47.8%
NameSilo, LLC39,77818.12%
Namecheap2 accreditations15,9787.28%
Gname.com Pte. Ltd.7,9833.64%
Dynadot Inc6,7263.06%
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar6,1032.78%
Key-Systems5,7312.61%
1API GmbH4,5422.07%
Devexpanse Ltd4,0011.82%
Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn)2 accreditations3,4151.56%
Other123 more20,3249.26%

219,489 attributed to registrars in May 2026, against 183,837 in 19 Sep 2026’s zone — the zone is 35,652 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, 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
2,31860,633118.95k177.26k235.58kMay 2021Nov 2023May 2026
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MonthDomainsChangeRegistrarsNet addsDeletes
May 2026 219,489 ▲ +15,378 155 30,798 5,842
Apr 2026 204,111 ▲ +19,571 153 12,429 3,850
Mar 2026 184,540 ▲ +15,061 151 23,219 4,781
Feb 2026 169,479 ▲ +9,467 146 10,196 4,101
Jan 2026 160,012 ▲ +7,257 144 11,581 4,029
Dec 2025 152,755 ▲ +12,034 141 15,376 3,102
Nov 2025 140,721 ▲ +9,189 141 11,106 3,356
Oct 2025 131,532 ▲ +9,800 140 14,364 2,645
Sep 2025 121,732 ▲ +9,426 140 8,147 1,794
Aug 2025 112,306 ▲ +13,166 138 22,658 1,717
Jul 2025 99,140 ▲ +21,546 138 15,574 1,354
Jun 2025 77,594 ▲ +8,383 135 7,580 1,142
May 2025 69,211 ▲ +8,029 133 8,590 2,198
Apr 2025 61,182 ▲ +3,945 131 5,002 1,184
Mar 2025 57,237 ▲ +11,855 129 6,896 1,494
Feb 2025 45,382 ▲ +3,325 129 3,785 1,304
Jan 2025 42,057 ▲ +1,859 129 3,008 1,189
Dec 2024 40,198 ▲ +4,075 128 5,840 1,609
Nov 2024 36,123 ▲ +2,730 126 2,846 984
Oct 2024 33,393 ▲ +1,480 125 2,640 1,131
Sep 2024 31,913 ▲ +2,419 122 2,913 945
Aug 2024 29,494 ▲ +1,456 122 2,249 1,134
Jul 2024 28,038 ▲ +165 122 1,086 955
Jun 2024 27,873 ▲ +466 124 1,508 1,127
May 2024 27,407 ▲ +22 122 1,009 1,038
Apr 2024 27,385 ▼ -902 119 833 1,771
Mar 2024 28,287 ▼ -527 119 921 1,427
Feb 2024 28,814 ▼ -338 119 1,090 1,662
Jan 2024 29,152 ▲ +255 119 883 651
Dec 2023 28,897 ▲ +443 119 949 471
Nov 2023 28,454 ▲ +801 118 1,162 380
Oct 2023 27,653 ▲ +887 118 1,366 418
Sep 2023 26,766 ▲ +819 118 1,083 497
Aug 2023 25,947 ▲ +531 118 943 377
Jul 2023 25,416 ▲ +342 115 762 487
Jun 2023 25,074 ▲ +274 117 793 537
May 2023 24,800 ▲ +376 114 1,234 14,217
Apr 2023 24,424 ▲ +828 114 335 46,406
Mar 2023 23,596 ▲ +633 113 977 408
Feb 2023 22,963 ▲ +964 113 1,622 398
Jan 2023 21,999 ▲ +879 112 1,511 652
Dec 2022 21,120 ▲ +844 113 1,718 680
Nov 2022 20,276 ▲ +570 113 765 708
Oct 2022 19,706 ▲ +67 113 464 616
Sep 2022 19,639 ▲ +9 113 376 420
Aug 2022 19,630 ▲ +42 114 443 387
Jul 2022 19,588 ▲ +34 115 484 405
Jun 2022 19,554 ▼ -19 115 391 443
May 2022 19,573 ▼ -123 115 410 476
Apr 2022 19,696 ▲ +100 114 580 556
Mar 2022 19,596 ▲ +59 114 636 497
Feb 2022 19,537 ▲ +5 115 441 468
Jan 2022 19,532 ▼ -68 116 365 600
Dec 2021 19,600 ▲ +1 116 426 458
Nov 2021 19,599 ▲ +313 116 762 421
Oct 2021 19,286 ▲ +389 116 763 455
Sep 2021 18,897 ▲ +206 115 667 386
Aug 2021 18,691 ▲ +110 114 394 510
Jul 2021 18,581 ▲ +106 114 383 375
Jun 2021 18,475 ▲ +70 113 420 292
May 2021 18,405 ▲ +293 113 555 372

Showing all 61 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
181.98k186.82k191.66k196.50k201.34k12 Aug 2631 Aug 2619 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
+4.72k0-4.72k12 Aug 2619 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
Porkbun LLC 104,908
47.8%
▲ +16,146 8 694
NameSilo, LLC 39,778
18.1%
▲ +3,972 0 2,270
NameCheap, Inc. 9,208
4.2%
▲ +500 2 428
Gname.com Pte. Ltd. 7,983
3.6%
▲ +1,247 0 97
Spaceship, Inc. 6,770
3.1%
▲ +4,110 3 138
Dynadot Inc 6,726
3.1%
▲ +1,849 1 1,295
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar 6,103
2.8%
0 0 3
Key-Systems, LLC 5,731
2.6%
▲ +377 6 16
1API GmbH 4,542
2.1%
0 0 171
Devexpanse Ltd 4,001
1.8%
▲ +165 1 0
Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) 2,671
1.2%
▲ +1,032 0 0
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc 2,255
1%
0 0 153
Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd. 1,930
0.9%
▲ +541 0 0
HOSTINGER operations, UAB 1,899
0.9%
▲ +75 1 90
Global Domain Group LLC 1,187
0.5%
▲ +197 0 50
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com 944
0.4%
▲ +20 0 43
Gandi SAS 836
0.4%
▲ +12 0 8
Dominet (HK) Limited 744
0.3%
0 0 6
Cloudflare, Inc. 600
0.3%
▲ +85 9 3
Network Solutions, LLC 579
0.3%
▲ +7 1 7
Tucows Domains Inc. 563
0.3%
▲ +3 0 10
eNom, LLC 486
0.2%
▲ +1 0 14
MarkMonitor Inc. 482
0.2%
▲ +2 0 0
URL Solutions, Inc. 448
0.2%
0 0 23
Amazon Registrar, Inc. 438
0.2%
▲ +30 2 6
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. 431
0.2%
▲ +1 10 0
Name.com, Inc. 431
0.2%
▲ +81 0 133
Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC 424
0.2%
▲ +16 1 22
Sav.com, LLC 372
0.2%
▲ +61 0 69
united-domains GmbH 369
0.2%
▲ +1 0 1
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE 349
0.2%
▲ +1 0 2
NameMart Pte. Ltd. 341
0.2%
▲ +157 0 0
IONOS SE 339
0.2%
▲ +2 1 5
DNC Holdings, Inc. 290
0.1%
▲ +1 0 9
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com 287
0.1%
▲ +9 0 5
NicNames, Inc. 248
0.1%
0 0 2
101domain GRS Limited 239
0.1%
▲ +1 0 1
InterNetX GmbH 218
0.1%
▲ +2 0 1
OVH sas 218
0.1%
▲ +3 0 4
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu 181
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
West263 International Limited 159
0.1%
0 0 0
Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER 155
0.1%
0 0 10
Automattic Inc. 146
0.1%
▲ +2 0 1
Cronon GmbH 140
0.1%
0 0 5
NETIM SAS 137
0.1%
▲ +16 1 0
Gransy, s.r.o. 121
0.1%
▲ +1 0 1
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG 107
0%
0 0 2
OwnRegistrar, Inc. 105
0%
▲ +7 0 3
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC 101
0%
0 1 0
Realtime Register B.V. 94
0%
0 18 0
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com 91
0%
▲ +5 0 6
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA 90
0%
▲ +2 1 1
MAT BAO CORPORATION 84
0%
▲ +5 0 10
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC 80
0%
0 0 0
INWX GmbH 79
0%
0 0 1
Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd 63
0%
▲ +1 1 0
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd 62
0%
0 0 1
Super Registry Ltd 59
0%
0 0 0
10dencehispahard SLU 59
0%
▲ +1 0 9
Safenames Ltd 57
0%
0 0 2
EuroDNS S.A. 53
0%
0 0 1
İsimtescil Bilişim A.Ş. 51
0%
0 0 0
Vautron Rechenzentrum AG 42
0%
0 0 0
Lexsynergy Limited 37
0%
0 0 0
RegistrarSEC LLC 37
0%
0 0 0
XServer, Inc. 34
0%
▲ +1 0 0
Epik LLC 33
0%
0 0 0
Name SRS AB 31
0%
0 0 0
http.net Internet GmbH 28
0%
0 0 1
Easyspace Limited 27
0%
0 0 0
One.com A/S 26
0%
0 0 1
Instra Corporation Pty Ltd. 25
0%
0 0 2
NameWeb BVBA 25
0%
0 0 0
Diamatrix C.C. 21
0%
0 0 0
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com 20
0%
▲ +1 0 0
Abion AB 19
0%
▲ +2 0 0
NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED 19
0%
▲ +3 0 0
Webnames.ca Inc. 18
0%
0 0 0
Squarespace Domains II LLC 17
0%
▲ +10 0 0
Nameshield SAS 17
0%
0 0 0
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd. 17
0%
0 0 0
BB-Online UK Limited 16
0%
▲ +2 0 0
Marcaria International LLC 16
0%
0 0 0
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com 16
0%
0 0 0
Infomaniak Network SA 16
0%
▲ +1 1 0
TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd. 15
0%
▲ +2 0 0
COREhub, S.R.L. 14
0%
0 0 0
Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com 14
0%
▲ +13 0 0
Xin Net Technology Corporation 13
0%
0 0 0
July Name Limited 13
0%
0 0 0
Mesh Digital Limited 12
0%
0 0 0
ZDNS Innovate International Limited 12
0%
0 0 0
Nombre Ltd 12
0%
▲ +3 0 0
Reliable Software 10
0%
0 0 0
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL 9
0%
▲ +1 0 0
Gabia, Inc. 8
0%
0 0 0
Hefei Juming Network Technology Co., Ltd 8
0%
0 0 0
Whois Corp. 7
0%
0 0 0
Megazone Corp., dba HOSTING.KR 7
0%
▲ +4 0 5
Quantum Names LLC 6
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
Jan 2018 194 70.19M 0 32 41 109
Dec 2017 195 73.20M 0 40 66 52
Nov 2017 193 64.01M 0 38 33 39
Oct 2017 191 37.29M 0 37 43 38
Sep 2017 191 21.92M 0 28 36 65
Aug 2017 189 35.84M 0 51 60 41
Jul 2017 186 33.60M 0 38 398 42
Jun 2017 185 29.42M 0 51 51 40
May 2017 0 30.94M 0 39 60 54
Apr 2017 0 30.30M 0 47 173 70
Mar 2017 0 90.06M 0 50 39 412
Feb 2017 0 166.07M 0 72 34 198
Jan 2017 0 188.82M 0 47 44 106
Dec 2016 181 172.07M 0 47 60 33
Nov 2016 181 129.69B 0 432 1,224 473
Oct 2016 178 79.55B 0 766 1,143 1,948
Sep 2016 178 39.88B 0 561 12,507 319
Aug 2016 178 7.42B 0 485 292 293
Jul 2016 176 4.61B 0 859 441 186
Jun 2016 175 1.43B 0 757 260 159
May 2016 174 2.08B 0 870 184 121
Apr 2016 173 1.48B 0 831 371 152
Mar 2016 169 207.21M 0 3,228 369 190
Feb 2016 165 377.92M 0 1,196 230 2,498
Jan 2016 163 0 0 11,064 619 18,256
Dec 2015 163 0 0 1,239 83 243
Nov 2015 159 14.86M 0 1,617 34 15,969
Oct 2015 157 159.50M 0 1,460 22 556
Sep 2015 154 959.41M 0 2,423 29 84
Aug 2015 151 85.58M 0 1,633 9 11
Jul 2015 147 84.33M 0 551 41 28
Jun 2015 145 60.05M 0 681 16 16
May 2015 141 59.31M 0 425 19 2,419
Apr 2015 138 63.53M 0 478 0 53,984
Mar 2015 133 69.52M 0 3,154 0 4,731
Feb 2015 130 44.48M 0 830 0 4,046
Jan 2015 128 34.92M 0 18,729 0 822
Dec 2014 126 35.29M 0 825 0 354
Nov 2014 123 16.02M 0 2,305 0 154
Oct 2014 114 3.92M 0 0 0 156
Sep 2014 106 7.18M 0 0 0 149
Aug 2014 97 5.11M 0 90 0 90

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.