NRDS · August 5, 2026

Daily Newly Registered Domains Intelligence: 380,679 Discovered Across 481 gTLDs on Aug 05, 2026

We discovered 397,273 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 380,679 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 481 gTLDs. This is 38.2% higher than yesterday’s Aug 04, 2026 total of 275,491.

Overall Usage Signals

Usage Signals

TLD Distribution

The top three TLDs today are .com (146,637), .xyz (73,053), .top (24,695).

Top gTLDs by newly registered domains volume on Aug 05, 2026

Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution

.com, 146,637 domains

We discovered 146,637 .com domains in today’s report, a 1.4% increase from yesterday’s 144,579. Of these, 135,998 were registered on Aug 04, 2026, 713 on Aug 03, 2026.

Top 10 registrars for .com newly registered domains on Aug 05, 2026

Usage Signals

Examples

.xyz, 73,053 domains

We discovered 73,053 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 641.4% increase from yesterday’s 9,854. Of these, 72,483 were registered on Aug 04, 2026, 310 on Aug 03, 2026.

Top 5 registrars for .xyz newly registered domains on Aug 05, 2026

Usage Signals

Burst signal: 641.4% day-over-day increase. With 93.8% listed for sale, more of these domains appear directed toward resale than end-user use.

Single-investor signal: GMO Internet accounts for 92.3% of today’s registrations, combined with 93.8% on resale platforms, suggesting likely a single investor. Worth continued monitoring.

TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 90.2% combined with 93.8% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.

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.top, 24,695 domains

We discovered 24,695 .top domains in today’s report, a 13.4% increase from yesterday’s 21,768. Of these, 24,580 were registered on Aug 04, 2026, 49 on Aug 03, 2026.

Top top 5 registrars for .2026 newly registered domains on Aug 05, 2026

Usage Signals

Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 16.1% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.

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.asia, 13,562 domains

We discovered 13,562 .asia domains in today’s report, a 530.8% increase from yesterday’s 2,150. Of these, 13,543 were registered on Aug 04, 2026, 16 on Aug 03, 2026.

Top 5 registrars for .asia newly registered domains on Aug 05, 2026

Usage Signals

Burst signal: 530.8% day-over-day increase. With 74.5% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.

Registrar concentration signal: Eranet accounts for 94.7% of today’s registrations, with no domains observed on Afternic, Sedo, or Atom.com. Worth continued monitoring.

Examples

.cam, 10,467 domains

We discovered 10,467 .cam domains in today’s report, a 2604.7% increase from yesterday’s 387. Of these, 10,447 were registered on Aug 04, 2026, 0 on Aug 03, 2026.

Top 5 registrars for .cam newly registered domains on Aug 05, 2026

Usage Signals

Burst signal: 2604.7% day-over-day increase. With 98.2% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.

Registrar concentration signal: Dynadot accounts for 97.5% of today’s registrations, with no domains observed on Afternic, Sedo, or Atom.com. 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.

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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.