We discovered 536,312 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 509,809 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 491 gTLDs. This is 19.0% higher than yesterday’s Oct 04, 2026 total of 428,277.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.1 avg length | 76.6% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (95.4%) | 2-5 years (4.4%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (22.6%) | Vercel (0.9%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (1.3%) | Squarespace (2.6%) | Afternic (21.0%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (230,210), .xyz (111,277), .top (36,081).
- .com: 230,210
- .xyz: 111,277
- .top: 36,081
- .net: 13,839
- .org: 13,105
- .online: 13,083
- .site: 7,464
- .store: 6,806
- .vip: 6,232
- .info: 5,890
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 230,210 domains
We discovered 230,210 .com domains in today’s report, a 99.5% increase from yesterday’s 115,420. Of these, 112,419 were registered on Oct 04, 2026, 114,767 on Oct 03, 2026.
- Godaddy: 34,975 (15.2%)
- Namecheap: 23,824 (10.3%)
- Cloudflare: 23,506 (10.2%)
- Hostinger: 13,267 (5.8%)
- Squarespace: 11,213 (4.9%)
- Spaceship: 10,046 (4.4%)
- Alibaba cloud: 8,388 (3.6%)
- GMO Internet: 7,437 (3.2%)
- Realtimeregister: 6,786 (2.9%)
- Tucows: 6,235 (2.7%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.1 avg length | 78.4% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.5%) | 2-5 years (8.2%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (25.2%) | Vercel (1.1%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.4%) | Squarespace (4.7%) | Afternic (1.6%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.4%)
Burst signal: 99.5% day-over-day increase. With 25.2% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Examples
- Longest SLD: 1stfloor22252nearpremmandirwrighttownjabalpurmadhyapradeshindia.com (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: h2a5.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: tapnevo.com
- Listed for sale: artebra.com
.xyz, 111,277 domains
We discovered 111,277 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 0.9% decrease from yesterday’s 112,329. Of these, 56,458 were registered on Oct 04, 2026, 54,773 on Oct 03, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 102,593 (92.2%)
- Dynadot: 1,468 (1.3%)
- Godaddy: 1,073 (1.0%)
- Namecheap: 1,062 (1.0%)
- Alibaba cloud: 1,003 (0.9%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.1 avg length | 93.7% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.9%) | 2-5 years (0.1%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (2.5%) | Vercel (0.2%) | Afternic (92.1%)
Single-investor signal: GMO Internet accounts for 92.2% of today’s registrations, combined with 92.1% on resale platforms, suggesting likely a single investor. Worth continued monitoring.
TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 93.7% combined with 92.1% 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: 4h9.xyz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: eraport.xyz
- Listed for sale: cyberrl.xyz
.top, 36,081 domains
We discovered 36,081 .top domains in today’s report, a 2.5% increase from yesterday’s 35,201. Of these, 13,037 were registered on Oct 04, 2026, 22,985 on Oct 03, 2026.
- Godaddy: 11,092 (30.7%)
- Namesilo: 5,727 (15.9%)
- : 4,800 (13.3%)
- Alibaba cloud: 4,613 (12.8%)
- Dynadot: 3,175 (8.8%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 6.8 avg length | 29.2% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.6%) | 2-5 years (0.3%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (31.4%)
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 29.2% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: mytx-comunlcation-assit1937474993948472902743.top (45 chars)
- Shortest SLD: s9.top (2 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: hdzrk.top
- Listed for sale: supersex.top
.net, 13,839 domains
We discovered 13,839 .net domains in today’s report, a 12.5% decrease from yesterday’s 15,814. Of these, 0 were registered on Oct 04, 2026, 5,940 on Oct 03, 2026.
- Godaddy: 2,553 (18.4%)
- Namecheap: 1,180 (8.5%)
- Cloudflare: 1,064 (7.7%)
- Squarespace: 828 (6.0%)
- Namebright: 822 (5.9%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.0 avg length | 78.6% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.0%) | 2-5 years (7.7%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (25.3%) | Vercel (0.4%) | WordPress.com (0.4%) | Wix (3.1%) | Squarespace (5.7%) | Afternic (0.3%)
Anomaly signal: Only 0 domains registered on Oct 04, 2026 appears in today’s sample, compared with 5,940 from Oct 03, 2026. This indicates a delay in zone file updates from the registry, not an actual drop in registrations.
Examples
- Longest SLD: dennis-tyson-pivotal-agent-in-massive-theft-at-the-merid.net (56 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 70d.net (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: wildkeep.net
- Listed for sale: ggss.net
.org, 13,105 domains
We discovered 13,105 .org domains in today’s report, a 16.8% decrease from yesterday’s 15,752. Of these, 6,405 were registered on Oct 04, 2026, 6,638 on Oct 03, 2026.
- Namecheap: 1,997 (15.2%)
- Godaddy: 1,842 (14.1%)
- Cloudflare: 1,305 (10.0%)
- GMO Internet: 1,011 (7.7%)
- Dynadot: 856 (6.5%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 13.7 avg length | 78.0% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.4%) | 2-5 years (7.2%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (30.5%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.7%) | Wix (1.9%) | Squarespace (6.1%) | Afternic (0.6%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.1%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: museaisnewstart-edmonton-public-page-oxi6gxeixnm6xxo.org (52 chars)
- Shortest SLD: ds8.org (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: tomorrower.org
- Listed for sale: sigmbh.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 05, 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.