NRDS · July 16, 2026

Daily Newly Registered Domains Intelligence: 298,159 Discovered Across 492 gTLDs on Jul 16, 2026

We discovered 316,077 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 298,159 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 492 gTLDs. This is 27.6% lower than yesterday’s Jul 15, 2026 total of 411,768.

Overall Usage Signals

Usage Signals

TLD Distribution

The top three TLDs today are .com (153,029), .xyz (19,743), .top (11,326).

Top gTLDs by newly registered domains volume on Jul 16, 2026

Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution

.com, 153,029 domains

We discovered 153,029 .com domains in today’s report, a 1.3% increase from yesterday’s 151,116. Of these, 142,643 were registered on Jul 15, 2026, 524 on Jul 14, 2026.

Top 10 registrars for .com newly registered domains on Jul 16, 2026

Usage Signals

Examples

.xyz, 19,743 domains

We discovered 19,743 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 25.9% decrease from yesterday’s 26,631. Of these, 19,639 were registered on Jul 15, 2026, 44 on Jul 14, 2026.

Top 5 registrars for .xyz newly registered domains on Jul 16, 2026

Usage Signals

TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 81.6% combined with 68.3% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.

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.top, 11,326 domains

We discovered 11,326 .top domains in today’s report, a 3.3% increase from yesterday’s 10,962. Of these, 11,001 were registered on Jul 15, 2026, 172 on Jul 14, 2026.

Top top 5 registrars for .2026 newly registered domains on Jul 16, 2026

Usage Signals

Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 27.9% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.

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.net, 9,831 domains

We discovered 9,831 .net domains in today’s report, a 42.7% decrease from yesterday’s 17,145. Of these, 516 were registered on Jul 15, 2026, 9,270 on Jul 14, 2026.

Top 5 registrars for .net newly registered domains on Jul 16, 2026

Usage Signals

Anomaly signal: Only 516 domains registered on Jul 15, 2026 appears in today’s sample, compared with 9,270 from Jul 14, 2026. This indicates a delay in zone file updates from the registry, not an actual drop in registrations.

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.org, 9,787 domains

We discovered 9,787 .org domains in today’s report, a 50.7% decrease from yesterday’s 19,862. Of these, 9,730 were registered on Jul 15, 2026, 1 on Jul 14, 2026.

Top 5 registrars for .org newly registered domains on Jul 16, 2026

Usage Signals

Burst signal: 50.7% day-over-day decrease. With 26.5% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.

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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.