We discovered 359,670 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 345,578 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 495 gTLDs. This is 5.3% higher than yesterday’s Aug 20, 2026 total of 328,183.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.0 avg length | 73.1% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (95.3%) | 2-5 years (4.5%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (22.3%) | Vercel (0.7%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (1.2%) | Squarespace (2.7%) | Afternic (15.7%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.3%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (156,608), .xyz (59,878), .top (26,905).
- .com: 156,608
- .xyz: 59,878
- .top: 26,905
- .org: 9,699
- .net: 9,396
- .online: 8,906
- .site: 7,144
- .store: 5,391
- .app: 4,638
- .info: 4,446
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 156,608 domains
We discovered 156,608 .com domains in today’s report, a 5.9% increase from yesterday’s 147,931. Of these, 146,778 were registered on Aug 20, 2026, 487 on Aug 19, 2026.
- Godaddy: 24,383 (15.6%)
- Namecheap: 17,842 (11.4%)
- Cloudflare: 11,198 (7.2%)
- Hostinger: 8,631 (5.5%)
- Squarespace: 7,782 (5.0%)
- GMO Internet: 6,484 (4.1%)
- Dynadot: 5,355 (3.4%)
- Spaceship: 5,353 (3.4%)
- Namesilo: 4,564 (2.9%)
- Cosmotown: 4,420 (2.8%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.5 avg length | 78.9% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.6%) | 2-5 years (8.1%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (25.6%) | Vercel (0.8%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.3%) | Squarespace (4.8%) | Afternic (0.8%) | Atom.com (0.5%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: xn--qrqx6avzs0df9gu6bxo1jv77bv4b85c85y7fdj0avzi27oa594u7u3el4za.com (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: l5gd.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: medspacc.com
- Listed for sale: arrcraft.com
.xyz, 59,878 domains
We discovered 59,878 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 6.9% increase from yesterday’s 56,000. Of these, 59,400 were registered on Aug 20, 2026, 66 on Aug 19, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 52,847 (88.3%)
- Godaddy: 2,112 (3.5%)
- Dynadot: 952 (1.6%)
- Namecheap: 878 (1.5%)
- Spaceship: 611 (1.0%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.4 avg length | 93.0% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.8%) | 2-5 years (0.1%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (3.3%) | Vercel (0.1%) | Afternic (88.0%) | Atom.com (0.3%)
TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 93.0% combined with 88.3% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: myero64nkehiyee2idwkik2vir4ljhw7ahanpl677o5wt4lau3kx2xfw.xyz (56 chars)
- Shortest SLD: s5d.xyz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: scohvql.xyz
- Listed for sale: zkfascism.xyz
.top, 26,905 domains
We discovered 26,905 .top domains in today’s report, a 130.3% increase from yesterday’s 11,681. Of these, 26,814 were registered on Aug 20, 2026, 36 on Aug 19, 2026.
- godaddy.com: 8,193 (30.5%)
- namemart pte. ltd.: 6,303 (23.4%)
- Alibaba cloud: 3,922 (14.6%)
- Spaceship: 2,170 (8.1%)
- Namesilo: 1,875 (7.0%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 6.6 avg length | 17.2% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.6%) | 2-5 years (0.4%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (9.6%)
Burst signal: 130.3% day-over-day increase. With 9.6% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 17.2% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: akgdsakfnsdkfgnsdgnjanfjabgjsdnfkdsagjdanfsanf.top (46 chars)
- Shortest SLD: e48.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: uvessa.top
- Listed for sale: jungfrau.top
.org, 9,699 domains
We discovered 9,699 .org domains in today’s report, a 9.1% decrease from yesterday’s 10,675. Of these, 9,610 were registered on Aug 20, 2026, 14 on Aug 19, 2026.
- Namecheap: 1,983 (20.4%)
- Godaddy: 1,282 (13.2%)
- Cloudflare: 775 (8.0%)
- Dynadot: 685 (7.1%)
- Squarespace: 626 (6.5%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.5 avg length | 80.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.7%) | 2-5 years (6.8%) | >5 years (0.4%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (25.2%) | Vercel (0.5%) | WordPress.com (0.8%) | Wix (2.4%) | Squarespace (6.3%) | Afternic (0.6%) | Sedo (0.1%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: stjosephsconventschoolgreaterfaridabadsec84.org (43 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 3wg.org (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: peruai.org
- Listed for sale: sweetdeals.org
.net, 9,396 domains
We discovered 9,396 .net domains in today’s report, a 5.6% increase from yesterday’s 8,899. Of these, 521 were registered on Aug 20, 2026, 8,806 on Aug 19, 2026.
- Godaddy: 1,622 (17.3%)
- Dynadot: 1,563 (16.6%)
- Namecheap: 730 (7.8%)
- Cloudflare: 630 (6.7%)
- Squarespace: 580 (6.2%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.8 avg length | 71.9% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.9%) | 2-5 years (7.7%) | >5 years (0.4%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (29.0%) | Vercel (0.2%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.7%) | Squarespace (5.9%) | Afternic (0.1%) | Sedo (0.2%)
Anomaly signal: Only 521 domains registered on Aug 20, 2026 appears in today’s sample, compared with 8,806 from Aug 19, 2026. This indicates a delay in zone file updates from the registry, not an actual drop in registrations.
Examples
- Longest SLD: xn--lohasskincare-ge3vv77c9l2aum8a9wvdqnp5wb85a.net (47 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 7mw.net (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: crmproapp.net
- Listed for sale: staygo.net
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 21, 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.