We discovered 219,175 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 199,667 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 442 gTLDs. This is 29.6% lower than yesterday’s Jul 18, 2026 total of 283,791.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.0 avg length | 66.5% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (94.3%) | 2-5 years (5.5%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (25.9%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.4%) | Wix (1.2%) | Squarespace (3.3%) | Afternic (0.8%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.3%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (103,298), .top (9,607), .xyz (9,286).
- .com: 103,298
- .top: 9,607
- .xyz: 9,286
- .net: 8,131
- .online: 7,916
- .org: 6,364
- .app: 4,787
- .site: 4,018
- .store: 3,773
- .vip: 3,288
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 103,298 domains
We discovered 103,298 .com domains in today’s report, a 21.9% decrease from yesterday’s 132,199. Of these, 96,570 were registered on Jul 18, 2026, 643 on Jul 17, 2026.
- Godaddy: 16,429 (15.9%)
- Namecheap: 10,674 (10.3%)
- Cloudflare: 8,057 (7.8%)
- Hostinger: 6,168 (6.0%)
- Alibaba cloud: 5,859 (5.7%)
- Squarespace: 5,545 (5.4%)
- Namebright: 3,764 (3.6%)
- Spaceship: 3,764 (3.6%)
- GMO Internet: 3,189 (3.1%)
- Tucows: 2,804 (2.7%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.2 avg length | 77.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.0%) | 2-5 years (8.7%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (23.4%) | Vercel (1.1%) | WordPress.com (0.4%) | Wix (2.0%) | Squarespace (5.1%) | Afternic (1.3%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.5%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.com (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: y4oi.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: nopretendo.com
- Listed for sale: lovealma.com
.top, 9,607 domains
We discovered 9,607 .top domains in today’s report, a 76.1% decrease from yesterday’s 40,239. Of these, 9,513 were registered on Jul 18, 2026, 53 on Jul 17, 2026.
- godaddy.com: 2,358 (24.5%)
- Alibaba cloud: 1,962 (20.4%)
- Dynadot: 1,363 (14.2%)
- Namesilo: 789 (8.2%)
- todaynic com inc: 518 (5.4%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 7.9 avg length | 20.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.2%) | 2-5 years (0.6%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (18.0%) | Sedo (0.1%)
Burst signal: 76.1% day-over-day decrease. With 18.0% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 20.3% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: yidaoshandianhuapoyekongdexing8635.top (34 chars)
- Shortest SLD: c-z.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: nomero.top
- Listed for sale: pinupaz.top
.xyz, 9,286 domains
We discovered 9,286 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 66.1% increase from yesterday’s 5,590. Of these, 9,193 were registered on Jul 18, 2026, 70 on Jul 17, 2026.
- Godaddy: 3,340 (36.0%)
- Dynadot: 2,316 (24.9%)
- Spaceship: 1,210 (13.0%)
- Namecheap: 723 (7.8%)
- Name: 239 (2.6%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.0 avg length | 24.0% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.9%) | 2-5 years (0.7%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (21.2%) | Vercel (0.9%) | Afternic (0.1%) | Sedo (0.1%)
Burst signal: 66.1% day-over-day increase. With 21.2% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 24.0% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: internationalblackmensalliance.xyz (30 chars)
- Shortest SLD: vv2.xyz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: ketuabiz.xyz
- Listed for sale: wikia.xyz
.net, 8,131 domains
We discovered 8,131 .net domains in today’s report, a 22.5% decrease from yesterday’s 10,495. Of these, 408 were registered on Jul 18, 2026, 7,677 on Jul 17, 2026.
- Godaddy: 1,378 (16.9%)
- Namecheap: 906 (11.1%)
- Cloudflare: 602 (7.4%)
- Dynadot: 525 (6.5%)
- Namebright: 429 (5.3%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.0 avg length | 78.0% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.2%) | 2-5 years (7.4%) | >5 years (0.4%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (26.8%) | Vercel (0.5%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (2.1%) | Squarespace (5.1%) | Afternic (0.2%)
Anomaly signal: Only 408 domains registered on Jul 18, 2026 appears in today’s sample, compared with 7,677 from Jul 17, 2026. This indicates a delay in zone file updates from the registry, not an actual drop in registrations.
Examples
- Longest SLD: internationalfineprintsanddrawingassociation.net (44 chars)
- Shortest SLD: vx9.net (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: flyak.net
- Listed for sale: tradearena.net
.online, 7,916 domains
We discovered 7,916 .online domains in today’s report, a 0.1% increase from yesterday’s 7,907. Of these, 7,689 were registered on Jul 18, 2026, 11 on Jul 17, 2026.
- West.cn: 1,810 (22.9%)
- Namecheap: 1,357 (17.1%)
- Hostinger: 1,044 (13.2%)
- Godaddy: 597 (7.5%)
- Reg: 384 (4.9%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.5 avg length | 62.6% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.7%) | 2-5 years (1.2%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (35.5%) | Vercel (0.8%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (0.3%) | Squarespace (0.1%) | Afternic (0.2%) | Sedo (0.1%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: xn--oliverlimaterraplanagemepavimentaoltda-jgd3n.online (48 chars)
- Shortest SLD: hf6.online (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: pastihoki.online
- Listed for sale: mypeptide.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 19, 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.