Daily Newly Registered Domains Intelligence: 271,201 Discovered Across 462 gTLDs on Oct 18, 2026
We discovered 284,313 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 271,201 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 462 gTLDs. This is 42.3% lower than yesterday’s Oct 17, 2026 total of 470,242.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.4 avg length | 73.1% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (95.5%) | 2-5 years (4.3%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (26.9%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (1.1%) | Squarespace (2.3%) | Afternic (16.0%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.3%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (119,495), .xyz (46,039), .top (14,479).
- .com: 119,495
- .xyz: 46,039
- .top: 14,479
- .net: 9,228
- .online: 6,731
- .org: 6,016
- .lat: 5,737
- .baby: 4,867
- .site: 4,625
- .app: 4,404
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 119,495 domains
We discovered 119,495 .com domains in today’s report, a 25.5% decrease from yesterday’s 160,391. Of these, 117,920 were registered on Oct 17, 2026, 575 on Oct 16, 2026.
- Godaddy: 16,413 (13.7%)
- Cloudflare: 12,400 (10.4%)
- Namecheap: 11,794 (9.9%)
- Hostinger: 6,417 (5.4%)
- GMO Internet: 6,398 (5.4%)
- Spaceship: 5,669 (4.7%)
- Squarespace: 5,217 (4.4%)
- Alibaba cloud: 4,564 (3.8%)
- Name: 3,476 (2.9%)
- Porkbun: 3,351 (2.8%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.2 avg length | 78.8% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.8%) | 2-5 years (7.9%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (27.0%) | Vercel (1.2%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.0%) | Squarespace (4.2%) | Afternic (1.1%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: yakyu-joshi-momosora-baseball-website-service-publication.com (57 chars)
- Shortest SLD: xn7b.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: sixuankeji.com
- Listed for sale: didapay.com
.xyz, 46,039 domains
We discovered 46,039 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 73.4% decrease from yesterday’s 173,389. Of these, 44,724 were registered on Oct 17, 2026, 1,263 on Oct 16, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 41,951 (91.1%)
- Godaddy: 875 (1.9%)
- Dynadot: 574 (1.2%)
- Namecheap: 501 (1.1%)
- Spaceship: 334 (0.7%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 13.0 avg length | 89.2% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.8%) | 2-5 years (0.1%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (3.4%) | Vercel (0.2%) | Afternic (90.6%) | Sedo (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.7%)
Burst signal: 73.4% day-over-day decrease. With 91.4% listed for sale, more of these domains appear directed toward resale than end-user use.
Single-investor signal: GMO Internet accounts for 91.1% of today’s registrations, combined with 91.4% on resale platforms, suggesting likely a single investor. Worth continued monitoring.
TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 89.2% combined with 91.4% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: cnic-probe-aws-asia-tokyo-live-1792282201.xyz (41 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 4yt.xyz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: ggxl.xyz
- Listed for sale: soundway.xyz
.top, 14,479 domains
We discovered 14,479 .top domains in today’s report, a 21.5% decrease from yesterday’s 18,454. Of these, 14,296 were registered on Oct 17, 2026, 25 on Oct 16, 2026.
- Alibaba cloud: 4,282 (29.6%)
- Godaddy: 2,147 (14.8%)
- : 2,000 (13.8%)
- Spaceship: 1,543 (10.7%)
- Namesilo: 1,261 (8.7%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 7.5 avg length | 31.1% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.4%) | 2-5 years (0.4%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (11.5%)
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 31.1% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: dweeb-viewpoint5-kindness-overcrowd.top (35 chars)
- Shortest SLD: tud.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: sftew.top
.net, 9,228 domains
We discovered 9,228 .net domains in today’s report, a 12.0% increase from yesterday’s 8,242. Of these, 1 was registered on Oct 17, 2026, 9,178 on Oct 16, 2026.
- Dynadot: 1,655 (17.9%)
- Godaddy: 1,340 (14.5%)
- Namecheap: 732 (7.9%)
- Cloudflare: 598 (6.5%)
- Squarespace: 468 (5.1%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.5 avg length | 69.9% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (93.0%) | 2-5 years (6.6%) | >5 years (0.4%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (28.9%) | Vercel (0.4%) | WordPress.com (0.4%) | Wix (2.6%) | Squarespace (4.8%) | Afternic (0.1%) | Atom.com (0.1%)
Anomaly signal: Only 1 domain registered on Oct 17, 2026 appears in today’s sample, compared with 9,178 from Oct 16, 2026. This indicates a delay in zone file updates from the registry, not an actual drop in registrations.
Examples
- Longest SLD: xn--parfumuri-produse-de-curenie-make-up-g8d457h.net (48 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 4hy.net (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: inklnk.net
- Listed for sale: vibly.net
.online, 6,731 domains
We discovered 6,731 .online domains in today’s report, a 27.1% decrease from yesterday’s 9,235. Of these, 6,425 were registered on Oct 17, 2026, 1 on Oct 16, 2026.
- Namecheap: 1,296 (19.3%)
- Hostinger: 1,101 (16.4%)
- Godaddy: 765 (11.4%)
- Reg: 600 (8.9%)
- Publicdomainregistry: 259 (3.8%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.5 avg length | 80.1% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.1%) | 2-5 years (1.9%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (19.9%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (1.6%) | Squarespace (0.1%) | Afternic (0.5%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: bancounioncomboestractoparametro8nhadam322jungbtp.online (49 chars)
- Shortest SLD: x-o.online (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: newtms.online
- Listed for sale: amaryllis.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 18, 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.