We discovered 588,402 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 557,636 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 520 gTLDs. This is 7.1% lower than yesterday’s Sep 26, 2026 total of 600,461.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.9 avg length | 74.9% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (95.3%) | 2-5 years (4.5%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (23.1%) | Vercel (0.9%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (1.3%) | Squarespace (2.6%) | Afternic (17.3%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (247,397), .xyz (102,379), .top (25,963).
- .com: 247,397
- .xyz: 102,379
- .top: 25,963
- .net: 15,395
- .online: 15,125
- .vip: 13,945
- .org: 13,929
- .casa: 12,557
- .site: 8,795
- .store: 8,137
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 247,397 domains
We discovered 247,397 .com domains in today’s report, a 16.6% decrease from yesterday’s 296,773. Of these, 111,536 were registered on Sep 26, 2026, 134,299 on Sep 25, 2026.
- Godaddy: 38,209 (15.4%)
- Namecheap: 25,171 (10.2%)
- Cloudflare: 21,919 (8.9%)
- Hostinger: 13,709 (5.5%)
- Namesilo: 12,652 (5.1%)
- Squarespace: 12,124 (4.9%)
- Spaceship: 11,944 (4.8%)
- Dynadot: 9,306 (3.8%)
- Tucows: 6,614 (2.7%)
- Porkbun: 6,386 (2.6%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.5 avg length | 78.0% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.4%) | 2-5 years (8.3%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (22.8%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.3%) | Squarespace (4.7%) | Afternic (1.3%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.4%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: qimmatalbunyancontractingestablishmentfordecorationsandwallpape.com (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 4hx.com (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: kayesolu.com
- Listed for sale: ajmcondos.com
.xyz, 102,379 domains
We discovered 102,379 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 77.4% increase from yesterday’s 57,709. Of these, 54,275 were registered on Sep 26, 2026, 48,018 on Sep 25, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 82,872 (80.9%)
- Alibaba cloud: 10,490 (10.2%)
- Dynadot: 1,657 (1.6%)
- Godaddy: 1,611 (1.6%)
- Namecheap: 1,275 (1.2%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.4 avg length | 93.9% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.9%) | 2-5 years (0.1%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (3.4%) | Vercel (0.2%) | Afternic (90.4%)
Burst signal: 77.4% day-over-day increase. With 90.4% listed for sale, more of these domains appear directed toward resale than end-user use.
Single-investor signal: GMO Internet accounts for 80.9% of today’s registrations, combined with 90.4% on resale platforms, suggesting likely a single investor. Worth continued monitoring.
TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 93.9% combined with 90.4% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: 0x95f3ccbfbaa6ab5aa096230711a34809430b5851.xyz (42 chars)
- Shortest SLD: x76.xyz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: musefm.xyz
- Listed for sale: nydc.xyz
.top, 25,963 domains
We discovered 25,963 .top domains in today’s report, a 1.1% increase from yesterday’s 25,685. Of these, 13,992 were registered on Sep 26, 2026, 11,863 on Sep 25, 2026.
- Alibaba cloud: 6,840 (26.3%)
- Godaddy: 5,272 (20.3%)
- Spaceship: 3,553 (13.7%)
- Dynadot: 3,252 (12.5%)
- Namesilo: 2,418 (9.3%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 7.7 avg length | 17.4% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.5%) | 2-5 years (0.4%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (26.7%)
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 17.4% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: awazonnr3xffrrdoz24atino2rhw4wksxpvursumzzwjpshn27whkcqd.top (56 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 6lr.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: tkad.top
- Listed for sale: opensi.top
.net, 15,395 domains
We discovered 15,395 .net domains in today’s report, a 7.6% decrease from yesterday’s 16,665. Of these, 75 were registered on Sep 26, 2026, 7,184 on Sep 25, 2026.
- Godaddy: 2,888 (18.8%)
- Namecheap: 1,328 (8.6%)
- Cloudflare: 1,047 (6.8%)
- Squarespace: 867 (5.6%)
- Namebright: 842 (5.5%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.4 avg length | 78.8% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.0%) | 2-5 years (7.6%) | >5 years (0.4%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (26.2%) | Vercel (0.4%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (2.9%) | Squarespace (5.4%) | Afternic (0.3%)
Anomaly signal: Only 75 domains registered on Sep 26, 2026 appears in today’s sample, compared with 7,184 from Sep 25, 2026. This indicates a delay in zone file updates from the registry, not an actual drop in registrations.
Examples
- Longest SLD: robertblacklicensedprofessionalclinicalcounselorservices.net (56 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 2ew.net (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: statecloud.net
- Listed for sale: abmigroup.net
.online, 15,125 domains
We discovered 15,125 .online domains in today’s report, a 18.1% decrease from yesterday’s 18,462. Of these, 6,848 were registered on Sep 26, 2026, 7,866 on Sep 25, 2026.
- Namecheap: 2,791 (18.5%)
- Hostinger: 2,344 (15.5%)
- Godaddy: 1,670 (11.0%)
- Reg: 1,407 (9.3%)
- Dynadot: 923 (6.1%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.8 avg length | 77.2% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.5%) | 2-5 years (1.5%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (20.8%) | Vercel (0.8%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (1.3%) | Squarespace (0.1%) | Afternic (0.5%) | Atom.com (0.1%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: casos-clinicos-practicos-medicina-urgencias-muye.online (48 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 2mm.online (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: vikasjdu.online
- Listed for sale: hilti.online
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 27, 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.