NRDS · August 12, 2026

Daily Newly Registered Domains Intelligence: 352,537 Discovered Across 472 gTLDs on Aug 12, 2026

We discovered 367,951 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 352,537 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 472 gTLDs. This is 5.4% higher than yesterday’s Aug 11, 2026 total of 334,524.

Overall Usage Signals

Usage Signals

TLD Distribution

The top three TLDs today are .com (151,979), .xyz (67,578), .asia (13,093).

Top gTLDs by newly registered domains volume on Aug 12, 2026

Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution

.com, 151,979 domains

We discovered 151,979 .com domains in today’s report, a 2.0% increase from yesterday’s 148,958. Of these, 141,190 were registered on Aug 11, 2026, 603 on Aug 10, 2026.

Top 10 registrars for .com newly registered domains on Aug 12, 2026

Usage Signals

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.xyz, 67,578 domains

We discovered 67,578 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 5.4% increase from yesterday’s 64,092. Of these, 67,529 were registered on Aug 11, 2026, 23 on Aug 10, 2026.

Top 5 registrars for .xyz newly registered domains on Aug 12, 2026

Usage Signals

Single-investor signal: GMO Internet accounts for 91.5% of today’s registrations, combined with 91.9% on resale platforms, suggesting likely a single investor. Worth continued monitoring.

TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 96.2% combined with 91.9% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.

Examples

.asia, 13,093 domains

We discovered 13,093 .asia domains in today’s report, a 303.1% increase from yesterday’s 3,248. Of these, 13,071 were registered on Aug 11, 2026, 17 on Aug 10, 2026.

Top 5 registrars for .asia newly registered domains on Aug 12, 2026

Usage Signals

Burst signal: 303.1% day-over-day increase. With 77.4% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.

Registrar concentration signal: Eranet accounts for 95.6% of today’s registrations, with no domains observed on Afternic, Sedo, or Atom.com. Worth continued monitoring.

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.top, 13,004 domains

We discovered 13,004 .top domains in today’s report, a 22.7% decrease from yesterday’s 16,829. Of these, 12,916 were registered on Aug 11, 2026, 29 on Aug 10, 2026.

Top top 5 registrars for .2026 newly registered domains on Aug 12, 2026

Usage Signals

Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 24.1% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.

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.org, 9,287 domains

We discovered 9,287 .org domains in today’s report, a 1.9% decrease from yesterday’s 9,465. Of these, 9,209 were registered on Aug 11, 2026, 3 on Aug 10, 2026.

Top 5 registrars for .org newly registered domains on Aug 12, 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.