NRDS · August 8, 2026

Daily Newly Registered Domains Intelligence: 314,669 Discovered Across 498 gTLDs on Aug 08, 2026

We discovered 335,950 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 314,669 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 498 gTLDs. This is 15.1% lower than yesterday’s Aug 07, 2026 total of 370,485.

Overall Usage Signals

Usage Signals

TLD Distribution

The top three TLDs today are .com (138,192), .xyz (57,339), .top (14,014).

Top gTLDs by newly registered domains volume on Aug 08, 2026

Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution

.com, 138,192 domains

We discovered 138,192 .com domains in today’s report, a 7.2% decrease from yesterday’s 148,877. Of these, 129,625 were registered on Aug 07, 2026, 1,066 on Aug 06, 2026.

Top 10 registrars for .com newly registered domains on Aug 08, 2026

Usage Signals

Examples

.xyz, 57,339 domains

We discovered 57,339 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 28.2% decrease from yesterday’s 79,901. Of these, 56,450 were registered on Aug 07, 2026, 322 on Aug 06, 2026.

Top 5 registrars for .xyz newly registered domains on Aug 08, 2026

Usage Signals

Single-investor signal: GMO Internet accounts for 90.6% of today’s registrations, combined with 90.9% on resale platforms, suggesting likely a single investor. Worth continued monitoring.

TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 95.6% combined with 90.9% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.

Examples

.top, 14,014 domains

We discovered 14,014 .top domains in today’s report, a 15.9% decrease from yesterday’s 16,656. Of these, 13,936 were registered on Aug 07, 2026, 33 on Aug 06, 2026.

Top top 5 registrars for .2026 newly registered domains on Aug 08, 2026

Usage Signals

Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 25.8% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.

Examples

.net, 10,059 domains

We discovered 10,059 .net domains in today’s report, a 0.7% increase from yesterday’s 9,985. Of these, 514 were registered on Aug 07, 2026, 9,491 on Aug 06, 2026.

Top 5 registrars for .net newly registered domains on Aug 08, 2026

Usage Signals

Anomaly signal: Only 514 domains registered on Aug 07, 2026 appears in today’s sample, compared with 9,491 from Aug 06, 2026. This indicates a delay in zone file updates from the registry, not an actual drop in registrations.

Examples

.online, 9,276 domains

We discovered 9,276 .online domains in today’s report, a 0.8% increase from yesterday’s 9,199. Of these, 8,961 were registered on Aug 07, 2026, 8 on Aug 06, 2026.

Top 5 registrars for .online newly registered domains on Aug 08, 2026

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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.