Daily Newly Registered Domains Intelligence: 381,006 Discovered Across 485 gTLDs on Oct 20, 2026
We discovered 405,905 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 381,006 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 485 gTLDs. This is 77.2% higher than yesterday’s Oct 19, 2026 total of 215,061.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.9 avg length | 79.1% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (95.6%) | 2-5 years (4.2%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (26.2%) | Vercel (0.7%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (1.1%) | Squarespace (2.2%) | Afternic (21.6%) | Atom.com (0.4%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (174,282), .xyz (87,573), .top (18,312).
- .com: 174,282
- .xyz: 87,573
- .top: 18,312
- .online: 9,941
- .org: 8,876
- .tech: 8,141
- .site: 6,169
- .net: 5,610
- .store: 5,183
- .info: 3,740
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 174,282 domains
We discovered 174,282 .com domains in today’s report, a 51.7% increase from yesterday’s 114,915. Of these, 172,582 were registered on Oct 19, 2026, 495 on Oct 18, 2026.
- Godaddy: 22,064 (12.7%)
- Namecheap: 17,015 (9.8%)
- Cloudflare: 15,556 (8.9%)
- Alibaba cloud: 12,735 (7.3%)
- Spaceship: 8,704 (5.0%)
- Hostinger: 8,184 (4.7%)
- GMO Internet: 7,553 (4.3%)
- Squarespace: 7,532 (4.3%)
- Dynadot: 5,361 (3.1%)
- Porkbun: 4,856 (2.8%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.2 avg length | 75.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.9%) | 2-5 years (7.8%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (29.2%) | Vercel (1.0%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.0%) | Squarespace (4.1%) | Afternic (0.5%) | Atom.com (0.3%)
Burst signal: 51.7% day-over-day increase. With 29.2% on Cloudflare DNS, more of these domains appear directed toward end-user use than resale.
Examples
- Longest SLD: goactivatesafetyactionsprotectionexpirationmentonationservergle.com (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: vt1v.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: panasym.com
- Listed for sale: exitseed.com
.xyz, 87,573 domains
We discovered 87,573 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 1036.3% increase from yesterday’s 7,707. Of these, 86,849 were registered on Oct 19, 2026, 690 on Oct 18, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 81,437 (93.0%)
- Godaddy: 1,364 (1.6%)
- Namecheap: 1,349 (1.5%)
- Dynadot: 834 (1.0%)
- Spaceship: 383 (0.4%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 13.8 avg length | 96.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.9%) | 2-5 years (0.1%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (3.3%) | Vercel (0.1%) | Afternic (92.5%) | Atom.com (0.9%)
Burst signal: 1036.3% day-over-day increase. With 93.4% listed for sale, more of these domains appear directed toward resale than end-user use.
Single-investor signal: GMO Internet accounts for 93.0% of today’s registrations, combined with 93.4% on resale platforms, suggesting likely a single investor. Worth continued monitoring.
TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 96.3% combined with 93.4% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: review-and-verify-your-documents-online.xyz (39 chars)
- Shortest SLD: ez.xyz (2 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: moonlox.xyz
- Listed for sale: climata.xyz
.top, 18,312 domains
We discovered 18,312 .top domains in today’s report, a 26.8% increase from yesterday’s 14,445. Of these, 18,071 were registered on Oct 19, 2026, 31 on Oct 18, 2026.
- Alibaba cloud: 5,837 (31.9%)
- namemart pte. ltd.: 4,078 (22.3%)
- : 2,201 (12.0%)
- Namesilo: 1,304 (7.1%)
- Spaceship: 1,169 (6.4%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 7.6 avg length | 35.1% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.2%) | 2-5 years (0.6%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (14.8%)
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 35.1% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: xn--5brz8df5b06cw6d23a351atmg9ury9eu12awrdr6b835ask0ccu9apuh.top (60 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 4t6.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: trvlk.top
.online, 9,941 domains
We discovered 9,941 .online domains in today’s report, a 33.7% increase from yesterday’s 7,438. Of these, 9,490 were registered on Oct 19, 2026, 4 on Oct 18, 2026.
- Namecheap: 2,344 (23.6%)
- Hostinger: 1,368 (13.8%)
- Godaddy: 1,118 (11.2%)
- Reg: 713 (7.2%)
- Spaceship: 299 (3.0%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 11.6 avg length | 82.1% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.3%) | 2-5 years (1.7%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (27.6%) | Vercel (0.8%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (1.3%) | Squarespace (0.1%) | Afternic (0.2%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: accountsyxxxtemtigfsuitaminmxsecureconfigurationsecured.online (55 chars)
- Shortest SLD: nb1.online (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: hytop.online
- Listed for sale: darkweb.online
.org, 8,876 domains
We discovered 8,876 .org domains in today’s report, a 48.3% increase from yesterday’s 5,986. Of these, 8,769 were registered on Oct 19, 2026, 2 on Oct 18, 2026.
- Namecheap: 1,581 (17.8%)
- Godaddy: 1,152 (13.0%)
- Cloudflare: 875 (9.9%)
- Spaceship: 745 (8.4%)
- Squarespace: 558 (6.3%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.7 avg length | 84.2% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (92.7%) | 2-5 years (6.7%) | >5 years (0.6%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (29.8%) | Vercel (0.7%) | WordPress.com (0.8%) | Wix (1.7%) | Squarespace (6.1%) | Afternic (0.3%) | Sedo (0.3%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: themocosmokeshowbarbecuecompetitionandfestival.org (46 chars)
- Shortest SLD: xv3.org (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: bmforex.org
- Listed for sale: kunga.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 20, 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.