We discovered 724,173 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 697,219 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 521 gTLDs. This is 6.2% higher than yesterday’s Sep 17, 2026 total of 656,540.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.5 avg length | 75.8% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (95.3%) | 2-5 years (4.5%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (22.8%) | Vercel (0.7%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (1.2%) | Squarespace (2.7%) | Afternic (20.1%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.3%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (309,365), .xyz (159,673), .online (22,962).
- .com: 309,365
- .xyz: 159,673
- .online: 22,962
- .top: 21,720
- .org: 17,557
- .net: 17,138
- .lol: 15,567
- .cfd: 14,679
- .site: 10,309
- .info: 9,092
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 309,365 domains
We discovered 309,365 .com domains in today’s report, a 1.6% decrease from yesterday’s 314,297. Of these, 150,134 were registered on Sep 17, 2026, 154,839 on Sep 16, 2026.
- Godaddy: 49,097 (15.9%)
- Namecheap: 33,361 (10.8%)
- Cloudflare: 23,296 (7.5%)
- Squarespace: 15,953 (5.2%)
- Alibaba cloud: 14,144 (4.6%)
- Spaceship: 12,936 (4.2%)
- Hostinger: 12,549 (4.1%)
- Namesilo: 11,436 (3.7%)
- Dynadot: 9,091 (2.9%)
- GMO Internet: 8,587 (2.8%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.6 avg length | 78.5% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.3%) | 2-5 years (8.4%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (25.8%) | Vercel (0.9%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.3%) | Squarespace (5.0%) | Afternic (1.2%) | Atom.com (0.5%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: xn--ngociationetrengociationassuranceemprunteurimmobilier-bweo.com (62 chars)
- Shortest SLD: bp2u.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: dinerila.com
- Listed for sale: nuvanomoco.com
.xyz, 159,673 domains
We discovered 159,673 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 253.1% increase from yesterday’s 45,224. Of these, 59,263 were registered on Sep 17, 2026, 63,588 on Sep 16, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 140,829 (88.2%)
- Godaddy: 3,621 (2.3%)
- Dynadot: 3,268 (2.0%)
- Namecheap: 2,834 (1.8%)
- Spaceship: 1,802 (1.1%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.2 avg length | 90.7% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.8%) | 2-5 years (0.1%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (4.2%) | Vercel (0.2%) | Afternic (85.1%) | Atom.com (0.1%)
Burst signal: 253.1% day-over-day increase. With 85.2% listed for sale, more of these domains appear directed toward resale than end-user use.
TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 90.7% combined with 85.2% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: ced74fb2e857f51884ff571366512e77069eaf811fd82b71336e2a7a6fac9ec.xyz (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 7tv.xyz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: isleaf.xyz
- Listed for sale: coingo.xyz
.online, 22,962 domains
We discovered 22,962 .online domains in today’s report, a 24.4% decrease from yesterday’s 30,357. Of these, 9,907 were registered on Sep 17, 2026, 12,649 on Sep 16, 2026.
- Namecheap: 4,623 (20.1%)
- Synergy wholesale: 4,318 (18.8%)
- Hostinger: 2,465 (10.7%)
- Godaddy: 1,795 (7.8%)
- Reg: 1,569 (6.8%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.9 avg length | 80.9% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.6%) | 2-5 years (1.4%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (21.9%) | Vercel (0.6%) | WordPress.com (0.1%) | Wix (1.1%) | Squarespace (0.1%) | Afternic (0.2%) | Sedo (0.2%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: securedconnectionaccountsystemultigfsuitaminmxsecure.online (52 chars)
- Shortest SLD: jj7.online (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: deaimup.online
- Listed for sale: cleango.online
.top, 21,720 domains
We discovered 21,720 .top domains in today’s report, a 20.6% decrease from yesterday’s 27,342. Of these, 11,103 were registered on Sep 17, 2026, 10,499 on Sep 16, 2026.
- Spaceship: 4,245 (19.5%)
- Dynadot: 3,935 (18.1%)
- Namesilo: 3,919 (18.0%)
- Godaddy: 1,305 (6.0%)
- Julyname: 1,081 (5.0%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 8.3 avg length | 33.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.9%) | 2-5 years (0.9%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (30.8%)
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 33.3% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: weltweiteversandinfrastrukturinternationalespaket.top (49 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 57y.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: iztirzx.top
- Listed for sale: museone.top
.org, 17,557 domains
We discovered 17,557 .org domains in today’s report, a 3.3% decrease from yesterday’s 18,157. Of these, 8,627 were registered on Sep 17, 2026, 8,822 on Sep 16, 2026.
- Godaddy: 2,777 (15.8%)
- Namecheap: 2,708 (15.4%)
- Spaceship: 1,552 (8.8%)
- Cloudflare: 1,538 (8.8%)
- Squarespace: 1,295 (7.4%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.7 avg length | 81.6% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.1%) | 2-5 years (8.5%) | >5 years (0.5%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (26.7%) | Vercel (0.6%) | WordPress.com (0.7%) | Wix (2.0%) | Squarespace (7.2%) | Afternic (1.0%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.1%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: theunitedrealmsofterrestrialandextraterrestrialnation.org (53 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 88y.org (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: xlmoney.org
- Listed for sale: marketizer.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, Sep 18, 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.