We discovered 245,909 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 220,636 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 445 gTLDs. This is 18.0% lower than yesterday’s May 16, 2026 total of 269,024.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.8 avg length | 65.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (94.1%) | 2-5 years (5.6%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (19.1%) | Vercel (0.8%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (1.2%) | Squarespace (1.6%) | Afternic (0.8%) | Sedo (0.2%) | Atom.com (0.1%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (116,012), .top (31,494), .net (7,628).
- .com: 116,012
- .top: 31,494
- .net: 7,628
- .org: 7,025
- .online: 6,274
- .xyz: 4,585
- .app: 3,823
- .site: 3,590
- .store: 3,158
- .vip: 2,919
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 116,012 domains
We discovered 116,012 .com domains in today’s report, a 18.0% decrease from yesterday’s 141,499. Of these, 108,777 were registered on May 16, 2026, 995 on May 15, 2026.
- Godaddy: 21,094 (18.2%)
- Namecheap: 12,301 (10.6%)
- Cloudflare: 6,919 (6.0%)
- Hostinger: 6,872 (5.9%)
- Namesrs: 6,871 (5.9%)
- Squarespace: 6,229 (5.4%)
- Namebright: 4,590 (4.0%)
- Spaceship: 4,018 (3.5%)
- Tucows: 3,415 (2.9%)
- Name: 2,420 (2.1%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.3 avg length | 75.9% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (90.9%) | 2-5 years (8.7%) | >5 years (0.4%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (17.6%) | Vercel (0.8%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (1.9%) | Squarespace (2.6%) | Afternic (1.3%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: phlogistra-vandromer-moli-zulqiforix-glubandri-xyntroval.com (56 chars)
- Shortest SLD: s-ix.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: defcob.com
- Listed for sale: minbyggare.com
.top, 31,494 domains
We discovered 31,494 .top domains in today’s report, a 175.6% increase from yesterday’s 11,428. Of these, 31,415 were registered on May 16, 2026, 35 on May 15, 2026.
- namemart pte. ltd.: 10,150 (32.2%)
- Godaddy: 9,894 (31.4%)
- Spaceship: 4,370 (13.9%)
- Dynadot: 2,010 (6.4%)
- Namesilo: 1,346 (4.3%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 6.3 avg length | 10.5% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.7%) | 2-5 years (0.2%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (9.1%)
Burst signal: 175.6% day-over-day increase. With 9.1% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 10.5% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: ngsbahiisgiiriisimguncel-2026guncell.top (36 chars)
- Shortest SLD: h1i.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: ftubny.top
.net, 7,628 domains
We discovered 7,628 .net domains in today’s report, a 16.4% decrease from yesterday’s 9,123. Of these, 3 were registered on May 16, 2026, 7,561 on May 15, 2026.
- Godaddy: 1,281 (17.1%)
- Namecheap: 920 (12.3%)
- Cloudflare: 566 (7.6%)
- Squarespace: 498 (6.7%)
- Namebright: 465 (6.2%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.0 avg length | 74.7% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (90.4%) | 2-5 years (8.9%) | >5 years (0.8%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (23.2%) | Vercel (0.2%) | WordPress.com (0.1%) | Wix (3.4%) | Squarespace (2.5%) | Afternic (0.3%)
Anomaly signal: Only 3 domains registered on May 16, 2026 appears in today’s sample, compared with 7,561 from May 15, 2026. This indicates a delay in zone file updates from the registry, not an actual drop in registrations.
Examples
- Longest SLD: texansforresponsibleinfrastructureinvestment.net (44 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 6m2.net (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: goodthanks.net
- Listed for sale: aihereum.net
.org, 7,025 domains
We discovered 7,025 .org domains in today’s report, a 27.9% decrease from yesterday’s 9,740. Of these, 6,970 were registered on May 16, 2026, 1 on May 15, 2026.
- Namecheap: 1,343 (19.1%)
- Godaddy: 973 (13.9%)
- Cloudflare: 564 (8.0%)
- Ionos: 557 (7.9%)
- Squarespace: 518 (7.4%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.0 avg length | 79.0% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (93.9%) | 2-5 years (5.8%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (21.9%) | Vercel (0.6%) | WordPress.com (1.0%) | Wix (1.7%) | Afternic (0.9%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: bornagaincreationsfruitfulandmultiplied.org (39 chars)
- Shortest SLD: nb0.org (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: bolaslit.org
- Listed for sale: nastas.org
.online, 6,274 domains
We discovered 6,274 .online domains in today’s report, a 17.6% decrease from yesterday’s 7,612. Of these, 6,111 were registered on May 16, 2026, 11 on May 15, 2026.
- Namecheap: 1,371 (21.9%)
- Hostinger: 1,072 (17.1%)
- Godaddy: 470 (7.5%)
- Reg: 445 (7.1%)
- Key-systems: 412 (6.6%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.3 avg length | 76.7% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.0%) | 2-5 years (1.9%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (23.8%) | Vercel (0.7%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (0.5%) | Squarespace (0.1%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: best-online-schools-for-human-resources-management.online (50 chars)
- Shortest SLD: vx7.online (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: jejakgames.online
- Listed for sale: coterie.online
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 17, 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.