.shell

50 domains as of 19 Sep 2026

Domains
50
19 Sep 2026
30-day change
▼ -5
-9.09%
Signed in root
✔ Yes
DS record present
Type
Brand
ASCII
Registrar figures are for January 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
Shell Information Technology International Inc
Technical backend
Nominet via rdap host
Delegated
15 Dec 2015
Nameservers
dns1.nic.shell, dns2.nic.shell, dns3.nic.shell, dns4.nic.shell, dnsa.nic.shell, dnsb.nic.shell, dnsc.nic.shell, dnsd.nic.shell
RDAP
https://rdap.nominet.uk/shell
Zone data
CZDS access approved — counted daily

Registrar share

individual · combined

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Related accreditations combined into corporate families. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

Month Jan 2026 latest
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE — 54 (96.43%)Reserved for ICANN's Registry SLA Monitoring System transactions reporting — 1 (1.79%)Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar — 1 (1.79%)
56reported Jan 2026
Share of .shell by registrar
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE5496.43%
Reserved for ICANN's Registry SLA Monitoring System transactions reporting11.79%
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar11.79%

Domains by month, Dec 2015 – 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.

Dec 2015 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All
015314661Dec 2015Feb 2021May 2026
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MonthDomainsChangeRegistrarsNet addsDeletes
May 2026 56 0 3 0 0
Apr 2026 56 0 3 0 0
Mar 2026 56 0 3 0 0
Feb 2026 56 0 3 0 0
Jan 2026 56 0 3 0 0
Dec 2025 56 0 3 0 0
Nov 2025 56 0 3 0 0
Oct 2025 56 0 3 0 0
Sep 2025 56 ▼ -1 3 0 1
Aug 2025 57 0 3 0 0
Jul 2025 57 0 3 0 0
Jun 2025 57 0 3 1 0
May 2025 57 ▲ +1 3 0 0
Apr 2025 56 ▲ +1 3 1 0
Mar 2025 55 0 3 0 0
Feb 2025 55 ▼ -1 3 0 1
Jan 2025 56 ▲ +1 3 1 0
Dec 2024 55 0 3 0 0
Nov 2024 55 ▲ +1 3 1 0
Oct 2024 54 ▲ +1 3 3 0
Sep 2024 53 0 3 0 0
Aug 2024 53 ▲ +3 3 3 0
Jul 2024 50 ▲ +1 3 1 0
Jun 2024 49 0 3 0 0
May 2024 49 ▼ -1 3 0 1
Apr 2024 50 0 3 0 0
Mar 2024 50 0 3 0 0
Feb 2024 50 0 3 0 0
Jan 2024 50 0 3 0 0
Dec 2023 50 0 3 0 0
Nov 2023 50 ▼ -1 3 0 1
Oct 2023 51 ▲ +1 3 2 1
Sep 2023 50 0 3 0 0
Aug 2023 50 ▲ +9 3 9 0
Jul 2023 41 ▲ +1 3 3 0
Jun 2023 40 ▲ +2 3 0 0
May 2023 38 0 3 0 0
Apr 2023 38 ▲ +1 3 1 0
Mar 2023 37 0 3 0 0
Feb 2023 37 0 3 0 0
Jan 2023 37 ▲ +1 3 1 0
Dec 2022 36 0 3 0 0
Nov 2022 36 0 3 0 0
Oct 2022 36 0 3 0 0
Sep 2022 36 0 3 1 0
Aug 2022 36 ▲ +1 3 0 0
Jul 2022 35 ▲ +1 3 1 0
Jun 2022 34 0 3 0 0
May 2022 34 0 3 0 0
Apr 2022 34 0 3 1 0
Mar 2022 34 ▲ +2 3 1 0
Feb 2022 32 0 3 0 0
Jan 2022 32 0 3 0 0
Dec 2021 32 0 3 0 0
Nov 2021 32 0 3 0 0
Oct 2021 32 0 3 0 0
Sep 2021 32 0 3 0 0
Aug 2021 32 0 3 0 0
Jul 2021 32 0 3 0 0
Jun 2021 32 0 3 0 0
May 2021 32 ▲ +1 3 1 0
Apr 2021 31 0 3 0 0
Mar 2021 31 0 3 0 0
Feb 2021 31 0 3 0 0
Jan 2021 31 0 3 0 0
Dec 2020 31 0 3 0 0
Nov 2020 31 ▲ +1 3 1 0
Oct 2020 30 0 3 0 0
Sep 2020 30 0 3 0 0
Aug 2020 30 ▲ +2 3 2 0
Jul 2020 28 0 3 0 0
Jun 2020 28 0 3 0 0
May 2020 28 ▲ +1 3 1 0
Apr 2020 27 ▲ +3 3 3 0
Mar 2020 24 0 3 0 0
Feb 2020 24 ▲ +1 3 2 0
Jan 2020 23 ▲ +1 3 0 0
Dec 2019 22 0 3 0 0
Nov 2019 22 0 3 1 1
Oct 2019 22 0 3 0 0
Sep 2019 22 0 3 0 0
Aug 2019 22 0 3 0 0
Jul 2019 22 ▲ +1 3 1 0
Jun 2019 21 0 3 0 0
May 2019 21 0 3 0 0
Apr 2019 21 0 3 0 0
Mar 2019 21 ▲ +1 3 2 0
Feb 2019 20 ▲ +1 3 0 0
Jan 2019 19 ▲ +1 3 1 0
Dec 2018 18 0 3 0 0
Nov 2018 18 0 3 0 0
Oct 2018 18 ▲ +5 3 5 0
Sep 2018 13 ▲ +2 3 2 0
Aug 2018 11 ▲ +1 3 1 0
Jul 2018 10 0 3 0 0
Jun 2018 10 ▲ +2 3 2 1
May 2018 8 0 3 0 0
Apr 2018 8 0 3 1 0
Mar 2018 8 ▲ +1 3 0 0
Feb 2018 7 0 3 0 0
Jan 2018 7 0 3 0 0
Dec 2017 7 0 3 0 0
Nov 2017 7 ▲ +2 3 0 0
Oct 2017 5 ▼ -6 2 0 0
Sep 2017 11 0 3 0 0
Aug 2017 11 0 3 1 0
Jul 2017 11 ▲ +2 3 1 0
Jun 2017 9 0 2 0 0
May 2017 9 ▲ +4 2 4 0
Apr 2017 5 0 2 0 0
Mar 2017 5 0 2 0 0
Feb 2017 5 0 2 0 0
Jan 2017 5 0 2 0 0
Dec 2016 5 0 2 0 0
Nov 2016 5 0 2 0 0
Oct 2016 5 0 2 0 0
Sep 2016 5 0 2 0 0
Aug 2016 5 0 2 0 0
Jul 2016 5 0 2 0 0
Jun 2016 5 0 2 0 0
May 2016 5 0 2 0 0
Apr 2016 5 ▲ +2 2 2 0
Mar 2016 3 ▲ +2 2 2 0
Feb 2016 1 0 1 0 0
Jan 2016 1 0 1 0 0
Dec 2015 1 1 0 0

Showing all 126 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
505153545512 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
+50-512 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.

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 1 56.97M 0 0 0 0
Dec 2017 1 58.95M 0 0 0 0
Nov 2017 1 54.28M 0 0 0 0
Oct 2017 1 84.15M 0 0 0 2
Sep 2017 1 53.33M 0 0 0 0
Aug 2017 1 59.76M 0 0 5 0
Jul 2017 1 57.13M 0 1 0 0
Jun 2017 1 58.29M 0 0 0 0
May 2017 1 60.00M 0 4 0 0
Apr 2017 1 78.84M 0 0 0 0
Mar 2017 1 91.24M 0 0 0 2
Feb 2017 1 84.15M 0 0 0 2
Jan 2017 1 97.16M 0 0 0 0
Dec 2016 1 147.20M 0 0 0 0
Nov 2016 1 139.45M 0 0 0 0
Oct 2016 1 129.79M 0 0 0 0
Sep 2016 1 126.62M 0 0 0 0
Aug 2016 1 146.76M 0 0 0 0
Jul 2016 1 121.14M 0 0 0 0
Jun 2016 1 101.69M 0 0 0 0
May 2016 1 100.37M 0 0 0 0
Apr 2016 1 95.03M 0 2 0 0
Mar 2016 1 117.81M 0 3 0 0
Feb 2016 1 120.50M 0 0 0 0
Jan 2016 0 123.41M 0 0 0 0
Dec 2015 0 121.31M 0 0 0 0

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.