We discovered 295,042 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 276,806 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 472 gTLDs. This is 15.8% lower than yesterday’s Sep 12, 2026 total of 328,700.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.3 avg length | 72.4% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (95.7%) | 2-5 years (4.1%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (19.5%) | Vercel (0.9%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (1.0%) | Squarespace (2.3%) | Afternic (19.5%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.3%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (110,564), .xyz (56,005), .top (32,968).
- .com: 110,564
- .xyz: 56,005
- .top: 32,968
- .net: 8,253
- .app: 6,835
- .online: 6,702
- .org: 6,074
- .site: 5,121
- .store: 4,263
- .vip: 3,226
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 110,564 domains
We discovered 110,564 .com domains in today’s report, a 22.6% decrease from yesterday’s 142,881. Of these, 108,641 were registered on Sep 12, 2026, 1,478 on Sep 11, 2026.
- Godaddy: 15,836 (14.3%)
- Namecheap: 11,539 (10.4%)
- Alibaba cloud: 9,641 (8.7%)
- Cloudflare: 9,354 (8.5%)
- Hostinger: 5,578 (5.0%)
- Squarespace: 5,280 (4.8%)
- Spaceship: 4,396 (4.0%)
- Dynadot: 3,743 (3.4%)
- Tucows: 3,046 (2.8%)
- Namesilo: 3,027 (2.7%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.1 avg length | 80.6% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.5%) | 2-5 years (8.2%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (22.8%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.1%) | Squarespace (4.5%) | Afternic (1.4%) | Atom.com (0.4%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: antiblastdoor-radiationshieldingdoors-securitybollards.com (54 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 8w98.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: zelinguan.com
- Listed for sale: nscnt.com
.xyz, 56,005 domains
We discovered 56,005 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 2.5% decrease from yesterday’s 57,438. Of these, 55,742 were registered on Sep 12, 2026, 243 on Sep 11, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 51,860 (92.6%)
- Namecheap: 704 (1.3%)
- Godaddy: 688 (1.2%)
- Dynadot: 651 (1.2%)
- Spaceship: 333 (0.6%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 9.6 avg length | 97.2% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.9%) | 2-5 years (0.1%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (2.3%) | Vercel (0.2%) | Afternic (92.6%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
Single-investor signal: GMO Internet accounts for 92.6% of today’s registrations, combined with 92.8% on resale platforms, suggesting likely a single investor. Worth continued monitoring.
TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 97.2% combined with 92.8% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: nationalguardianshipmanagement.xyz (30 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 10.xyz (2 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: aeternalab.xyz
- Listed for sale: advisedmcp.xyz
.top, 32,968 domains
We discovered 32,968 .top domains in today’s report, a 4.6% increase from yesterday’s 31,507. Of these, 32,893 were registered on Sep 12, 2026, 20 on Sep 11, 2026.
- Godaddy: 23,552 (71.4%)
- namemart pte. ltd.: 2,377 (7.2%)
- Spaceship: 1,939 (5.9%)
- Namesilo: 1,646 (5.0%)
- Gname: 749 (2.3%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 5.7 avg length | 8.9% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.7%) | 2-5 years (0.2%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (7.3%)
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 8.9% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: updatesmartmonitorfullusernoticelockdefensenext.top (47 chars)
- Shortest SLD: f27.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: handfast.top
- Listed for sale: dogfood.top
.net, 8,253 domains
We discovered 8,253 .net domains in today’s report, a 7.1% decrease from yesterday’s 8,884. Of these, 2 were registered on Sep 12, 2026, 8,198 on Sep 11, 2026.
- Godaddy: 1,409 (17.1%)
- Namecheap: 896 (10.9%)
- Dynadot: 610 (7.4%)
- Namesilo: 476 (5.8%)
- Cloudflare: 466 (5.6%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.3 avg length | 75.1% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.4%) | 2-5 years (7.3%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (26.9%) | Vercel (0.4%) | WordPress.com (0.1%) | Wix (2.4%) | Squarespace (5.1%) | Afternic (0.2%)
Anomaly signal: Only 2 domains registered on Sep 12, 2026 appears in today’s sample, compared with 8,198 from Sep 11, 2026. This indicates a delay in zone file updates from the registry, not an actual drop in registrations.
Examples
- Longest SLD: strongertogetherfiberglasspoolcompany.net (37 chars)
- Shortest SLD: f72.net (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: vidtrove.net
- Listed for sale: mygrocery.net
.app, 6,835 domains
We discovered 6,835 .app domains in today’s report, a 894.9% increase from yesterday’s 687. Of these, 2,018 were registered on Sep 12, 2026, 4,315 on Sep 11, 2026.
- Cloudflare: 1,438 (21.0%)
- Name: 1,041 (15.2%)
- Godaddy: 861 (12.6%)
- Namecheap: 763 (11.2%)
- Dynadot: 474 (6.9%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 8.7 avg length | 75.9% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (96.5%) | 2-5 years (3.3%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (37.3%) | Vercel (7.7%) | WordPress.com (0.1%) | Wix (0.8%) | Squarespace (1.3%) | Afternic (0.3%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
Burst signal: 894.9% day-over-day increase. With 37.3% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Examples
- Longest SLD: ringcentral-service-client-play-voicemail.app (41 chars)
- Shortest SLD: c-n.app (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: heycamera.app
- Listed for sale: daylink.app
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 13, 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.