We discovered 444,371 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 428,277 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 528 gTLDs. This is 29.0% lower than yesterday’s Oct 03, 2026 total of 603,445.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.6 avg length | 75.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (96.4%) | 2-5 years (3.4%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (23.2%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (0.9%) | Squarespace (2.0%) | Afternic (24.5%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (115,420), .xyz (112,329), .top (35,201).
- .com: 115,420
- .xyz: 112,329
- .top: 35,201
- .net: 15,814
- .org: 15,752
- .online: 15,011
- .app: 9,542
- .site: 8,571
- .info: 7,711
- .store: 7,526
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 115,420 domains
We discovered 115,420 .com domains in today’s report, a 62.0% decrease from yesterday’s 304,071. Of these, 113,086 were registered on Oct 03, 2026, 1,739 on Oct 02, 2026.
- Godaddy: 16,870 (14.6%)
- Cloudflare: 11,746 (10.2%)
- Namecheap: 11,623 (10.1%)
- Hostinger: 6,686 (5.8%)
- Squarespace: 5,476 (4.7%)
- Spaceship: 5,214 (4.5%)
- Alibaba cloud: 4,603 (4.0%)
- Namesilo: 4,170 (3.6%)
- GMO Internet: 3,763 (3.3%)
- Tucows: 2,999 (2.6%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.0 avg length | 77.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.4%) | 2-5 years (8.2%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (24.8%) | Vercel (1.1%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.3%) | Squarespace (4.6%) | Afternic (1.2%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.3%)
Burst signal: 62.0% day-over-day decrease. With 24.8% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Examples
- Longest SLD: 1stfloor22252nearpremmandirwrighttownjabalpurmadhyapradeshindia.com (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: qb8n.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: fixtheman.com
- Listed for sale: intershake.com
.xyz, 112,329 domains
We discovered 112,329 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 69.9% increase from yesterday’s 66,099. Of these, 55,387 were registered on Oct 03, 2026, 56,221 on Oct 02, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 102,891 (91.6%)
- Dynadot: 2,080 (1.9%)
- Namecheap: 1,238 (1.1%)
- Godaddy: 1,040 (0.9%)
- Namesilo: 824 (0.7%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.1 avg length | 90.9% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.8%) | 2-5 years (0.1%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (2.9%) | Vercel (0.2%) | Afternic (91.5%)
Burst signal: 69.9% day-over-day increase. With 91.5% listed for sale, more of these domains appear directed toward resale than end-user use.
Single-investor signal: GMO Internet accounts for 91.6% of today’s registrations, combined with 91.5% on resale platforms, suggesting likely a single investor. Worth continued monitoring.
TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 90.9% combined with 91.5% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: ewpogljk32wgpoj2309ggfewg32g23fwefewfg32g.xyz (41 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 85g.xyz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: brucehood.xyz
- Listed for sale: dnapage.xyz
.top, 35,201 domains
We discovered 35,201 .top domains in today’s report, a 18.1% decrease from yesterday’s 42,981. Of these, 23,827 were registered on Oct 03, 2026, 11,269 on Oct 02, 2026.
- Godaddy: 11,290 (32.1%)
- Namesilo: 4,328 (12.3%)
- : 3,711 (10.5%)
- Alibaba cloud: 3,593 (10.2%)
- namemart pte. ltd.: 3,526 (10.0%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 6.8 avg length | 25.7% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.6%) | 2-5 years (0.3%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (28.7%)
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 25.7% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: kraken2trfqodidvlh4aa337cpzfrhdlfldhve5nf7njhumwr7insta.top (55 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 3a9.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: seclusion.top
- Listed for sale: fivestar.top
.net, 15,814 domains
We discovered 15,814 .net domains in today’s report, a 3.9% decrease from yesterday’s 16,449. Of these, 0 were registered on Oct 03, 2026, 7,685 on Oct 02, 2026.
- Godaddy: 3,062 (19.4%)
- Namecheap: 1,525 (9.6%)
- Cloudflare: 1,098 (6.9%)
- Squarespace: 1,034 (6.5%)
- Dynadot: 769 (4.9%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.2 avg length | 77.6% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.6%) | 2-5 years (8.0%) | >5 years (0.4%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (28.1%) | Vercel (0.4%) | WordPress.com (0.4%) | Wix (3.3%) | Squarespace (6.3%) | Afternic (0.4%)
Anomaly signal: Only 0 domains registered on Oct 03, 2026 appears in today’s sample, compared with 7,685 from Oct 02, 2026. This indicates a delay in zone file updates from the registry, not an actual drop in registrations.
Examples
- Longest SLD: telecharger-jeux-casino-gratuit-machine-sous-maroc.net (50 chars)
- Shortest SLD: n8i.net (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: wrapbrush.net
- Listed for sale: tpma.net
.org, 15,752 domains
We discovered 15,752 .org domains in today’s report, a 13.2% decrease from yesterday’s 18,139. Of these, 6,680 were registered on Oct 03, 2026, 9,005 on Oct 02, 2026.
- Godaddy: 2,307 (14.6%)
- Namecheap: 2,178 (13.8%)
- Cloudflare: 1,539 (9.8%)
- Squarespace: 1,034 (6.6%)
- Spaceship: 1,030 (6.5%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 13.6 avg length | 78.8% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.4%) | 2-5 years (7.2%) | >5 years (0.4%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (30.4%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.7%) | Wix (1.9%) | Squarespace (6.4%) | Afternic (0.5%) | Sedo (0.1%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: museaisnewstart-edmonton-public-page-oxi6gxeixnm6xxo.org (52 chars)
- Shortest SLD: oz0.org (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: orkeso.org
- Listed for sale: newphysics.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, Oct 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.