We discovered 342,086 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 325,803 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 475 gTLDs. This is 5.7% lower than yesterday’s Aug 21, 2026 total of 345,578.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.1 avg length | 74.2% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (95.3%) | 2-5 years (4.5%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (22.8%) | Vercel (0.8%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (1.1%) | Squarespace (2.6%) | Afternic (16.3%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (144,672), .xyz (66,673), .top (13,729).
- .com: 144,672
- .xyz: 66,673
- .top: 13,729
- .net: 9,333
- .org: 8,473
- .online: 8,049
- .site: 6,883
- .info: 4,847
- .app: 4,419
- .store: 4,379
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 144,672 domains
We discovered 144,672 .com domains in today’s report, a 7.6% decrease from yesterday’s 156,608. Of these, 135,393 were registered on Aug 21, 2026, 899 on Aug 20, 2026.
- Godaddy: 21,593 (14.9%)
- Namecheap: 14,758 (10.2%)
- Cloudflare: 10,596 (7.3%)
- Hostinger: 7,662 (5.3%)
- Squarespace: 7,003 (4.8%)
- GMO Internet: 6,816 (4.7%)
- Julyname: 5,470 (3.8%)
- Spaceship: 5,062 (3.5%)
- Dynadot: 4,350 (3.0%)
- Namesilo: 3,764 (2.6%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.4 avg length | 79.1% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.4%) | 2-5 years (8.3%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (24.9%) | Vercel (0.8%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.1%) | Squarespace (4.7%) | Afternic (0.9%) | Atom.com (0.3%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: headmetanamedomain-verificationcontentad21848e0c7c41dd91c6496aa.com (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: n1od.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: appclinch.com
- Listed for sale: nozoai.com
.xyz, 66,673 domains
We discovered 66,673 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 11.3% increase from yesterday’s 59,878. Of these, 66,360 were registered on Aug 21, 2026, 32 on Aug 20, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 61,457 (92.2%)
- Namecheap: 1,032 (1.5%)
- Godaddy: 937 (1.4%)
- Dynadot: 688 (1.0%)
- Name: 364 (0.5%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.1 avg length | 79.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.9%) | 2-5 years (0.1%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (2.4%) | Vercel (0.1%) | Afternic (77.2%) | Atom.com (0.3%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: cnic-probe-aws-north-america-oregon-live-1787357101.xyz (51 chars)
- Shortest SLD: sc3.xyz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: sossegob.xyz
- Listed for sale: mixedcoin.xyz
.top, 13,729 domains
We discovered 13,729 .top domains in today’s report, a 49.0% decrease from yesterday’s 26,905. Of these, 13,610 were registered on Aug 21, 2026, 22 on Aug 20, 2026.
- Alibaba cloud: 3,930 (28.6%)
- Spaceship: 1,718 (12.5%)
- Dynadot: 1,701 (12.4%)
- Namesilo: 1,612 (11.7%)
- nameslink (hong kong) private limited.: 1,001 (7.3%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 8.3 avg length | 29.6% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.3%) | 2-5 years (0.5%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (18.4%)
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 29.6% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: ilillililililiilliiilillililil5050360ii.top (39 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 8bu.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: maxixlet.top
.net, 9,333 domains
We discovered 9,333 .net domains in today’s report, a 0.7% decrease from yesterday’s 9,396. Of these, 448 were registered on Aug 21, 2026, 8,840 on Aug 20, 2026.
- Godaddy: 1,570 (16.8%)
- Namecheap: 1,141 (12.2%)
- Dynadot: 1,048 (11.2%)
- Cloudflare: 642 (6.9%)
- Squarespace: 481 (5.2%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.1 avg length | 72.8% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.8%) | 2-5 years (6.9%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (26.4%) | Vercel (0.3%) | WordPress.com (0.1%) | Wix (2.4%) | Squarespace (4.9%) | Afternic (0.2%)
Anomaly signal: Only 448 domains registered on Aug 21, 2026 appears in today’s sample, compared with 8,840 from Aug 20, 2026. This indicates a delay in zone file updates from the registry, not an actual drop in registrations.
Examples
- Longest SLD: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.net (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: f34.net (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: tierloop.net
- Listed for sale: xpats.net
.org, 8,473 domains
We discovered 8,473 .org domains in today’s report, a 12.6% decrease from yesterday’s 9,699. Of these, 8,428 were registered on Aug 21, 2026, 9 on Aug 20, 2026.
- Namecheap: 1,336 (15.8%)
- Godaddy: 1,181 (13.9%)
- Dynadot: 848 (10.0%)
- Cloudflare: 763 (9.0%)
- Squarespace: 575 (6.8%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.2 avg length | 77.6% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.1%) | 2-5 years (7.5%) | >5 years (0.5%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (24.3%) | Vercel (0.8%) | WordPress.com (0.7%) | Wix (2.4%) | Squarespace (6.6%) | Afternic (0.6%) | Sedo (0.1%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: thehighlandsatcrystalfallsleanderneighborhood.org (45 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 1im.org (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: intccc.org
- Listed for sale: fruchtbar.org
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 22, 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.