We discovered 584,847 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 558,651 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 505 gTLDs. This is 1.3% higher than yesterday’s Sep 03, 2026 total of 551,343.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.4 avg length | 74.1% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (94.3%) | 2-5 years (5.5%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (23.1%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (1.5%) | Squarespace (3.1%) | Afternic (12.1%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (322,823), .xyz (69,001), .top (20,935).
- .com: 322,823
- .xyz: 69,001
- .top: 20,935
- .online: 20,167
- .site: 14,752
- .store: 10,523
- .org: 9,550
- .net: 9,386
- .vip: 8,358
- .info: 5,234
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 322,823 domains
We discovered 322,823 .com domains in today’s report, a 0.6% decrease from yesterday’s 324,813. Of these, 152,776 were registered on Sep 03, 2026, 166,361 on Sep 02, 2026.
- Godaddy: 48,570 (15.0%)
- Namecheap: 37,133 (11.5%)
- Cloudflare: 23,334 (7.2%)
- GMO Internet: 18,252 (5.7%)
- Hostinger: 18,097 (5.6%)
- Squarespace: 15,977 (4.9%)
- Alibaba cloud: 14,829 (4.6%)
- Spaceship: 13,243 (4.1%)
- Dynadot: 10,030 (3.1%)
- Namesilo: 9,425 (2.9%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.4 avg length | 78.5% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.3%) | 2-5 years (8.4%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (23.9%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.3%) | Squarespace (4.8%) | Afternic (1.1%) | Atom.com (0.3%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: google-site-verification-5ktdpobv5evrpxzlfndjs65h2ldpr9wdrcus0l.com (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: d726.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: loulynch.com
- Listed for sale: davosse.com
.xyz, 69,001 domains
We discovered 69,001 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 20.6% increase from yesterday’s 57,195. Of these, 68,545 were registered on Sep 03, 2026, 438 on Sep 02, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 63,443 (91.9%)
- Namecheap: 981 (1.4%)
- Dynadot: 885 (1.3%)
- Godaddy: 752 (1.1%)
- Alibaba cloud: 597 (0.9%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 9.7 avg length | 82.1% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.8%) | 2-5 years (0.1%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (2.3%) | Vercel (0.1%) | Afternic (92.1%)
Single-investor signal: GMO Internet accounts for 91.9% of today’s registrations, combined with 92.1% on resale platforms, suggesting likely a single investor. Worth continued monitoring.
TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 82.1% combined with 92.1% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: 92jfbxnz924jfs000320032czjfjejfiwdjweidwdj23d8j2zmscsoickmoekd2.xyz (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 24v.xyz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: jbcptest.xyz
- Listed for sale: lateraldns.xyz
.top, 20,935 domains
We discovered 20,935 .top domains in today’s report, a 22.4% increase from yesterday’s 17,100. Of these, 20,836 were registered on Sep 03, 2026, 68 on Sep 02, 2026.
- namemart pte. ltd.: 6,716 (32.1%)
- Alibaba cloud: 3,954 (18.9%)
- Dynadot: 2,133 (10.2%)
- Spaceship: 1,986 (9.5%)
- Namesilo: 1,626 (7.8%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 7.0 avg length | 22.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.5%) | 2-5 years (0.4%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (10.8%)
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 22.3% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: aakalgaaaaaahyqdeapmec6gb0z8ku1fmiddynm7wakhctuyqaa.top (51 chars)
- Shortest SLD: l9s.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: fdsdhd.top
.online, 20,167 domains
We discovered 20,167 .online domains in today’s report, a 0.0% increase from yesterday’s 20,161. Of these, 9,952 were registered on Sep 03, 2026, 9,861 on Sep 02, 2026.
- Namecheap: 4,797 (23.8%)
- Hostinger: 3,312 (16.4%)
- Godaddy: 1,872 (9.3%)
- Reg: 1,517 (7.5%)
- Publicdomainregistry: 959 (4.8%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.8 avg length | 77.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.3%) | 2-5 years (1.6%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (24.9%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (1.0%) | Squarespace (0.1%) | Afternic (0.4%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: test-bhcom-mydomain178845354327605ey7n-53543276.online (47 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 0nx.online (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: gfjc.online
- Listed for sale: xion.online
.site, 14,752 domains
We discovered 14,752 .site domains in today’s report, a 12.6% decrease from yesterday’s 16,872. Of these, 7,283 were registered on Sep 03, 2026, 7,274 on Sep 02, 2026.
- Namecheap: 6,079 (41.2%)
- Hostinger: 1,828 (12.4%)
- Name: 1,146 (7.8%)
- Godaddy: 828 (5.6%)
- Dynadot: 665 (4.5%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.7 avg length | 66.5% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.0%) | 2-5 years (0.9%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (39.4%) | Vercel (7.7%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: google-verificationjmy7tz8am5mlydxsxd5bnxbadzsucmyou-mcc2qd6lw.site (62 chars)
- Shortest SLD: ex5.site (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: suduko.site
- Listed for sale: ecosystem.site
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, Sep 04, 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.