Top gTLDs by Active Domains

Daily rankings of the largest gTLDs by active domain count, with separate breakdowns for new gTLDs and geographic gTLDs.

Top 10 gTLDs by Active Domains

Overall gTLD ranking by active domain count.
These top 10 gTLDs represent 88.5% of all active domains.

Data from: April 13, 2026

gTLDs Tracked
1,106
Total Active Domains
243.8M
Top 10 Share
88.5%
Rank gTLD Active Domains Share
#1 .COM 161,380,818 66.19%
#2 .NET 12,193,502 5.00%
#3 .ORG 11,773,939 4.83%
#4 .XYZ 8,042,872 3.30%
#5 .TOP 6,191,742 2.54%
#6 .INFO 5,246,942 2.15%
#7 .SHOP 3,890,065 1.60%
#8 .ONLINE 3,303,192 1.35%
#9 .STORE 2,072,865 0.85%
#10 .SITE 1,723,506 0.71%

Top 10 New gTLDs

New gTLDs introduced after 2013 through ICANN's program.
The top 10 represent 61.5% of all new gTLD active domains.

Data from: April 13, 2026

New gTLDs
1,090
New gTLD Domains
49.7M
Share of All Domains
20.4%
Rank New gTLD Active Domains Share of New gTLDs
#1 .XYZ 8,042,872 16.19%
#2 .TOP 6,191,742 12.46%
#3 .SHOP 3,890,065 7.83%
#4 .ONLINE 3,303,192 6.65%
#5 .STORE 2,072,865 4.17%
#6 .SITE 1,723,506 3.47%
#7 .VIP 1,625,113 3.27%
#8 .SBS 1,386,210 2.79%
#9 .APP 1,187,874 2.39%
#10 .BOND 1,143,247 2.30%

Top 10 Geographic gTLDs

Geographic gTLDs represent cities, regions, and cultural identities.
They account for 0.47% of total active domains.

Data from: April 13, 2026

Geographic gTLDs
56
Geographic Domains
1,149.7K
Top 10 Share
79.0%
Rank Geographic gTLD Active Domains Share
#1 .ASIA 537,426 46.74%
#2 .TOKYO 90,884 7.90%
#3 .NYC 58,463 5.08%
#4 .AFRICA 55,453 4.82%
#5 .BERLIN 43,333 3.77%
#6 .LONDON 34,813 3.03%
#7 .BAYERN 27,961 2.43%
#8 .SWISS 22,748 1.98%
#9 .PARIS 18,518 1.61%
#10 .AMSTERDAM 18,189 1.58%

The tables above show today's snapshot. For time-series movement across all 1,000+ gTLDs, including week-over-week shifts, growth rates, and individual gTLD trend pages, continue on DomainKits.

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Where Top gTLDs Fit in the Lifecycle

Newly Registered Domains

The entry point of every domain name, and the start of its presence on the internet.

Active Domains

The steady-state of the lifecycle, where domains actively operate and day-to-day infrastructure changes happen.

Expired Domains

Where domain names begin to fade out of the active internet.

Frequently Asked Questions

Registration count is a database figure: every name the registry has on record, including names that never resolve, were registered but never configured, or are sitting in test accounts. Active domains count is what is actually reachable on the public internet today. The gap between the two is often 15 to 30 percent on promotional gTLDs. We rank by active because it reflects real presence on the internet, not database entries. This distinction is the single most common error in news coverage of gTLD market share.
Several mechanisms, in rough order of frequency: (1) concentrated expiration batches, where a past promotional wave (for example a US$0.99 first-year promo) hits the one-year mark and a large share does not renew; (2) registrar cleanups, where abuse blocklists (Spamhaus, SURBL, etc.) flag a TLD and registrars bulk-delete flagged names; (3) a registrar exiting or transferring sales of a particular gTLD; (4) a promo price returning to the regular renewal price, which suppresses further new registrations; (5) zone file publication delays, where a day looks lower only because the source is late. A single-day drop is usually noise; a multi-week decline is a real market signal.
Three structural reasons, visible in the Top 10 gTLDs share shown above: path dependence (existing email, links, and bookmarks are tied to .com names, so established businesses do not migrate), trust signal (consumers and search engines treat .com as the default, and anything else as an explanation that needs making), and defensive registration (every large brand registers its .com regardless of which TLD it actually uses). The result is that .com alone holds a larger active share than the next dozen gTLDs combined, and this concentration has been remarkably stable year over year.
Not reliably. Active domain counts are daily snapshots, not daily deltas, so summing them across days double-counts the same domains. The correct approach is to pick one snapshot per week or per month and compare the snapshots. Additional caveats: the set of tracked gTLDs can change when new gTLDs launch or delegation status shifts, and the upstream data source occasionally republishes a day with corrections. For ready-made week-over-week and month-over-month views that handle these edge cases, see DomainKits gTLD Trends.