.how

3,769 domains as of 24 Sep 2026

Domains

3,769

24 Sep 2026

30-day change

▲ +187

5.22%

Signed in root

✔ Yes

DS record present

Type

Generic

ASCII

Registrar figures are for November 2023. 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: Charleston Road Registry Inc.
Technical backend: Google Registry via ns suffix
Delegated: 16 Aug 2014
Nameservers: ns-tld1.charlestonroadregistry.com, ns-tld2.charlestonroadregistry.com, ns-tld3.charlestonroadregistry.com, ns-tld4.charlestonroadregistry.com, ns-tld5.charlestonroadregistry.com
RDAP: https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap
Zone data: CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Of the 3,261 domains that came up for renewal between Jun 2025 and May 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate

73.41%

above .com/.net/.org

Renewed

2,394

in twelve months

Deleted

867

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 8 of the 53 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

4.00kreported Nov 2023

Share of .how by registrar
Squarespace Domains II LLC	1,339	33.47%
eNom, LLC	551	13.77%
Tucows2 accreditations	323	8.07%
Automattic Inc.	206	5.15%
Name.com, Inc.	191	4.77%
Porkbun LLC	163	4.07%
Sav.com, LLC6 accreditations	162	4.05%
MarkMonitor Inc.	125	3.12%
OVH sas	103	2.57%
Key-Systems	88	2.2%
Other43 more	750	18.75%

Domains by month, May 2023 – 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 2023 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All

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Month	Domains	Change	Registrars	Net adds	Deletes
May 2026	3,504	▲ +28	69	68	59
Apr 2026	3,476	▲ +13	69	95	79
Mar 2026	3,463	▲ +17	68	79	60
Feb 2026	3,446	▲ +15	67	65	53
Jan 2026	3,431	▲ +14	65	68	65
Dec 2025	3,417	▲ +9	64	65	51
Nov 2025	3,408	▲ +11	64	66	64
Oct 2025	3,397	▲ +4	64	44	47
Sep 2025	3,393	▼ -75	63	48	125
Aug 2025	3,468	▼ -20	62	46	62
Jul 2025	3,488	▼ -29	62	38	73
Jun 2025	3,517	▼ -83	61	38	129
May 2025	3,600	▼ -29	61	40	62
Apr 2025	3,629	▼ -3	60	57	70
Mar 2025	3,632	▼ -7	62	67	61
Feb 2025	3,639	▼ -44	62	51	98
Jan 2025	3,683	▲ +24	62	74	58
Dec 2024	3,659	▼ -12	63	45	57
Nov 2024	3,671	▼ -1	63	62	59
Oct 2024	3,672	▼ -82	65	53	127
Sep 2024	3,754	▼ -99	65	34	148
Aug 2024	3,853	▼ -15	65	39	62
Jul 2024	3,868	▼ -23	65	37	55
Jun 2024	3,891	▼ -35	65	40	70
May 2024	3,926	▼ -51	66	49	96
Apr 2024	3,977	▼ -34	65	110	102
Mar 2024	4,011	▲ +35	64	54	56
Feb 2024	3,976	▲ +3	62	54	54
Jan 2024	3,973	▼ -18	60	47	69
Dec 2023	3,991	▼ -10	60	107	120
Nov 2023	4,001	▼ -31	60	51	79
Oct 2023	4,032	▼ -35	60	53	97
Sep 2023	4,067	▼ -27	60	58	82
Aug 2023	4,094	▼ -15	59	79	93
Jul 2023	4,109	▼ -80	57	78	151
Jun 2023	4,189	▲ +10	55	54	54
May 2023	4,179	▲ +19	55	83	55

Showing all 37 months in this range. Show the latest 6.

Domains by day, 12 Aug 2026 – 24 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 – 24 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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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
Squarespace Domains II LLC	773	19.3%	▲ +6	0	8
eNom, LLC	529	13.2%	▲ +16	0	20
Cloudflare, Inc.	333	8.3%	▲ +12	2	3
Tucows Domains Inc.	280	7%	▲ +1	0	3
Porkbun LLC	247	6.2%	▲ +7	0	9
Dynadot Inc	162	4%	▲ +3	0	1
MarkMonitor Inc.	135	3.4%	▲ +1	0	0
Name.com, Inc.	125	3.1%	▲ +2	1	3
Key-Systems, LLC	99	2.5%	▲ +3	0	0
Spaceship, Inc.	86	2.1%	▲ +3	1	1
OVH sas	83	2.1%	▲ +4	0	0
101domain GRS Limited	58	1.4%	0	0	0
Lexsynergy Limited	57	1.4%	0	0	0
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE	45	1.1%	0	0	0
EuroDNS S.A.	45	1.1%	0	0	1
Automattic Inc.	45	1.1%	0	0	0
Gandi SAS	42	1%	▲ +1	0	0
Sav.com, LLC	33	0.8%	▲ +2	0	1
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com	28	0.7%	▲ +1	0	0
1API GmbH	26	0.6%	0	0	1
Network Solutions, LLC	25	0.6%	▲ +1	0	0
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	25	0.6%	0	0	0
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com	20	0.5%	0	0	1
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA	20	0.5%	▲ +1	0	0
InterNetX GmbH	20	0.5%	0	0	6
RegistrarSEC LLC	20	0.5%	0	0	0
NETIM SAS	13	0.3%	▲ +1	0	0
Safenames Ltd	11	0.3%	0	0	0
INWX GmbH	11	0.3%	0	0	0
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC	9	0.2%	0	0	0
Devexpanse Ltd	8	0.2%	0	0	0
Realtime Register B.V.	7	0.2%	0	3	0
Focus IP, Inc. dba Tracer	7	0.2%	0	0	0
Marcaria International LLC	5	0.1%	0	0	0
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd	5	0.1%	0	0	0
Instra Corporation Pty Ltd.	5	0.1%	0	0	0
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL	5	0.1%	0	0	0
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC	4	0.1%	0	0	0
Super Registry Ltd	4	0.1%	0	0	0
Variomedia AG	4	0.1%	▲ +1	0	0
URL Solutions, Inc.	4	0.1%	0	0	0
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com	3	0.1%	0	0	0
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG	3	0.1%	0	0	0
SafeBrands SAS	3	0.1%	0	0	0
Gabia, Inc.	2	0%	0	0	0
DNC Holdings, Inc.	2	0%	0	0	0
Webnames.ca Inc.	2	0%	0	0	0
Entorno Digital, S.A.	2	0%	0	0	0
Mesh Digital Limited	2	0%	0	0	0
NameWeb BVBA	2	0%	0	0	0
Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd	2	0%	▲ +1	0	0
Whois Corp.	1	0%	0	0	1
EnCirca, Inc.	1	0%	0	0	0
Amazon Registrar, Inc.	1	0%	▲ +1	0	0
http.net Internet GmbH	1	0%	0	0	0
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.	1	0%	0	0	0
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com	1	0%	0	0	0
Gname.com Pte. Ltd.	1	0%	0	0	0
NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED	1	0%	0	0	0
Barbero & Associates Limited	1	0%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC - 14	1	0%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC - 26	1	0%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC - 28	1	0%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC - 30	1	0%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC - 40	1	0%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC - 46	1	0%	0	0	0
xTom GmbH	1	0%	0	0	0
Reserved for billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	1	0%	0	0	0
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	1	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
May 2026	236	764.85M	3.43B	92	113	178	7	0
Apr 2026	233	709.15M	3.11B	163	100	142	–	–
Mar 2026	230	723.15M	2.67B	1,878	81	166	–	–
Feb 2026	228	606.90M	2.00B	69	54	180	–	–
Jan 2026	227	671.37M	1.93B	2,585	58	288	–	–
Dec 2025	224	581.87M	1.84B	77	71	225	–	–
Nov 2025	224	447.88M	1.79B	74	54	177	–	–
Oct 2025	222	461.31M	1.76B	512,367	58	139	–	–
Sep 2025	219	484.98M	1.37B	58	54	138	–	–
Aug 2025	219	492.02M	1.21B	50	121	217	–	–
Jul 2025	218	478.87M	1.08B	15,835	62	152	–	–
Jun 2025	217	474.26M	949.80M	40	67	180	–	–
May 2025	217	359.33M	749.35M	6,257	132	181	–	–
Apr 2025	215	248.98M	554.68M	70	71	154	–	–
Mar 2025	215	297.87M	499.85M	57	67	193	–	–
Feb 2025	214	260.95M	67.96M	59	59	180	–	–
Jan 2025	214	335.05M	45.26M	1,768	110	308	–	–
Dec 2024	214	456.17M	68.75M	49	48	265	–	–
Nov 2024	214	446.15M	34.75M	57	62	172	–	–
Oct 2024	213	429.01M	25.27M	54	59	150	–	–
Sep 2024	213	418.25M	17.88M	45	124	159	–	–
Aug 2024	213	476.91M	22.34M	1,838	177	292	–	–
Jul 2024	212	483.36M	18.72M	0	0	0	–	–
Jun 2024	211	465.96M	17.65M	0	0	0	–	–
May 2024	208	472.59M	16.44M	0	0	0	–	–
Apr 2024	208	661.49M	17.96M	0	0	0	–	–
Mar 2024	208	459.71M	19.71M	0	0	0	–	–
Feb 2024	207	423.73M	14.18M	0	0	0	–	–
Jan 2024	207	445.94M	14.74M	36	71	159	–	–
Dec 2023	206	447.44M	12.84M	110	92	144	–	–
Nov 2023	206	412.45M	13.06M	52	150	93	–	–
Oct 2023	206	439.29M	14.06M	58	117	107	–	–
Sep 2023	202	363.40M	12.19M	84	98	77	–	–
Aug 2023	201	383.12M	13.40M	88,770	71	72	–	–
Jul 2023	176	375.71M	12.29M	85	93	131	–	–
Jun 2023	174	366.84M	0	75	154	94	–	–
May 2023	173	351.05M	0	15,660	62	100	–	–
Apr 2023	173	341.64M	0	71,054	48	94	–	–
Mar 2023	173	383.98M	0	96	96	107	–	–
Feb 2023	172	430.57M	0	215	46	141	–	–
Jan 2023	172	536.24M	0	92	50	247	–	–
Dec 2022	172	358.34M	0	76	59	171	–	–
Nov 2022	172	345.28M	0	161	43	77	–	–
Oct 2022	122	437.70M	0	292	48	97	–	–
Sep 2022	122	425.60M	0	113	53	70	–	–
Aug 2022	122	381.94M	0	133	55	68	–	–
Jul 2022	122	647.71M	0	266	73	81	–	–
Jun 2022	122	360.06M	0	142	105	85	–	–
May 2022	121	344.18M	0	174	61	111	–	–
Apr 2022	121	330.47M	0	85	48	89	–	–
Mar 2022	121	353.96M	0	197	60	79	–	–
Feb 2022	120	310.60M	0	71	39	145	–	–
Jan 2022	119	342.68M	0	68	53	238	–	–
Dec 2021	118	306.26M	0	81	30	163	–	–
Nov 2021	117	291.66M	0	89	45	84	–	–
Oct 2021	117	330.97M	0	380	45	89	–	–
Sep 2021	115	268.27M	0	116	54	70	–	–
Aug 2021	115	261.23M	0	171	45	78	–	–
Jul 2021	115	230.40M	0	78	78	57	–	–
Jun 2021	115	131.68M	0	76	54	92	–	–
May 2021	115	181.77M	0	105	52	89	–	–
Apr 2021	115	130.24M	0	89	54	84	–	–
Mar 2021	113	3.67M	0	72	75	67	–	–
Feb 2021	112	70.61M	0	87	39	142	–	–
Jan 2021	112	218.08M	0	92	50	222	–	–
Dec 2020	112	203.46M	0	78	41	168	–	–
Nov 2020	112	197.85M	0	69	40	64	–	–
Oct 2020	112	245.21M	0	67	43	360	–	–
Sep 2020	112	201.90M	0	83	37	65	–	–
Aug 2020	112	182.21M	0	71	50	56	–	–
Jul 2020	109	180.72M	0	70	47	45	–	–
Jun 2020	109	171.01M	0	86	88	65	–	–
May 2020	105	179.73M	0	791	36	100	–	–
Apr 2020	104	172.50M	0	90	63	72	–	–
Mar 2020	104	169.70M	0	66	89	66	–	–
Feb 2020	104	151.00M	0	51	51	143	–	–
Jan 2020	104	158.59M	0	70	122	233	–	–
Dec 2019	104	148.70M	0	55	69	154	–	–
Nov 2019	103	146.92M	0	65	83	78	–	–
Oct 2019	103	135.69M	0	66	90	68	–	–
Sep 2019	103	122.92M	0	102	55	48	–	–
Aug 2019	103	118.06M	0	178	40	39	–	–
Jul 2019	103	122.60M	0	73	49	44	–	–
Jun 2019	102	124.14M	0	73	49	63	–	–
May 2019	102	140.08M	0	150	44	57	–	–
Apr 2019	101	134.99M	0	48	41	78	–	–
Mar 2019	100	145.13M	0	80	107	49	–	–
Feb 2019	98	136.46M	0	66	34	127	–	–
Jan 2019	96	134.91M	0	78	55	259	–	–
Dec 2018	96	126.67M	0	77	33	156	–	–
Nov 2018	94	99.83M	0	122	49	79	–	–
Oct 2018	94	84.55M	0	59	25	55	–	–
Sep 2018	92	83.60M	0	65	28	37	–	–
Aug 2018	92	95.50M	0	55	35	32	–	–
Jul 2018	90	92.18M	0	52	38	39	–	–
Jun 2018	88	89.13M	0	84	48	49	–	–
May 2018	87	82.50M	0	109	52	40	–	–
Apr 2018	77	69.69M	0	71	72	56	–	–
Mar 2018	54	64.51M	0	52	224	51	–	–
Feb 2018	52	60.37M	0	59	56	259	–	–

Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated 24 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.