NRDS · October 1, 2026

Daily Newly Registered Domains Intelligence: 674,221 Discovered Across 539 gTLDs on Oct 01, 2026

We discovered 719,856 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 674,221 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 539 gTLDs. This is 7.1% higher than yesterday’s Sep 30, 2026 total of 629,713.

Overall Usage Signals

Usage Signals

TLD Distribution

The top three TLDs today are .com (333,647), .top (63,679), .xyz (42,805).

Top gTLDs by newly registered domains volume on Oct 01, 2026

Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution

.com, 333,647 domains

We discovered 333,647 .com domains in today’s report, a 3.2% increase from yesterday’s 323,400. Of these, 161,715 were registered on Sep 30, 2026, 169,343 on Sep 29, 2026.

Top 10 registrars for .com newly registered domains on Oct 01, 2026

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.top, 63,679 domains

We discovered 63,679 .top domains in today’s report, a 15.7% increase from yesterday’s 55,017. Of these, 26,639 were registered on Sep 30, 2026, 36,909 on Sep 29, 2026.

Top top 5 registrars for .2026 newly registered domains on Oct 01, 2026

Usage Signals

Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 17.9% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.

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.xyz, 42,805 domains

We discovered 42,805 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 4.7% increase from yesterday’s 40,880. Of these, 10,252 were registered on Sep 30, 2026, 32,394 on Sep 29, 2026.

Top 5 registrars for .xyz newly registered domains on Oct 01, 2026

Usage Signals

TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 81.8% combined with 65.3% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.

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.vip, 29,765 domains

We discovered 29,765 .vip domains in today’s report, a 75.4% increase from yesterday’s 16,973. Of these, 16,846 were registered on Sep 30, 2026, 12,851 on Sep 29, 2026.

Top 5 registrars for .vip newly registered domains on Oct 01, 2026

Usage Signals

Burst signal: 75.4% day-over-day increase. With 4.4% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.

Registrar concentration signal: Godaddy accounts for 82.2% of today’s registrations, with no domains observed on Afternic, Sedo, or Atom.com. Worth continued monitoring.

Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 16.3% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.

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.online, 20,357 domains

We discovered 20,357 .online domains in today’s report, a 0.7% decrease from yesterday’s 20,500. Of these, 10,021 were registered on Sep 30, 2026, 9,840 on Sep 29, 2026.

Top 5 registrars for .online newly registered domains on Oct 01, 2026

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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.