.observer

2,980 domains as of 17 Sep 2026

Domains

2,980

17 Sep 2026

30-day change

▲ +188

6.73%

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: Fegistry, LLC
Technical backend: GoDaddy Registry (Neustar) via ns suffix
Delegated: 27 Sep 2016
Nameservers: ns01.trs-dns.com, ns01.trs-dns.net, ns10.trs-dns.info, ns10.trs-dns.org
RDAP: https://rdap.registry.click/rdap
Zone data: CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Of the 2,532 domains that came up for renewal between Jun 2025 and May 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate

50.08%

below .com/.net/.org

Renewed

1,268

in twelve months

Deleted

1,264

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 51 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

3.40kreported May 2026

Share of .observer by registrar
Namecheap2 accreditations	1,001	29.42%
Cloudflare, Inc.	558	16.4%
Porkbun LLC	427	12.55%
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	254	7.46%
Tucows2 accreditations	252	7.41%
Namemart Limited	219	6.44%
Gname.com Pte. Ltd.	109	3.2%
NameSilo, LLC	76	2.23%
Name.com, Inc.	62	1.82%
NETIM SAS	51	1.5%
Other41 more	394	11.58%

3,403 attributed to registrars in May 2026, against 2,980 in 17 Sep 2026’s zone — the zone is 423 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, Sep 2016 – 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.

Sep 2016 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y All

Drag to zoom

Month	Domains	Change	Registrars	Net adds	Deletes
May 2026	3,403	▲ +110	53	169	724
Apr 2026	3,293	▲ +82	52	133	48
Mar 2026	3,211	▲ +78	52	128	50
Feb 2026	3,133	▲ +82	51	131	41
Jan 2026	3,051	▲ +42	51	90	69
Dec 2025	3,009	▲ +31	50	98	57
Nov 2025	2,978	▲ +31	50	78	60
Oct 2025	2,947	▲ +53	50	94	54
Sep 2025	2,894	▲ +43	48	79	46
Aug 2025	2,851	▲ +31	48	63	38
Jul 2025	2,820	▲ +32	49	74	44
Jun 2025	2,788	▲ +15	50	56	33
May 2025	2,773	▲ +2	50	80	53
Apr 2025	2,771	▲ +707	50	732	64
Mar 2025	2,064	▼ -53	48	77	33
Feb 2025	2,117	▼ -22	48	61	130
Jan 2025	2,139	▼ -282	48	84	95
Dec 2024	2,421	▲ +29	49	85	362
Nov 2024	2,392	▲ +31	50	67	48
Oct 2024	2,361	▲ +23	51	60	41
Sep 2024	2,338	▼ -83	52	69	47
Aug 2024	2,421	▼ -74	54	49	50
Jul 2024	2,495	▼ -51	55	43	124
Jun 2024	2,546	▼ -86	56	51	85
May 2024	2,632	▼ -159	57	36	111
Apr 2024	2,791	▼ -49	57	55	228
Mar 2024	2,840	▲ +13	57	53	102
Feb 2024	2,827	▲ +77	58	51	43
Jan 2024	2,750	▲ +113	59	141	30
Dec 2023	2,637	▲ +18	58	69	44
Nov 2023	2,619	▲ +290	57	388	95
Oct 2023	2,329	▲ +38	56	71	39
Sep 2023	2,291	▲ +13	55	54	39
Aug 2023	2,278	▲ +15	57	47	39
Jul 2023	2,263	▲ +31	57	80	44
Jun 2023	2,232	▲ +97	55	147	48
May 2023	2,135	▲ +67	54	119	24
Apr 2023	2,068	▲ +75	54	106	40
Mar 2023	1,993	▲ +183	53	232	60
Feb 2023	1,810	▲ +60	53	95	47
Jan 2023	1,750	▲ +12	53	78	99
Dec 2022	1,738	▲ +11	54	86	56
Nov 2022	1,727	▲ +4	53	98	123
Oct 2022	1,723	▼ -1	52	40	34
Sep 2022	1,724	▲ +20	51	47	27
Aug 2022	1,704	▲ +55	50	94	42
Jul 2022	1,649	▼ -12	48	44	53
Jun 2022	1,661	▲ +17	51	49	54
May 2022	1,644	▼ -74	45	43	124
Apr 2022	1,718	▼ -11	45	46	52
Mar 2022	1,729	▲ +15	44	45	35
Feb 2022	1,714	▲ +25	44	56	31
Jan 2022	1,689	▲ +24	44	46	28
Dec 2021	1,665	▲ +34	44	76	33
Nov 2021	1,631	▲ +32	43	83	35
Oct 2021	1,599	▲ +75	42	70	21
Sep 2021	1,524	▲ +35	39	67	30
Aug 2021	1,489	▲ +112	40	136	28
Jul 2021	1,377	▲ +14	40	34	26
Jun 2021	1,363	▲ +7	40	34	23
May 2021	1,356	▼ -2	39	61	62
Apr 2021	1,358	▼ -1,206	40	64	0
Mar 2021	2,564	▲ +1,340	39	83	307
Feb 2021	1,224	▲ +104	37	107	18
Jan 2021	1,120	▲ +33	37	59	31
Dec 2020	1,087	▲ +16	37	49	30
Nov 2020	1,071	▲ +15	36	35	33
Oct 2020	1,056	▲ +13	36	45	32
Sep 2020	1,043	▲ +25	35	45	22
Aug 2020	1,018	▲ +4	34	38	37
Jul 2020	1,014	▼ -48	35	42	84
Jun 2020	1,062	▲ +31	35	47	17
May 2020	1,031	▲ +14	35	36	23
Apr 2020	1,017	▼ -11	33	24	38
Mar 2020	1,028	▲ +26	31	49	20
Feb 2020	1,002	▲ +27	31	46	18
Jan 2020	975	▲ +24	31	33	14
Dec 2019	951	▲ +13	30	41	33
Nov 2019	938	▲ +5	30	38	34
Oct 2019	933	▲ +4	30	33	28
Sep 2019	929	▲ +5	30	26	22
Aug 2019	924	▼ -38	30	36	74
Jul 2019	962	▼ -7	30	30	36
Jun 2019	969	▼ -2	30	21	22
May 2019	971	▲ +5	30	33	29
Apr 2019	966	▲ +19	30	39	24
Mar 2019	947	▼ -22	30	19	40
Feb 2019	969	▼ -9	30	37	45
Jan 2019	978	▲ +12	30	35	24
Dec 2018	966	▼ -7	30	21	28
Nov 2018	973	▼ -8	30	19	27
Oct 2018	981	▲ +10	29	34	26
Sep 2018	971	▼ -2	29	35	35
Aug 2018	973	▲ +1	28	42	42
Jul 2018	972	▼ -58	26	39	95
Jun 2018	1,030	▲ +51	26	51	0
May 2018	979	▲ +84	26	85	0
Apr 2018	895	▲ +48	25	47	5
Mar 2018	847	▲ +45	25	46	0
Feb 2018	802	▲ +39	24	39	0
Jan 2018	763	▲ +58	24	62	1
Dec 2017	705	▲ +69	22	70	1
Nov 2017	636	▲ +35	22	55	1
Oct 2017	601	▲ +69	23	67	1
Sep 2017	532	▲ +46	23	42	1
Aug 2017	486	▲ +60	21	60	0
Jul 2017	426	▲ +58	18	58	1
Jun 2017	368	▲ +68	18	85	0
May 2017	300	▲ +113	17	155	2
Apr 2017	187	▲ +175	13	104	6
Mar 2017	12	▼ -2,875	1	0	0
Feb 2017	2,887	▲ +2,887	1	0	1,296
Jan 2017	0	▼ -1	0	0	0
Dec 2016	1	0	1	0	0
Nov 2016	1	0	1	0	0
Oct 2016	1	▼ -7	1	0	0
Sep 2016	8	–	1	0	1

Showing all 117 months in this range. Show the latest 6.

Domains by day, 12 Aug 2026 – 18 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 – 18 Sep 2026 30d All

Drag to zoom

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	Domains	Share	Net adds	Transfers in	Deletes
NameCheap, Inc.	877	25.8%	▲ +36	1	34
Cloudflare, Inc.	558	16.4%	▲ +59	0	4
Porkbun LLC	427	12.5%	▲ +22	1	6
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	254	7.5%	▲ +1	0	242
Tucows Domains Inc.	248	7.3%	▲ +17	0	7
Namemart Limited	219	6.4%	0	0	219
Spaceship, Inc.	124	3.6%	▲ +10	2	16
Gname.com Pte. Ltd.	109	3.2%	0	0	105
NameSilo, LLC	76	2.2%	▲ +5	0	36
Name.com, Inc.	62	1.8%	▲ +3	0	1
NETIM SAS	51	1.5%	0	0	44
united-domains GmbH	42	1.2%	▲ +5	0	0
TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd.	37	1.1%	▲ +6	0	0
Gandi SAS	33	1%	0	0	1
MarkMonitor Inc.	29	0.9%	0	0	0
Key-Systems, LLC	28	0.8%	0	0	0
101domain GRS Limited	27	0.8%	0	0	1
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	23	0.7%	0	0	0
Above.com Pty Ltd.	19	0.6%	0	0	2
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com	16	0.5%	0	0	0
Hosting Ukraine LLC	13	0.4%	▲ +2	0	0
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com	12	0.4%	▲ +1	0	0
Epik LLC	12	0.4%	0	0	3
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE	11	0.3%	0	0	0
RegistrarSEC LLC	11	0.3%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC	10	0.3%	0	0	3
Gransy, s.r.o.	10	0.3%	0	0	0
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.	7	0.2%	0	0	0
Automattic Inc.	7	0.2%	0	0	0
EuroDNS S.A.	6	0.2%	0	0	0
Realtime Register B.V.	5	0.1%	▲ +1	0	0
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA	4	0.1%	0	0	0
Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER	4	0.1%	0	0	0
Metaregistrar BV	4	0.1%	0	0	0
Easyspace Limited	3	0.1%	0	0	0
DNC Holdings, Inc.	2	0.1%	0	0	0
$$$ Private Label Internet Service Kiosk, Inc. (dba "PLISK.com")	2	0.1%	0	0	0
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG	2	0.1%	0	0	0
Marcaria International LLC	2	0.1%	0	0	0
INWX GmbH	2	0.1%	0	0	0
URL Solutions, Inc.	2	0.1%	0	0	0
Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd	2	0.1%	0	0	0
Network Solutions, LLC	1	0%	0	0	0
Webnames.ca Inc.	1	0%	0	0	0
Dynadot Inc	1	0%	▲ +1	0	0
WHC Online Solutions Inc.	1	0%	0	0	0
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com	1	0%	0	0	0
CPS-Datensysteme GmbH	1	0%	0	0	0
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL	1	0%	0	0	0
Beijing Guoxu Network Technology Co., Ltd.	1	0%	0	0	0
PlanetHoster Inc.	1	0%	0	0	0
WEDOS Internet, a.s.	1	0%	0	0	0
Virtualia LLC	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)	Creates	Deletes	Renews	Transfers approved	Rejected
Jan 2018	105	18.16M	107	37	26	–	–
Dec 2017	104	16.45M	195	30	22	–	–
Nov 2017	102	14.46M	3,984	111	23	–	–
Oct 2017	99	15.61M	3,862	60	0	–	–
Sep 2017	95	18.36M	101	43	0	–	–
Aug 2017	91	20.41M	67	0	0	–	–
Jul 2017	87	18.93M	55	1	2	–	–
Jun 2017	84	19.14M	67	0	0	–	–
May 2017	82	18.11M	108	2	0	–	–
Apr 2017	72	15.27M	190	7	0	–	–
Mar 2017	64	15.10M	0	0	0	–	–
Feb 2017	43	12.89M	11	0	0	–	–
Jan 2017	1	13.85M	0	0	0	–	–
Dec 2016	1	6.52M	0	0	0	–	–
Nov 2016	1	4.08M	0	0	0	–	–
Oct 2016	2	5.20M	0	0	0	–	–
Sep 2016	2	730.37k	0	0	0	–	–

Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated 17 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.