We discovered 324,221 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 308,475 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 487 gTLDs. This is 7.7% lower than yesterday’s May 26, 2026 total of 334,262.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.9 avg length | 65.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (94.7%) | 2-5 years (5.1%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (20.2%) | Vercel (0.7%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (1.2%) | Squarespace (1.6%) | Afternic (3.2%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (142,724), .top (36,887), .xyz (12,863).
- .com: 142,724
- .top: 36,887
- .xyz: 12,863
- .org: 10,275
- .online: 8,677
- .net: 8,330
- .info: 5,816
- .site: 5,005
- .cyou: 4,289
- .store: 4,045
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 142,724 domains
We discovered 142,724 .com domains in today’s report, a 12.0% decrease from yesterday’s 162,191. Of these, 128,492 were registered on May 26, 2026, 1,178 on May 25, 2026.
- Godaddy: 26,968 (18.9%)
- Namecheap: 16,649 (11.7%)
- Squarespace: 8,443 (5.9%)
- Cloudflare: 7,968 (5.6%)
- Hostinger: 7,695 (5.4%)
- Metaregistrar: 5,448 (3.8%)
- Namebright: 4,647 (3.3%)
- Tucows: 4,305 (3.0%)
- Spaceship: 3,849 (2.7%)
- Julyname: 3,847 (2.7%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.5 avg length | 75.7% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (90.7%) | 2-5 years (9.0%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (18.4%) | Vercel (0.8%) | WordPress.com (0.4%) | Wix (2.1%) | Squarespace (2.9%) | Afternic (1.0%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.4%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanton.com (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: n720.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: saplayzone.com
- Listed for sale: radioxai.com
.top, 36,887 domains
We discovered 36,887 .top domains in today’s report, a 22.0% increase from yesterday’s 30,246. Of these, 36,678 were registered on May 26, 2026, 83 on May 25, 2026.
- Godaddy: 22,116 (60.0%)
- Spaceship: 4,842 (13.1%)
- Dynadot: 2,090 (5.7%)
- Namesilo: 1,670 (4.5%)
- West.cn: 1,138 (3.1%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 6.1 avg length | 13.9% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.7%) | 2-5 years (0.2%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (8.6%)
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 13.9% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: masterskaya-richarda-khammonda-vse-serii.top (40 chars)
- Shortest SLD: k06.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: hugqqdtig.top
- Listed for sale: newcairo.top
.xyz, 12,863 domains
We discovered 12,863 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 146.8% increase from yesterday’s 5,211. Of these, 12,747 were registered on May 26, 2026, 86 on May 25, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 8,070 (62.7%)
- Dynadot: 933 (7.3%)
- Namecheap: 918 (7.1%)
- Godaddy: 628 (4.9%)
- Spaceship: 331 (2.6%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.8 avg length | 82.1% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.9%) | 2-5 years (0.7%) | >5 years (0.4%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (15.1%) | Vercel (0.5%) | Afternic (62.8%)
Burst signal: 146.8% day-over-day increase. With 62.8% listed for sale, more of these domains appear directed toward resale than end-user use.
TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 82.1% combined with 62.8% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: xn--c-127a51f7d779a4yex9hnwjk67btrd184fhll.xyz (42 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 66c.xyz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: webwisp.xyz
- Listed for sale: drawingapp.xyz
.org, 10,275 domains
We discovered 10,275 .org domains in today’s report, a 5.2% increase from yesterday’s 9,768. Of these, 10,177 were registered on May 26, 2026, 28 on May 25, 2026.
- Dynadot: 1,825 (17.8%)
- Namecheap: 1,761 (17.1%)
- Godaddy: 1,309 (12.7%)
- Cloudflare: 788 (7.7%)
- Squarespace: 683 (6.6%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.1 avg length | 75.1% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.0%) | 2-5 years (7.5%) | >5 years (0.5%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (23.3%) | Vercel (0.6%) | WordPress.com (0.8%) | Wix (1.7%) | Squarespace (3.1%) | Afternic (0.4%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: thecatlinandcarolynwilliamsfaithandservicefoundation.org (52 chars)
- Shortest SLD: p08.org (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: cherryjams.org
- Listed for sale: onerent.org
.online, 8,677 domains
We discovered 8,677 .online domains in today’s report, a 7.3% increase from yesterday’s 8,087. Of these, 8,308 were registered on May 26, 2026, 6 on May 25, 2026.
- Namecheap: 1,645 (19.0%)
- Hostinger: 1,432 (16.5%)
- Godaddy: 844 (9.7%)
- Reg: 844 (9.7%)
- Key-systems: 395 (4.6%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.7 avg length | 79.4% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.1%) | 2-5 years (1.8%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (19.8%) | Vercel (0.7%) | WordPress.com (0.9%) | Wix (0.5%) | Afternic (0.1%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: osirisrihh33vlxagzaeajyfza2w5dzvm4zvt5ztxiy6s2w5u3yvddqd.online (56 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 89l.online (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: vchanelmw.online
- Listed for sale: guarded.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 27, 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.