We discovered 345,112 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 328,183 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 482 gTLDs. This is 2.1% lower than yesterday’s Aug 19, 2026 total of 335,201.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.1 avg length | 75.5% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (94.9%) | 2-5 years (4.9%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (23.6%) | Vercel (0.7%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (1.3%) | Squarespace (2.9%) | Afternic (16.3%) | Sedo (0.2%) | Atom.com (0.3%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (147,931), .xyz (56,000), .top (11,681).
- .com: 147,931
- .xyz: 56,000
- .top: 11,681
- .org: 10,675
- .online: 9,453
- .net: 8,899
- .site: 7,580
- .info: 5,188
- .store: 4,979
- .vip: 4,681
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 147,931 domains
We discovered 147,931 .com domains in today’s report, a 3.2% decrease from yesterday’s 152,819. Of these, 137,210 were registered on Aug 19, 2026, 1,113 on Aug 18, 2026.
- Godaddy: 24,808 (16.8%)
- Namecheap: 16,109 (10.9%)
- Cloudflare: 11,295 (7.6%)
- Squarespace: 8,109 (5.5%)
- Hostinger: 8,081 (5.5%)
- GMO Internet: 6,091 (4.1%)
- Spaceship: 5,774 (3.9%)
- Dynadot: 4,930 (3.3%)
- Tucows: 4,092 (2.8%)
- Alibaba cloud: 3,766 (2.5%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.8 avg length | 79.9% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (90.9%) | 2-5 years (8.8%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (24.3%) | Vercel (0.9%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.5%) | Squarespace (5.3%) | Afternic (0.8%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.5%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: google-site-verification2m8zxkzzk0tpcl45ynkykoewzhs0-lpd4wp9l2u.com (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: on5t.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: jdpcwx.com
- Listed for sale: umude.com
.xyz, 56,000 domains
We discovered 56,000 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 5.8% decrease from yesterday’s 59,479. Of these, 55,921 were registered on Aug 19, 2026, 39 on Aug 18, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 51,272 (91.6%)
- Namecheap: 787 (1.4%)
- Godaddy: 757 (1.4%)
- Dynadot: 695 (1.2%)
- Spaceship: 400 (0.7%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 9.3 avg length | 96.4% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.9%) | 2-5 years (0.1%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (3.1%) | Vercel (0.1%) | Afternic (91.6%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
Single-investor signal: GMO Internet accounts for 91.6% of today’s registrations, combined with 91.8% on resale platforms, suggesting likely a single investor. Worth continued monitoring.
TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 96.4% combined with 91.8% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: cnic-probe-aws-north-america-vir-live-1787183701.xyz (48 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 74k.xyz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: yukibubble.xyz
- Listed for sale: defibeachy.xyz
.top, 11,681 domains
We discovered 11,681 .top domains in today’s report, a 4.1% decrease from yesterday’s 12,185. Of these, 11,610 were registered on Aug 19, 2026, 24 on Aug 18, 2026.
- Alibaba cloud: 2,949 (25.2%)
- Dynadot: 2,286 (19.6%)
- Spaceship: 1,681 (14.4%)
- Namesilo: 1,407 (12.0%)
- Gname: 588 (5.0%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 8.2 avg length | 27.6% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.0%) | 2-5 years (0.7%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (19.9%) | Sedo (0.1%)
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 27.6% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: xn--l6qv1a2n0wv1m5mhk8djtw9q1au5kkjeuwc5yx.top (42 chars)
- Shortest SLD: xe6.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: kjymxt.top
- Listed for sale: uprice.top
.org, 10,675 domains
We discovered 10,675 .org domains in today’s report, a 15.0% increase from yesterday’s 9,281. Of these, 10,557 were registered on Aug 19, 2026, 48 on Aug 18, 2026.
- Dynadot: 2,210 (20.7%)
- Godaddy: 1,495 (14.0%)
- Namecheap: 1,237 (11.6%)
- Cloudflare: 834 (7.8%)
- Squarespace: 682 (6.4%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.0 avg length | 71.9% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.2%) | 2-5 years (7.3%) | >5 years (0.4%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (27.2%) | Vercel (0.5%) | WordPress.com (0.5%) | Wix (2.1%) | Squarespace (6.2%) | Afternic (0.6%) | Sedo (0.1%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: hiddenvalleycountryestatesflowermoundneighborhood.org (49 chars)
- Shortest SLD: kg3.org (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: cloudalto.org
- Listed for sale: semantik.org
.online, 9,453 domains
We discovered 9,453 .online domains in today’s report, a 2.1% increase from yesterday’s 9,258. Of these, 8,871 were registered on Aug 19, 2026, 4 on Aug 18, 2026.
- Namecheap: 1,995 (21.1%)
- Hostinger: 1,481 (15.7%)
- Godaddy: 1,181 (12.5%)
- Reg: 764 (8.1%)
- Publicdomainregistry: 416 (4.4%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.7 avg length | 76.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.5%) | 2-5 years (1.4%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (21.6%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (0.8%) | Squarespace (0.1%) | Afternic (0.2%) | Sedo (3.0%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: comaccountssystmmultigfsuitaminmxsecureconfigurationsecured.online (59 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 0u1.online (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: flipnet.online
- Listed for sale: kenyatoto.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, Aug 20, 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.