On December 18, 2025, ABTdomain recorded significant domain registration activity across various TLDs (Top-Level Domains). This report analyzes the distribution of newly registered domains by TLD and examines the market share of domain registrars for the top 5 TLDs.
1. Newly Registered Domains: Global Distribution Analysis
On December 18, 2025, ABTdomain analyzed 1 TLDs and found 371 TLDs with newly registered domains, recording a total of 240,469 newly registered domains. Most of these domains were registered on December 16, 17, and 18, 2025. The distribution of these newly registered domains spans a variety of TLDs, with .com domains dominating the registrations by a large margin.
- .com: 123,323 registrations (51.3%)
- .xyz: 12,420 registrations (5.2%)
- .info: 10,706 registrations (4.5%)
- .org: 8,473 registrations (3.5%)
- .online: 8,382 registrations (3.5%)
- .top: 8,106 registrations (3.4%)
- .net: 6,911 registrations (2.9%)
- .lol: 6,317 registrations (2.6%)
- .site: 5,463 registrations (2.3%)
- .store: 4,813 registrations (2.0%)
The .com TLD overwhelmingly leads the market with over half of the total new registrations. The next four TLDs—.xyz, .info, .org, and .online—also show notable registration volumes, collectively comprising nearly 17% of the total new domain registrations. The remaining TLDs account for approximately 18.9% of the new registrations.
2. Top 5 TLDs by Volume of Newly Registered Domains
a) .com Newly Registered Domains
On December 18, 2025, ABTdomain recorded 123,323 newly registered .com domains. These registrations represent the majority share of total new domain registrations.
- GoDaddy: 22,902 registrations (18.6%)
- Namecheap: 11,753 registrations (9.5%)
- Openprovider: 6,639 registrations (5.4%)
- Squarespace: 5,925 registrations (4.8%)
- Metaregistrar: 5,001 registrations (4.1%)
The distribution of .com domain registrations shows GoDaddy as the leading registrar with nearly one-fifth of total .com registrations. Namecheap holds the second position with 9.5%, while other registrars such as Openprovider, Squarespace, and Metaregistrar contribute smaller but significant shares.
b) .xyz Newly Registered Domains
On December 18, 2025, a total of 12,420 .xyz domains were newly registered. This TLD ranks second in overall registration volume among all TLDs.
- Spaceship: 8,139 registrations (65.5%)
- Namecheap: 863 registrations (6.9%)
- GoDaddy: 777 registrations (6.3%)
- Namesilo: 437 registrations (3.5%)
- Alibaba Cloud: 427 registrations (3.4%)
The .xyz domain registrations are heavily concentrated with Spaceship controlling a dominant 65.5% market share, while other registrars such as Namecheap, GoDaddy, Namesilo, and Alibaba Cloud hold much smaller portions of the registrations.
c) .info Newly Registered Domains
On December 18, 2025, ABTdomain recorded 10,706 newly registered .info domains, making it the third most popular TLD by registration volume.
- Namecheap: 3,288 registrations (30.7%)
- Porkbun: 1,446 registrations (13.5%)
- Spaceship: 1,267 registrations (11.8%)
- Ionos: 782 registrations (7.3%)
- Dynadot: 710 registrations (6.6%)
Namecheap leads the .info registrar market with nearly one-third of new registrations, followed by Porkbun and Spaceship. Ionos and Dynadot also have notable market shares within this TLD.
d) .online Newly Registered Domains
A total of 8,382 newly registered .online domains were recorded by ABTdomain on December 18, 2025.
- Namecheap: 1,635 registrations (19.5%)
- Hostinger: 970 registrations (11.6%)
- GoDaddy: 936 registrations (11.2%)
- web commerce communications ltd: 823 registrations (9.8%)
- GMO Internet: 662 registrations (7.9%)
Namecheap holds the largest share of newly registered .online domains, followed by Hostinger and GoDaddy. Other registrars such as web commerce communications ltd and GMO Internet also contribute meaningful portions of the registrations.
e) .org Newly Registered Domains
ABTdomain recorded 8,473 newly registered .org domains on December 18, 2025, rounding out the top five TLDs by registration volume.
- Namecheap: 1,377 registrations (16.3%)
- GoDaddy: 1,326 registrations (15.6%)
- Spaceship: 732 registrations (8.6%)
- Squarespace: 541 registrations (6.4%)
- Ionos: 510 registrations (6.0%)
The .org registrar market is more evenly distributed, with Namecheap and GoDaddy capturing almost a third of registrations combined. Spaceship, Squarespace, and Ionos hold smaller but significant shares.
3. Key Takeaways
- The newly registered domains on December 18, 2025, were dominated by the .com TLD, which accounted for over half (51.3%) of the total domain registrations.
- The next four popular TLDs by volume were .xyz, .info, .org, and .online, together comprising approximately 17% of the total new registrations.
- Among .com registrations, GoDaddy leads with 18.6% share, followed by Namecheap at 9.5%, indicating a competitive registrar landscape.
- The .xyz TLD shows a highly concentrated registrar market with Spaceship holding 65.5% of registrations, whereas other TLDs like .info, .online, and .org have a more distributed registrar landscape.
- Namecheap consistently appears as a top registrar across all top 5 TLDs, highlighting its strong market presence in new domain registrations.
*This analysis highlights the evolving domain registration landscape and the ongoing competition among registrars. For more details or to download our newly registered domains database, please visit ABTdomain Members.
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