| Snapshot date | May 21, 2026 |
| Stage | Active (steady-state pool) |
| View | Cross-section, ranked by today’s size |
| Upstream | Today’s inflow (NRD) |
| Trends | Multi-period Δ in full TLD report |
As of May 21, 2026, this is the active domain pool ranked by TLD size. The numbers below come from today’s zone file snapshot covering 1105 TLDs, 246,425,430 active domains in total. Rankings reflect this single snapshot, not multi-day trends; for movement and direction, see the linked TLD report.
Top 10 TLDs by active domains: May 21, 2026
Across 246,425,430 active domains in the pool today, the top 10 TLDs alone account for 88.3%. Within that top 10, 4 legacy gTLDs (.com / .net / .org and similar) supply 88.3% of the rank’s volume. This is the structural inertia of the steady-state pool: head TLDs lead by years of accumulation, and the ranking shifts slowly even when inflow at the entrance is volatile.
| Rank | TLD | Active domains |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | .com | 162,735,165 |
| 2 | .net | 12,223,947 |
| 3 | .org | 11,876,533 |
| 4 | .xyz | 7,887,173 |
| 5 | .top | 6,366,722 |
| 6 | .info | 5,283,839 |
| 7 | .shop | 4,011,013 |
| 8 | .online | 3,342,926 |
| 9 | .store | 2,079,063 |
| 10 | .site | 1,747,094 |
• Top 10 share of total active pool: 88.3%
• Rank 11 to 50 share: 8.2%
• Long tail (rank 51+, 1055 TLDs) share: 3.5%
Top 10 New gTLDs by active domains: May 21, 2026
New gTLDs are the post-2013 ICANN expansion. The list below excludes the 18 legacy generic extensions and shows which post-expansion TLDs have built the largest steady-state base as of May 21, 2026.
| Rank | TLD | Active domains |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | .xyz | 7,887,173 |
| 2 | .top | 6,366,722 |
| 3 | .shop | 4,011,013 |
| 4 | .online | 3,342,926 |
| 5 | .store | 2,079,063 |
| 6 | .site | 1,747,094 |
| 7 | .vip | 1,726,463 |
| 8 | .sbs | 1,330,526 |
| 9 | .app | 1,285,802 |
| 10 | .bond | 1,153,577 |
Top 10 Geographic TLDs by active domains: May 21, 2026
Geographic TLDs (country, region, and city extensions) reflect how local digital identities accumulate in the global active pool. The May 21, 2026 snapshot below ranks the geo TLDs we monitor by current size.
| Rank | TLD | Active domains |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | .asia | 560,581 |
| 2 | .tokyo | 89,592 |
| 3 | .nyc | 58,574 |
| 4 | .africa | 56,535 |
| 5 | .berlin | 42,850 |
| 6 | .london | 35,260 |
| 7 | .bayern | 27,953 |
| 8 | .swiss | 22,795 |
| 9 | .paris | 18,772 |
| 10 | .amsterdam | 18,146 |
Spotlight: .xyz
The largest non-legacy TLD in today’s overall top 10 is .xyz, sitting at rank #4 with 7,887,173 active domains in this snapshot. Among post-2013 new gTLDs, reaching the overall top 10 means the steady-state base has accumulated past the threshold where legacy extensions usually dominate.
Continue Exploring May 21, 2026
This page is one cross-section of May 21, 2026. The same day’s data has other angles:
- Inflow: Newly Registered Domains, May 21, 2026. Which TLDs drove today’s inflow into the active pool.
- Full pool plus multi-period deltas: Active domain intelligence reports May 21, 2026. Complete TLD list with day, 30-day, 60-day, MA7 and MA14 deltas.
- 180-day TLD ranking: DomainKits TLD Trends. How the active-domain ranking has moved across the past 180 days.
- Exit: Expired Domains. Pending delete, auction and redemption flows out of the active pool.
Today’s snapshot is not a trend. For multi-day differences, use the active domain intelligence report linked above; for the 180-day ranking, use DomainKits TLD Trends.