We discovered 235,313 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 212,092 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 437 gTLDs. This is 34.9% lower than yesterday’s Aug 22, 2026 total of 325,803.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.9 avg length | 69.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (94.8%) | 2-5 years (5.0%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (26.1%) | Vercel (0.9%) | WordPress.com (0.4%) | Wix (1.4%) | Squarespace (2.9%) | Afternic (4.9%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (102,405), .top (17,394), .xyz (14,214).
- .com: 102,405
- .top: 17,394
- .xyz: 14,214
- .net: 9,035
- .org: 6,717
- .online: 6,532
- .site: 5,246
- .store: 3,970
- .info: 2,719
- .vip: 2,718
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 102,405 domains
We discovered 102,405 .com domains in today’s report, a 29.2% decrease from yesterday’s 144,672. Of these, 95,321 were registered on Aug 22, 2026, 836 on Aug 21, 2026.
- Godaddy: 15,607 (15.2%)
- Namecheap: 10,821 (10.6%)
- Cloudflare: 8,832 (8.6%)
- Hostinger: 6,721 (6.6%)
- GMO Internet: 5,348 (5.2%)
- Squarespace: 5,112 (5.0%)
- Dynadot: 3,581 (3.5%)
- Spaceship: 3,159 (3.1%)
- Tucows: 2,833 (2.8%)
- Name: 2,584 (2.5%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.4 avg length | 79.0% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.3%) | 2-5 years (8.4%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (25.7%) | Vercel (1.1%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.4%) | Squarespace (4.8%) | Afternic (1.0%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.3%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: unbiasedcertifiedvinylplankhardwoodceramiccarpetfloorinspector.com (62 chars)
- Shortest SLD: we6e.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: gettowni.com
- Listed for sale: glamorview.com
.top, 17,394 domains
We discovered 17,394 .top domains in today’s report, a 26.7% increase from yesterday’s 13,729. Of these, 17,266 were registered on Aug 22, 2026, 21 on Aug 21, 2026.
- Alibaba cloud: 7,345 (42.2%)
- Godaddy: 3,100 (17.8%)
- Dynadot: 1,919 (11.0%)
- Spaceship: 1,445 (8.3%)
- Namesilo: 1,082 (6.2%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 7.5 avg length | 16.7% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.6%) | 2-5 years (0.4%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (10.4%) | Sedo (0.1%)
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 16.7% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: geylangroomforrentforforeignworkersnoagent.top (42 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 81n.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: kaonm.top
- Listed for sale: cububu.top
.xyz, 14,214 domains
We discovered 14,214 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 78.7% decrease from yesterday’s 66,673. Of these, 14,146 were registered on Aug 22, 2026, 15 on Aug 21, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 9,155 (64.4%)
- Spaceship: 1,213 (8.5%)
- Dynadot: 853 (6.0%)
- Namecheap: 590 (4.2%)
- Godaddy: 566 (4.0%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 9.9 avg length | 81.2% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.5%) | 2-5 years (0.4%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (10.5%) | Vercel (0.4%) | Afternic (63.6%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.5%)
Burst signal: 78.7% day-over-day decrease. With 64.2% listed for sale, more of these domains appear directed toward resale than end-user use.
TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 81.2% combined with 64.2% 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-1787443201.xyz (48 chars)
- Shortest SLD: vr1.xyz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: hatoriwess.xyz
- Listed for sale: tokenbetid.xyz
.net, 9,035 domains
We discovered 9,035 .net domains in today’s report, a 3.2% decrease from yesterday’s 9,333. Of these, 597 were registered on Aug 22, 2026, 8,379 on Aug 21, 2026.
- Godaddy: 1,339 (14.8%)
- Dynadot: 1,090 (12.1%)
- Tucows: 805 (8.9%)
- Namecheap: 742 (8.2%)
- Cloudflare: 665 (7.4%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.7 avg length | 72.9% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.7%) | 2-5 years (7.1%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (28.8%) | Vercel (0.3%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (2.3%) | Squarespace (5.1%) | Afternic (0.2%)
Anomaly signal: Only 597 domains registered on Aug 22, 2026 appears in today’s sample, compared with 8,379 from Aug 21, 2026. This indicates a delay in zone file updates from the registry, not an actual drop in registrations.
Examples
- Longest SLD: zarionpro-messagerie-priv-e-s-curis-e-neon-ocean.net (48 chars)
- Shortest SLD: bc1.net (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: odomail.net
- Listed for sale: albudur.net
.org, 6,717 domains
We discovered 6,717 .org domains in today’s report, a 20.7% decrease from yesterday’s 8,473. Of these, 6,675 were registered on Aug 22, 2026, 7 on Aug 21, 2026.
- Namecheap: 1,220 (18.2%)
- Godaddy: 895 (13.3%)
- Cloudflare: 695 (10.3%)
- Dynadot: 653 (9.7%)
- Squarespace: 429 (6.4%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.8 avg length | 77.0% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (93.2%) | 2-5 years (6.4%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (23.2%) | Vercel (0.6%) | WordPress.com (0.9%) | Wix (2.6%) | Squarespace (6.1%) | Afternic (0.4%) | Sedo (0.2%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: justbeyournaturallyhelpfulselftosavetheworld.org (44 chars)
- Shortest SLD: ti5.org (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: dobrazemja.org
- Listed for sale: kiwilab.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 23, 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.