We discovered 216,024 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 200,298 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 462 gTLDs. This is 2.0% lower than yesterday’s Jul 26, 2026 total of 204,282.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.5 avg length | 66.6% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (94.4%) | 2-5 years (5.3%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (25.3%) | Vercel (0.9%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (1.3%) | Squarespace (3.3%) | Afternic (0.7%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (102,344), .net (7,128), .icu (6,921).
- .com: 102,344
- .net: 7,128
- .icu: 6,921
- .biz: 6,884
- .top: 6,702
- .online: 6,032
- .org: 5,743
- .site: 4,359
- .xyz: 4,001
- .store: 3,477
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 102,344 domains
We discovered 102,344 .com domains in today’s report, a 7.3% decrease from yesterday’s 110,381. Of these, 93,628 were registered on Jul 26, 2026, 520 on Jul 25, 2026.
- Godaddy: 16,181 (15.8%)
- Namecheap: 10,659 (10.4%)
- Cloudflare: 8,697 (8.5%)
- Squarespace: 5,898 (5.8%)
- Hostinger: 5,821 (5.7%)
- GMO Internet: 4,446 (4.3%)
- namemart pte. ltd.: 3,336 (3.3%)
- Namebright: 3,281 (3.2%)
- Spaceship: 2,851 (2.8%)
- Tucows: 2,808 (2.7%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.1 avg length | 77.4% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.0%) | 2-5 years (8.7%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (25.8%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.4%) | Wix (2.1%) | Squarespace (5.3%) | Afternic (1.1%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.3%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: us-foundational-patent-12523214-creates-earths-total-energy.com (59 chars)
- Shortest SLD: ba59.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: ambrelab.com
- Listed for sale: kshospice.com
.net, 7,128 domains
We discovered 7,128 .net domains in today’s report, a 9.3% decrease from yesterday’s 7,857. Of these, 314 were registered on Jul 26, 2026, 6,786 on Jul 25, 2026.
- Dynadot: 1,263 (17.7%)
- Godaddy: 934 (13.1%)
- Cloudflare: 560 (7.9%)
- Namecheap: 549 (7.7%)
- Tucows: 500 (7.0%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.0 avg length | 68.5% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.9%) | 2-5 years (6.7%) | >5 years (0.4%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (24.5%) | Vercel (0.4%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (2.6%) | Squarespace (4.6%) | Afternic (0.2%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.1%)
Anomaly signal: Only 314 domains registered on Jul 26, 2026 appears in today’s sample, compared with 6,786 from Jul 25, 2026. This indicates a delay in zone file updates from the registry, not an actual drop in registrations.
Examples
- Longest SLD: insignificantcompanionableframework.net (35 chars)
- Shortest SLD: j69.net (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: naird.net
- Listed for sale: fundlab.net
.icu, 6,921 domains
We discovered 6,921 .icu domains in today’s report, a 581.2% increase from yesterday’s 1,016. Of these, 6,854 were registered on Jul 26, 2026, 7 on Jul 25, 2026.
- 59: 6,073 (87.7%)
- Regtons: 175 (2.5%)
- Nicenic: 154 (2.2%)
- Namesilo: 124 (1.8%)
- Dynadot: 106 (1.5%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 8.9 avg length | 6.6% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (100.0%) | 2-5 years (0.0%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (6.7%)
Burst signal: 581.2% day-over-day increase. With 6.7% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Registrar concentration signal: 59 accounts for 87.7% of today’s registrations, with no domains observed on Afternic, Sedo, or Atom.com. Worth continued monitoring.
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 6.6% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Short-term usage pattern: All domains are registered for exactly one year, with no resale-platform presence, indicating short-term usage intent. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: xn--fiqu8i2jouve23ai8soupj34ag2r26wxklp30b.icu (42 chars)
- Shortest SLD: acg2.icu (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: vmpxkelivo.icu
.biz, 6,884 domains
We discovered 6,884 .biz domains in today’s report, a 747.8% increase from yesterday’s 812. Of these, 6,882 were registered on Jul 26, 2026, 1 on Jul 25, 2026.
- Dynadot: 6,618 (96.1%)
- Namecheap: 51 (0.7%)
- Godaddy: 39 (0.6%)
- Globaldomaingroup: 32 (0.5%)
- Cloudflare: 21 (0.3%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 16.5 avg length | 24.4% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.8%) | 2-5 years (0.2%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (3.4%) | Wix (0.2%) | Squarespace (0.2%)
Burst signal: 747.8% day-over-day increase. With 3.4% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Registrar concentration signal: Dynadot accounts for 96.1% of today’s registrations, with no domains observed on Afternic, Sedo, or Atom.com. Worth continued monitoring.
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 24.4% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: mastera-mecha-onlayn-alternativnaya-prizrachnaya-pulya.biz (54 chars)
- Shortest SLD: nf8.biz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: felelosseg.biz
- Listed for sale: evans.biz
.top, 6,702 domains
We discovered 6,702 .top domains in today’s report, a 45.7% decrease from yesterday’s 12,340. Of these, 6,641 were registered on Jul 26, 2026, 26 on Jul 25, 2026.
- Spaceship: 2,083 (31.1%)
- Namesilo: 1,003 (15.0%)
- Dynadot: 1,002 (15.0%)
- Gname: 911 (13.6%)
- Todaynic: 435 (6.5%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 7.2 avg length | 27.8% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.9%) | 2-5 years (0.9%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (21.5%)
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 27.8% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: bematrixon-s-bevectora-mimatrixo.top (32 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 2yo.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: navapps.top
- Listed for sale: colab.top
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 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.