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11,857 domains as of 24 Sep 2026

Domains
11,857
24 Sep 2026
30-day change
▲ +155
1.32%
Signed in root
✔ Yes
DS record present
Type
Generic
ASCII
Registrar figures are for January 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
dot Science Limited
Technical backend
GoDaddy Registry via ns ptr
Delegated
15 Nov 2014
Nameservers
a.nic.science, b.nic.science, c.nic.science, ns1.dns.nic.science, ns2.dns.nic.science, ns3.dns.nic.science
RDAP
https://rdap.nic.science
Zone data
CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Of the 8,300 domains that came up for renewal between Jun 2025 and May 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate
75.04%
above .com/.net/.org
Renewed
6,228
in twelve months
Deleted
2,072
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 102 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

Month ‹ › Jan 2023 latest
Namecheap — 3,982 (28.82%)GoDaddy — 1,459 (10.56%)Porkbun LLC — 815 (5.9%)Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) — 717 (5.19%)Squarespace Domains II LLC — 675 (4.89%)Gandi SAS — 625 (4.52%)NameSilo, LLC — 540 (3.91%)Tucows — 479 (3.47%)Key-Systems — 458 (3.31%)Dynadot Inc — 422 (3.05%)Other — 3,645 (26.38%)
13.82kreported Jan 2023
Namecheap3,98228.82%
GoDaddy4 accreditations1,45910.56%
Porkbun LLC8155.9%
Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn)2 accreditations7175.19%
Squarespace Domains II LLC6754.89%
Gandi SAS6254.52%
NameSilo, LLC5403.91%
Tucows2 accreditations4793.47%
Key-Systems4583.31%
Dynadot Inc4223.05%
Other92 more3,64526.38%

Domains by month, May 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.

May 2016 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All
089,527179.05k268.58k358.11kMay 2016May 2021May 2026
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MonthDomainsChangeRegistrarsNet addsDeletes
May 2026 12,035 ▲ +35 119 254 197
Apr 2026 12,000 ▲ +138 119 315 172
Mar 2026 11,862 ▼ -39 119 227 285
Feb 2026 11,901 ▲ +54 120 198 140
Jan 2026 11,847 ▼ -17 119 188 217
Dec 2025 11,864 ▲ +48 118 171 131

Showing the latest 6 of 121 months in this range. Show all 121.

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
11,67811,72611,77411,82211,87012 Aug 262 Sep 2624 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
+250-2512 Aug 2624 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
NameCheap, Inc. 2,212
16%
▲ +64 1 52
GoDaddy.com, LLC 1,486
10.8%
▲ +33 2 20
Porkbun LLC 992
7.2%
▲ +32 3 10
Cloudflare, Inc. 752
5.4%
▲ +50 3 6
Dominet (HK) Limited 625
4.5%
0 0 10
Squarespace Domains II LLC 557
4%
▲ +9 0 8
Key-Systems, LLC 462
3.3%
▲ +3 1 8
Gandi SAS 444
3.2%
▲ +2 0 15
Tucows Domains Inc. 439
3.2%
▲ +6 2 5
NameSilo, LLC 356
2.6%
▲ +1 1 0
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. 281
2%
0 1 0
MarkMonitor Inc. 272
2%
▲ +8 0 0
OVH sas 229
1.7%
▲ +3 0 1
Dynadot Inc 201
1.5%
▲ +10 0 1
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com 183
1.3%
▲ +4 1 2
Spaceship, Inc. 165
1.2%
▲ +6 2 1
Name.com, Inc. 160
1.2%
▲ +2 1 8
IONOS SE 126
0.9%
0 0 3
Cronon GmbH 123
0.9%
0 0 0
united-domains GmbH 120
0.9%
0 0 1
eNom, LLC 110
0.8%
▲ +1 0 3
Reserved for billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar 97
0.7%
0 0 0
Network Solutions, LLC 94
0.7%
▲ +1 1 1
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE 94
0.7%
0 0 3
Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC 90
0.7%
0 0 4
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com 88
0.6%
▲ +3 0 1
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu 82
0.6%
0 0 6
1API GmbH 80
0.6%
0 0 0
InterNetX GmbH 79
0.6%
0 0 0
Automattic Inc. 65
0.5%
▲ +1 0 3
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com 61
0.4%
0 0 0
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA 52
0.4%
0 0 3
101domain GRS Limited 51
0.4%
▲ +1 0 1
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com 47
0.3%
0 0 0
Mesh Digital Limited 46
0.3%
▲ +1 0 0
DNC Holdings, Inc. 38
0.3%
0 0 0
Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd. 32
0.2%
0 0 0
West263 International Limited 32
0.2%
0 0 0
Hosting Ukraine LLC 26
0.2%
0 0 1
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com 23
0.2%
0 0 0
Scaleway SAS 22
0.2%
▲ +1 0 1
INWX GmbH 22
0.2%
0 0 2
NETIM SAS 22
0.2%
0 0 0
COREhub, S.R.L. 21
0.2%
0 0 0
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG 21
0.2%
0 0 0
10dencehispahard SLU 19
0.1%
0 0 0
GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd. 19
0.1%
0 0 1
Safenames Ltd 18
0.1%
0 0 2
EuroDNS S.A. 18
0.1%
0 0 1
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd 18
0.1%
0 0 0
Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd 17
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
Sav.com, LLC 16
0.1%
▲ +4 0 3
Marcaria International LLC 16
0.1%
0 0 3
TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown 15
0.1%
0 0 3
RegistrarSEC LLC 15
0.1%
0 0 0
Instra Corporation Pty Ltd. 14
0.1%
0 0 0
Megazone Corp., dba HOSTING.KR 14
0.1%
0 0 0
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC 14
0.1%
0 0 0
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC 13
0.1%
0 0 0
Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER 13
0.1%
0 0 0
Realtime Register B.V. 13
0.1%
0 0 0
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL 13
0.1%
0 0 0
TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd. 12
0.1%
0 0 0
Vautron Rechenzentrum AG 11
0.1%
▲ +1 0 0
Gransy, s.r.o. 11
0.1%
0 0 1
Diamatrix C.C. 11
0.1%
0 0 0
Wild West Domains, LLC 10
0.1%
0 0 1
Super Registry Ltd 9
0.1%
0 0 0
Metaregistrar BV 9
0.1%
0 1 1
http.net Internet GmbH 8
0.1%
0 0 0
Nameshield SAS 6
0%
0 0 0
CV. Rumahweb Indonesia 6
0%
▲ +1 0 0
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd. 5
0%
0 0 0
Easyspace Limited 4
0%
0 0 0
OnlineNIC, Inc. 4
0%
0 0 0
Epik LLC 4
0%
▲ +1 0 0
NameWeb BVBA 4
0%
0 0 0
Abion AB 3
0%
0 2 0
007Names, Inc. 3
0%
0 0 0
EnCirca, Inc. 3
0%
0 0 0
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc 3
0%
0 0 0
WHC Online Solutions Inc. 3
0%
0 0 0
Go France Domains, LLC 3
0%
0 0 0
Variomedia AG 3
0%
0 0 0
URL Solutions, Inc. 3
0%
0 0 0
Lexsynergy Limited 3
0%
0 0 0
Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) 3
0%
0 0 0
NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED 3
0%
0 0 0
Whois Corp. 2
0%
0 0 0
Webnames.ca Inc. 2
0%
0 0 0
Go Canada Domains, LLC 2
0%
0 0 0
OwnRegistrar, Inc. 2
0%
▲ +1 0 0
SafeBrands SAS 2
0%
0 0 0
Regtime Ltd. 2
0%
0 0 0
Register.ca Inc. 2
0%
0 0 0
Eranet International Limited 2
0%
0 0 0
Gname.com Pte. Ltd. 2
0%
▲ +2 0 0
İsimtescil Bilişim A.Ş. 2
0%
0 0 0
Sav.com, LLC - 3 2
0%
0 0 0
Global Domain Group LLC 2
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) RDAP queries Creates Deletes Renews Transfers approved Rejected
May 2026 198 755.06M 836.17k 293 196 475 20 0
Apr 2026 197 1.08B 751.97k 352 194 494 – –
Mar 2026 197 1.09B 713.72k 292 178 584 – –
Feb 2026 197 929.85M 557.10k 268,125 277 509 – –
Jan 2026 196 1.01B 590.62k 254 151 575 – –
Dec 2025 194 754.84M 616.38k 57,926 227 402 – –
Nov 2025 195 934.28M 561.97k 220 128 409 – –
Oct 2025 193 914.82M 562.53k 187 186 437 – –
Sep 2025 193 897.76M 526.24k 181 137 377 – –
Aug 2025 193 988.72M 480.23k 166 138 354 – –
Jul 2025 193 993.09M 408.92k 1,029 142 498 – –
Jun 2025 192 941.71M 404.98k 29,252 156 374 – –
May 2025 193 970.16M 408.83k 1,265 185 442 – –
Apr 2025 192 921.68M 395.46k 2,876 154 501 – –
Mar 2025 192 996.34M 385.81k 146 124 519 – –
Feb 2025 191 871.63M 313.04k 53,079 171 532 – –
Jan 2025 192 905.69M 322.45k 11,888 162 532 – –
Dec 2024 192 939.32M 355.35k 241 151 379 – –
Nov 2024 191 861.95M 333.27k 176 148 376 – –
Oct 2024 191 889.64M 225.00k 203 181 352 – –
Sep 2024 191 873.49M 78.27k 118 232 386 – –
Aug 2024 191 847.71M 51.84k 1,220 201 383 – –
Jul 2024 189 884.67M 68.47k 167,390 168 485 – –
Jun 2024 189 856.96M 70.95k 98 191 393 – –
May 2024 189 947.45M 59.42k 3,951 328 454 – –
Apr 2024 190 1.04B 81.45k 277,255 168 504 – –
Mar 2024 190 944.07M 27.72k 93 146 526 – –
Feb 2024 189 905.63M 16.90k 116 139 514 – –
Jan 2024 189 952.48M 21.31k 189 168 524 – –
Dec 2023 189 947.89M 21.51k 160 244 392 – –
Nov 2023 189 864.81M 18.67k 155 129 413 – –
Oct 2023 190 946.18M 0 15,934 156 366 – –
Sep 2023 190 883.84M 0 1,186 488 324 – –
Aug 2023 190 892.38M 0 1,121 299 401 – –
Jul 2023 190 910.87M 0 234 359 444 – –
Jun 2023 189 887.74M 0 167 655 397 – –
May 2023 189 886.97M 0 304 249 490 – –
Apr 2023 189 970.55M 0 7,945 296 509 – –
Mar 2023 189 1.03B 0 354 274 518 – –
Feb 2023 189 923.17M 0 175 241 455 – –
Jan 2023 179 1.17B 0 199 274 451 – –
Dec 2022 179 976.89M 0 134 295 378 – –
Nov 2022 179 932.40M 0 170 210 385 – –
Oct 2022 179 903.08M 0 176 381 338 – –
Sep 2022 179 428.91M 0 156 290 375 – –
Aug 2022 179 447.59M 0 167 315 391 – –
Jul 2022 179 485.92M 0 179 302 430 – –
Jun 2022 179 500.35M 0 148 303 402 – –
May 2022 179 494.39M 0 586 279 394 – –
Apr 2022 179 465.67M 0 226 248 433 – –
Mar 2022 179 465.67M 0 171 237 444 – –
Feb 2022 179 434.02M 0 185 257 410 – –
Jan 2022 179 368.53M 0 203 205 425 – –
Dec 2021 177 392.06M 0 201 153 325 – –
Nov 2021 177 577.13M 0 231 162 333 – –
Oct 2021 177 726.45M 0 176 221 273 – –
Sep 2021 176 704.08M 0 5,552 161 264 – –
Aug 2021 175 714.87M 0 162 167 289 – –
Jul 2021 175 718.50M 0 186 207 290 – –
Jun 2021 177 752.07M 0 238 194 585 – –
May 2021 118 769.58M 0 243 175 392 – –
Apr 2021 119 807.73M 0 290 183 504 – –
Mar 2021 119 817.97M 0 297 153 488 – –
Feb 2021 118 677.29M 0 243 139 408 – –
Jan 2021 118 769.81M 0 403 152 362 – –
Dec 2020 118 724.68M 0 238 119 490 – –
Nov 2020 118 685.49M 0 224 110 286 – –
Oct 2020 118 741.70M 0 242 111 1,360 – –
Sep 2020 118 674.43M 0 225 165 247 – –
Aug 2020 116 721.48M 0 316 204 295 – –
Jul 2020 114 715.60M 0 243 467 263 – –
Jun 2020 112 667.36M 0 205 255 269 – –
May 2020 111 691.87M 0 231 319 549 – –
Apr 2020 111 666.33M 0 229 257 384 – –
Mar 2020 111 698.14M 0 279 235 419 – –
Feb 2020 111 705.33M 0 220 163 385 – –
Jan 2020 110 818.30M 0 215 218 414 – –
Dec 2019 110 805.95M 0 245 148 337 – –
Nov 2019 109 746.39M 0 219 149 301 – –
Oct 2019 109 816.25M 0 227 223 323 – –
Sep 2019 109 745.67M 0 205 8,078 299 – –
Aug 2019 108 789.28M 0 220 7,436 281 – –
Jul 2019 108 913.12M 0 251 7,498 286 – –
Jun 2019 108 1.37B 0 284 7,116 484 – –
May 2019 108 1.56B 0 305 12,087 1,080 – –
Apr 2019 108 1.46B 0 212 10,810 383 – –
Mar 2019 108 1.14B 0 200 5,680 683 – –
Feb 2019 107 938.20M 0 109 8,580 434 – –
Jan 2019 108 1.01B 0 114 5,712 384 – –
Dec 2018 108 901.58M 0 149 4,206 331 – –
Nov 2018 108 1.04B 0 120 2,215 314 – –
Oct 2018 108 984.31M 0 97 1,841 240 – –
Sep 2018 108 885.90M 0 149 3,585 186 – –
Aug 2018 108 864.92M 0 6,219 5,319 316 – –
Jul 2018 108 41 0 7,393 2,325 303 – –
Jun 2018 108 1.22B 0 7,901 1,598 347 – –
May 2018 108 1.54B 0 7,721 1,826 415 – –
Apr 2018 107 1.23B 0 11,218 2,877 494 – –
Mar 2018 107 1.11B 0 11,287 2,566 934 – –
Feb 2018 106 767.68M 0 5,741 1,431 482 – –

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.