We discovered 309,534 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 293,195 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 484 gTLDs. This is 1.7% lower than yesterday’s Jul 16, 2026 total of 298,159.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.1 avg length | 66.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (94.4%) | 2-5 years (5.3%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (25.9%) | Vercel (0.7%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (1.2%) | Squarespace (3.2%) | Afternic (0.6%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (145,772), .top (11,932), .net (10,101).
- .com: 145,772
- .top: 11,932
- .net: 10,101
- .org: 8,989
- .online: 8,530
- .xyz: 7,059
- .icu: 6,478
- .cyou: 6,330
- .cfd: 6,120
- .garden: 5,942
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 145,772 domains
We discovered 145,772 .com domains in today’s report, a 4.7% decrease from yesterday’s 153,029. Of these, 136,200 were registered on Jul 16, 2026, 587 on Jul 15, 2026.
- Godaddy: 22,799 (15.6%)
- Namecheap: 16,443 (11.3%)
- Cloudflare: 9,904 (6.8%)
- Hostinger: 8,201 (5.6%)
- Squarespace: 8,048 (5.5%)
- Alibaba cloud: 7,655 (5.3%)
- Dynadot: 5,998 (4.1%)
- Amazon: 4,791 (3.3%)
- GMO Internet: 4,457 (3.1%)
- Namebright: 4,261 (2.9%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.6 avg length | 77.0% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (90.9%) | 2-5 years (8.8%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (24.5%) | Vercel (0.8%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.0%) | Squarespace (5.3%) | Afternic (0.8%) | Atom.com (0.5%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: drmathesulinvisalignorthodontistbracesanddentalimplantclinic.com (60 chars)
- Shortest SLD: fo-h.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: skycroown.com
- Listed for sale: diorchane.com
.top, 11,932 domains
We discovered 11,932 .top domains in today’s report, a 5.4% increase from yesterday’s 11,326. Of these, 11,717 were registered on Jul 16, 2026, 155 on Jul 15, 2026.
- namemart pte. ltd.: 3,113 (26.1%)
- Alibaba cloud: 2,074 (17.4%)
- Dynadot: 1,925 (16.1%)
- Namesilo: 1,175 (9.8%)
- Spaceship: 706 (5.9%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 8.2 avg length | 30.7% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.2%) | 2-5 years (0.6%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (22.8%)
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 30.7% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: toiturebruxellesvilleisolationdetoiture.top (39 chars)
- Shortest SLD: ogm.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: absudoku.top
.net, 10,101 domains
We discovered 10,101 .net domains in today’s report, a 2.7% increase from yesterday’s 9,831. Of these, 542 were registered on Jul 16, 2026, 9,515 on Jul 15, 2026.
- Godaddy: 1,637 (16.2%)
- Dynadot: 1,342 (13.3%)
- Namecheap: 821 (8.1%)
- Amazon: 812 (8.0%)
- Cloudflare: 657 (6.5%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.9 avg length | 70.2% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.0%) | 2-5 years (7.6%) | >5 years (0.4%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (34.2%) | Vercel (0.2%) | WordPress.com (0.1%) | Wix (2.2%) | Squarespace (5.1%) | Afternic (0.2%)
Anomaly signal: Only 542 domains registered on Jul 16, 2026 appears in today’s sample, compared with 9,515 from Jul 15, 2026. This indicates a delay in zone file updates from the registry, not an actual drop in registrations.
Examples
- Longest SLD: service-digitalhome-auth-govonline-portal.net (41 chars)
- Shortest SLD: u9w.net (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: blomeier.net
- Listed for sale: buzzrush.net
.org, 8,989 domains
We discovered 8,989 .org domains in today’s report, a 8.2% decrease from yesterday’s 9,787. Of these, 8,929 were registered on Jul 16, 2026, 6 on Jul 15, 2026.
- Namecheap: 1,417 (15.8%)
- Godaddy: 1,345 (15.0%)
- Dynadot: 934 (10.4%)
- Cloudflare: 710 (7.9%)
- Squarespace: 667 (7.4%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.0 avg length | 75.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.2%) | 2-5 years (7.4%) | >5 years (0.4%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (22.9%) | Vercel (0.6%) | WordPress.com (0.7%) | Wix (2.0%) | Squarespace (7.3%) | Afternic (0.3%) | Sedo (0.1%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: welcome-home-day-center-for-people-with-special-needs.org (53 chars)
- Shortest SLD: zz3.org (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: iglesiacca.org
- Listed for sale: workora.org
.online, 8,530 domains
We discovered 8,530 .online domains in today’s report, a 2.2% decrease from yesterday’s 8,719. Of these, 8,102 were registered on Jul 16, 2026, 19 on Jul 15, 2026.
- Namecheap: 1,778 (20.8%)
- Hostinger: 1,276 (15.0%)
- Godaddy: 1,005 (11.8%)
- Reg: 582 (6.8%)
- Publicdomainregistry: 420 (4.9%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.5 avg length | 77.7% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.4%) | 2-5 years (1.5%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (19.1%) | Vercel (0.6%) | WordPress.com (0.4%) | Wix (0.3%) | Squarespace (0.2%) | Afternic (0.8%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: revelacaodaverdadeespiritualdespertadaconsciencia.online (49 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 1mp.online (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: profvocal.online
- Listed for sale: skrill.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, Jul 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.