Daily Newly Registered Domains Intelligence: 395,905 Discovered Across 468 gTLDs on Oct 12, 2026
We discovered 418,868 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 395,905 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 468 gTLDs. This is 24.8% lower than yesterday’s Oct 11, 2026 total of 526,448.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.1 avg length | 78.8% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (94.6%) | 2-5 years (5.2%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (23.6%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (1.5%) | Squarespace (2.9%) | Afternic (14.6%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (233,780), .xyz (61,473), .top (13,966).
- .com: 233,780
- .xyz: 61,473
- .top: 13,966
- .icu: 7,889
- .online: 6,804
- .org: 6,486
- .net: 5,619
- .app: 5,216
- .site: 4,480
- .store: 4,251
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 233,780 domains
We discovered 233,780 .com domains in today’s report, a 44.7% increase from yesterday’s 161,526. Of these, 106,242 were registered on Oct 11, 2026, 122,989 on Oct 10, 2026.
- Godaddy: 32,893 (14.1%)
- Namecheap: 23,392 (10.0%)
- Cloudflare: 22,658 (9.7%)
- Hostinger: 13,132 (5.6%)
- Spaceship: 10,953 (4.7%)
- Squarespace: 10,711 (4.6%)
- Alibaba cloud: 9,468 (4.0%)
- Realtimeregister: 7,661 (3.3%)
- GMO Internet: 7,093 (3.0%)
- Porkbun: 6,736 (2.9%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.1 avg length | 79.8% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.8%) | 2-5 years (7.9%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (26.3%) | Vercel (1.1%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.3%) | Squarespace (4.3%) | Afternic (1.0%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: google-site-verificationdzzopwhaivcqmi2evdtbzgztvtzfbnymfgfwq8a.com (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 1fbx.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: mtzproject.com
- Listed for sale: sensibletx.com
.xyz, 61,473 domains
We discovered 61,473 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 55.3% decrease from yesterday’s 137,581. Of these, 60,819 were registered on Oct 11, 2026, 16 on Oct 10, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 55,700 (90.6%)
- Spaceship: 2,135 (3.5%)
- Dynadot: 745 (1.2%)
- Namecheap: 579 (0.9%)
- Godaddy: 503 (0.8%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 9.0 avg length | 93.5% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.8%) | 2-5 years (0.2%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (5.9%) | Vercel (0.2%) | Afternic (89.7%)
Burst signal: 55.3% day-over-day decrease. With 89.7% listed for sale, more of these domains appear directed toward resale than end-user use.
TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 93.5% combined with 89.7% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: talkwithfuturegeniusesbillionairesmillionairessmartpeoplerichto.xyz (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 4l8.xyz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: uploadttml.xyz
- Listed for sale: sensepipe.xyz
.top, 13,966 domains
We discovered 13,966 .top domains in today’s report, a 52.6% decrease from yesterday’s 29,450. Of these, 13,872 were registered on Oct 11, 2026, 22 on Oct 10, 2026.
- namemart pte. ltd.: 4,798 (34.4%)
- Alibaba cloud: 2,778 (19.9%)
- Spaceship: 1,428 (10.2%)
- Namesilo: 1,199 (8.6%)
- Dynadot: 1,099 (7.9%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 7.1 avg length | 30.1% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.4%) | 2-5 years (0.5%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (17.3%)
Burst signal: 52.6% day-over-day decrease. With 17.3% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 30.1% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: ohwtcepserdaiseerf-hturssimgnorwtniop-moobtaebrelluryrev.top (56 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 7-1.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: bmsck.top
- Listed for sale: liminal.top
.icu, 7,889 domains
We discovered 7,889 .icu domains in today’s report, a 300.7% increase from yesterday’s 1,969. Of these, 7,879 were registered on Oct 11, 2026, 0 on Oct 10, 2026.
- 59: 7,000 (88.7%)
- Gname: 404 (5.1%)
- Dynadot: 78 (1.0%)
- Publicdomainregistry: 76 (1.0%)
- West.cn: 63 (0.8%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 9.4 avg length | 91.8% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (100.0%) | 2-5 years (0.0%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (2.9%)
Burst signal: 300.7% day-over-day increase. With 2.9% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Registrar concentration signal: 59 accounts for 88.7% of today’s registrations, with no domains observed on Afternic, Sedo, or Atom.com. Worth continued monitoring.
Short-term usage pattern: All domains are registered for exactly one year, with no resale-platform presence, indicating short-term usage intent. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: scctive-the-use-lakee-109060aaggeeed-basde-40001d5.icu (50 chars)
- Shortest SLD: rgzn.icu (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: eviteweb.icu
.online, 6,804 domains
We discovered 6,804 .online domains in today’s report, a 60.1% decrease from yesterday’s 17,066. Of these, 6,551 were registered on Oct 11, 2026, 4 on Oct 10, 2026.
- Namecheap: 1,663 (24.4%)
- Hostinger: 1,004 (14.8%)
- Godaddy: 726 (10.7%)
- Reg: 554 (8.1%)
- Spaceship: 314 (4.6%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.8 avg length | 80.8% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.5%) | 2-5 years (1.4%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (24.2%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (1.2%) | Squarespace (0.1%) | Afternic (0.3%)
Burst signal: 60.1% day-over-day decrease. With 24.2% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Examples
- Longest SLD: webautorizemaxonlinegroub-980043855382990484888.online (47 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 9xm.online (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: florentixa.online
- Listed for sale: siglobal.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, Oct 12, 2026.
- Daily Top gTLD Rankings by active domain count: Top gTLDs.
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 ABTdomain Daily JSON.