Daily Newly Registered Domains Intelligence: 463,001 Discovered Across 504 gTLDs on Oct 21, 2026
We discovered 481,078 newly active domains today. In our verifiable TLDs, 463,001 are confirmed as registered within the past 30 days across 504 gTLDs. This is 21.5% higher than yesterday’s Oct 20, 2026 total of 381,006.
Overall Usage Signals
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.0 avg length | 79.5% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (96.2%) | 2-5 years (3.6%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (24.2%) | Vercel (0.8%) | WordPress.com (0.2%) | Wix (1.0%) | Squarespace (2.0%) | Afternic (29.3%) | Atom.com (0.1%)
TLD Distribution
The top three TLDs today are .com (163,636), .xyz (144,602), .top (16,454).
- .com: 163,636
- .xyz: 144,602
- .top: 16,454
- .online: 13,785
- .app: 11,272
- .org: 9,188
- .net: 8,123
- .cam: 8,090
- .tech: 6,614
- .site: 6,389
Top 5 TLDs: Registrar and Usage Distribution
.com, 163,636 domains
We discovered 163,636 .com domains in today’s report, a 6.1% decrease from yesterday’s 174,282. Of these, 162,539 were registered on Oct 20, 2026, 283 on Oct 19, 2026.
- Godaddy: 23,481 (14.3%)
- Namecheap: 16,844 (10.3%)
- Cloudflare: 15,794 (9.7%)
- Squarespace: 7,737 (4.7%)
- Spaceship: 7,299 (4.5%)
- Hostinger: 6,664 (4.1%)
- Dynadot: 6,487 (4.0%)
- GMO Internet: 6,230 (3.8%)
- Alibaba cloud: 5,975 (3.7%)
- Porkbun: 4,688 (2.9%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 12.5 avg length | 78.6% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (91.5%) | 2-5 years (8.2%) | >5 years (0.3%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (27.6%) | Vercel (1.1%) | WordPress.com (0.3%) | Wix (2.3%) | Squarespace (4.5%) | Afternic (0.8%) | Atom.com (0.2%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: perfectacceptingloveexhaultingsincetimeimmemorialneverending.com (60 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 73wp.com (4 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: sigraman.com
- Listed for sale: juqiwu.com
.xyz, 144,602 domains
We discovered 144,602 .xyz domains in today’s report, a 65.1% increase from yesterday’s 87,573. Of these, 141,865 were registered on Oct 20, 2026, 1,397 on Oct 19, 2026.
- GMO Internet: 135,027 (93.4%)
- Spaceship: 3,877 (2.7%)
- Dynadot: 1,197 (0.8%)
- Godaddy: 1,110 (0.8%)
- Namecheap: 966 (0.7%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 13.6 avg length | 94.8% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.9%) | 2-5 years (0.0%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (1.7%) | Vercel (0.1%) | Afternic (92.5%)
Burst signal: 65.1% day-over-day increase. With 92.5% listed for sale, more of these domains appear directed toward resale than end-user use.
Single-investor signal: GMO Internet accounts for 93.4% of today’s registrations, combined with 92.5% on resale platforms, suggesting likely a single investor. Worth continued monitoring.
TLD opportunity signal: Pure-alphabet share at 94.8% combined with 92.5% on resale platforms suggests this TLD may have promotional or market stimulus driving investment activity. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: qastaff-systemqa-21808571-yrl-1792497985701.xyz (43 chars)
- Shortest SLD: gl8.xyz (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: otkffdfn.xyz
- Listed for sale: vwin.xyz
.top, 16,454 domains
We discovered 16,454 .top domains in today’s report, a 10.1% decrease from yesterday’s 18,312. Of these, 16,383 were registered on Oct 20, 2026, 31 on Oct 19, 2026.
- Alibaba cloud: 5,173 (31.4%)
- Godaddy: 2,793 (17.0%)
- Namesilo: 1,682 (10.2%)
- Dynadot: 1,495 (9.1%)
- Juming: 1,308 (7.9%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 8.2 avg length | 25.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (99.3%) | 2-5 years (0.5%) | >5 years (0.2%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (21.2%)
Low alpha signal: Pure-alphabet share at 25.3% is below the typical range. This batch of registrations warrants continued attention. Worth continued monitoring.
Examples
- Longest SLD: acessing-your-srevices-inhrere228377494984726193949747474120003.top (63 chars)
- Shortest SLD: c3c.top (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: hopkiss.top
- Listed for sale: theway.top
.online, 13,785 domains
We discovered 13,785 .online domains in today’s report, a 38.7% increase from yesterday’s 9,941. Of these, 12,876 were registered on Oct 20, 2026, 13 on Oct 19, 2026.
- Godaddy: 4,720 (34.2%)
- Namecheap: 2,382 (17.3%)
- Hostinger: 1,221 (8.9%)
- Reg: 779 (5.7%)
- Publicdomainregistry: 402 (2.9%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 10.2 avg length | 59.5% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (98.8%) | 2-5 years (1.2%) | >5 years (0.0%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (19.3%) | Vercel (0.7%) | WordPress.com (0.1%) | Wix (0.9%) | Squarespace (0.1%) | Afternic (0.5%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: ancient-take-project-approved-2026age-protect-load-works.online (56 chars)
- Shortest SLD: 0lg.online (3 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: goodshome.online
- Listed for sale: gigatech.online
.app, 11,272 domains
We discovered 11,272 .app domains in today’s report. Of these, 4,473 were registered on Oct 20, 2026, 5,183 on Oct 19, 2026.
- Cloudflare: 3,712 (32.9%)
- Name: 1,350 (12.0%)
- Dynadot: 1,109 (9.8%)
- Godaddy: 1,077 (9.6%)
- Namecheap: 883 (7.8%)
Usage Signals
- Structure: 8.8 avg length | 84.3% pure-alphabet
- Terms: 1-year (95.9%) | 2-5 years (3.9%) | >5 years (0.1%)
- Ecosystem: Cloudflare (44.4%) | Vercel (6.7%) | WordPress.com (0.1%) | Wix (0.6%) | Squarespace (0.9%) | Afternic (1.0%) | Atom.com (0.3%)
Examples
- Longest SLD: nonmaislesblocagesnontpasdimpactsurleconomieenfin.app (49 chars)
- Shortest SLD: de.app (2 chars)
- Hosted on Cloudflare: sitandtalk.app
- Listed for sale: konnex.app
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 21, 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.