We discovered 356,010 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 327,966 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 491 gTLDs. This is 74.4% higher than yesterday’s May 11, 2026 total of 188,103.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.6 avg length | 65.8% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (95.0%) | 2-5 years (4.7%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (21.1%) | Vercel (0.6%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (1.1%) | Squarespace (1.3%) | Afternic (4.2%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (152,058), .top (26,105), .cfd (23,458).
- .com: 152,058
- .top: 26,105
- .cfd: 23,458
- .xyz: 23,030
- .org: 10,150
- .online: 8,142
- .info: 8,043
- .site: 5,355
- .net: 5,278
- .vip: 4,852
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 152,058 domains
We discovered 152,058 .com domains in today’s report, a 50.8% increase from yesterday’s 100,805. Of these, 149,641 were registered on May 11, 2026, 1,339 on May 10, 2026.
- Godaddy: 24,548 (16.1%)
- Namecheap: 17,186 (11.3%)
- Hostinger: 8,527 (5.6%)
- Namesrs: 8,519 (5.6%)
- Squarespace: 8,495 (5.6%)
- Cloudflare: 8,230 (5.4%)
- Spaceship: 5,935 (3.9%)
- Tucows: 4,925 (3.2%)
- Namebright: 4,764 (3.1%)
- Realtimeregister: 4,587 (3.0%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.5 avg length | 75.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.1%) | 2-5 years (8.5%) | >5 years (0.4%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (21.2%) | Vercel (0.7%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.0%) | Squarespace (2.7%) | Afternic (0.8%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.4%)
Burst signal: 50.8% day-over-day increase. With 21.2% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Examples
- Longest SLD: google-site-verificationusy-sw1hqmglh7y9axzjpcfwpcwhdxba6al.com (59 chars)
- Shortest SLD: m9t.com (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: qzjzv.com
- Listed for sale: pulsechase.com
.top, 26,105 domains
We discovered 26,105 .top domains in today’s report, a 147.0% increase from yesterday’s 10,569. Of these, 25,809 were registered on May 11, 2026, 122 on May 10, 2026.
- namemart pte. ltd.: 10,475 (40.1%)
- West.cn: 4,655 (17.8%)
- Spaceship: 2,471 (9.5%)
- Namesilo: 2,113 (8.1%)
- Godaddy: 1,768 (6.8%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 6.7 avg length | 20.6% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.5%) | 2-5 years (0.3%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (8.7%)
Burst signal: 147.0% day-over-day increase. With 8.7% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 20.6% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: df3oi43htkjdnfvb9823jikqoldszxkjvwiou4ryt9823jashdhufddg23.top (58 chars)
- Shortest SLD: a-0.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: chilltime.top
.cfd, 23,458 domains
We discovered 23,458 .cfd domains in today’s report, a 1606.0% increase from yesterday’s 1,375. Of these, 23,447 were registered on May 11, 2026, 0 on May 10, 2026.
- Spaceship: 19,053 (81.2%)
- GMO Internet: 2,501 (10.7%)
- namemart pte. ltd.: 649 (2.8%)
- Dynadot: 379 (1.6%)
- Namecheap: 287 (1.2%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 17.0 avg length | 20.4% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (100.0%) | 2-5 years (0.0%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (4.7%)
Burst signal: 1606.0% day-over-day increase. With 4.7% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Registrar concentration signal: Spaceship accounts for 81.2% of today’s registrations, with no domains observed on Afternic, Sedo, or Atom.com. Worth continued monitoring.
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 20.4% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Short-term usage pattern: All domains are registered for exactly one year, with no resale-platform presence, indicating short-term usage intent. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: hzfmvejpkbi77iww5rwv3lzotw1okog.cfd (31 chars)
- Shortest SLD: e23h.cfd (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: vlinyev.cfd
.xyz, 23,030 domains
We discovered 23,030 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 197.4% increase from yesterday’s 7,745. Of these, 22,843 were registered on May 11, 2026, 30 on May 10, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 13,305 (57.8%)
- Godaddy: 3,441 (14.9%)
- Namecheap: 1,231 (5.3%)
- Dynadot: 1,194 (5.2%)
- Spaceship: 926 (4.0%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.1 avg length | 68.0% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.4%) | 2-5 years (0.3%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (11.9%) | Vercel (0.5%) | Afternic (53.5%)
Burst signal: 197.4% day-over-day increase. With 53.5% listed for sale, more of these domains appear directed toward resale than end-user use.
Examples
- Longest SLD: canna272i7uai6h5ctkrrfttwv2naulak37gctk22t6erohxegtu46yd.xyz (56 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 011.xyz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: kaerus.xyz
- Listed for sale: lagfaucet.xyz
.org, 10,150 domains
We discovered 10,150 .org domains in today’s report, a 65.8% increase from yesterday’s 6,121. Of these, 10,067 were registered on May 11, 2026, 4 on May 10, 2026.
- Namecheap: 1,676 (16.5%)
- Godaddy: 1,246 (12.3%)
- Dynadot: 1,044 (10.3%)
- Spaceship: 819 (8.1%)
- Ionos: 813 (8.0%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.6 avg length | 82.0% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.5%) | 2-5 years (7.1%) | >5 years (0.4%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (23.5%) | Vercel (0.6%) | WordPress.com (0.6%) | Wix (1.6%) | Afternic (0.4%) | Sedo (0.1%)
Burst signal: 65.8% day-over-day increase. With 23.5% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Examples
- Longest SLD: voice-of-the-land-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander.org (55 chars)
- Shortest SLD: lk3.org (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: homeovi.org
- Listed for sale: clearstory.org
Continue exploring the lifecycle
- Browse historical Newly Registered Domains reports across all gTLDs: NRDS Intelligence Reports.
- Daily Active Domain Names Intelligence with active domain counts across TLDs. See the latest Active Domain Names Intelligence, May 12, 2026.
- Daily Top gTLD Rankings by active domain count: Top gTLDs.
- Search newly registered domains by keyword with DomainKits NRDs Search.
- Download daily Newly Registered Domains lists: DomainKits NRDs Database.
About this data: This report covers domains we discovered in zone files today and verified via WHOIS as registered within the past 30 days. Some TLDs are not available for our WHOIS verification, so their domains appear in our discovery pool but not in this report. For exact same-day registration counts, see DomainKits Trends or ABTdomain Daily JSON.