Aged Domains Entering Auction, May 19, 2026
On May 19, 2026, ABTdomain recorded 4303 aged domains (10+ years) entering the auction stage, one of three exit paths in the domain lifecycle after expiration.
Read the reportEvery day, ABTdomain processes the global TLD system across 1,107 top level domains, observing 246.1M active names and the daily flow of registrations, expirations, and state changes. Structured into open data you can work with.
First open signal. What names appeared, when, under which TLD, and on what nameserver. The top of the funnel for every other stage.
Resolvable and reachable on the public internet. The stable inventory against which churn, growth, and market share are measured.
Three exit paths tracked separately: pending delete, auction, and redemption period. Age distribution and re-registration rates.
Released back into the public pool. The end of one lifecycle and the start of the next. Search and acquire dropped names on DomainKits.
Five stages across five top gTLDs plus an aggregate. Every cell is a single day's count. Newly Reg. counts newly discovered active domains whose registration date falls within the past 30 days.
| TLD | Newly Reg. | New Active | Active | Non Active | Pending Delete |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All TLDs | 220,617 | 245,909 | 246,060,793 | 222,961 | 192,227 |
| .COM | 116,004 | 126,253 | 162,547,269 | 110,475 | 117,425 |
| .NET | 7,625 | 8,324 | 12,218,165 | 8,148 | 7,446 |
| .ORG | 7,021 | 7,560 | 11,860,428 | 7,028 | 628 |
| .INFO | 2,516 | 2,602 | 5,272,460 | 5,865 | 165 |
| .XYZ | 4,584 | 4,665 | 7,877,221 | 13,921 | 13,561 |
On May 19, 2026, ABTdomain recorded 4303 aged domains (10+ years) entering the auction stage, one of three exit paths in the domain lifecycle after expiration.
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Threat detection with visual matching and evidence ready reports. Full lookalike & typosquat surveillance across every TLD we observe, including ccTLDs we do not publicly republish.
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