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  "title": "Domain Name Statistics 2026: Registrations, .com, ccTLDs and Registrars",
  "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/domain-name-statistics/",
  "updated": "2026-10-30",
  "licence": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data-licence/",
  "attribution": "Source: [publisher] via StatisticsGlobal (https://statisticsglobal.org/domain-name-statistics/)",
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      "sentence": "Domain name registrations rose by 33.0 million, or 8.7%, year on year by the end of Q3 2026, according to DNIB.com.",
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      "id": "dn-com-share-q3-2026",
      "sentence": ".com accounted for 41.3% of all domain name registrations at the end of Q3 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from DNIB.com data.",
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      "sentence": "There were 386.9 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains at the end of Q4 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from DNIB.com data.",
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      "source_url": "https://www.dnib.com/media/downloads/reports/domain-name-report-Q12026.pdf",
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      "id": "dn-total-q3-2025",
      "sentence": "There were 378.5 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains at the end of Q3 2025, according to Verisign.",
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      "publisher": "Verisign",
      "source_title": "Q3 2025 Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report",
      "source_url": "https://blog.verisign.com/domain-names/q3-2025-domain-name-industry-brief-quarterly-report/",
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      "sample": "Quarter-end registration counts across all TLDs. DNIB.com, sponsored by Verisign, compiles them from ZookNIC, Verisign and ICANN Centralized Zone Data Service data.",
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      "id": "dn-com-q3-2026",
      "sentence": "The .com domain name base totalled 169.8 million registrations on 30 September 2026, according to DNIB.com.",
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      "sentence": ".com had 8.1 times as many registrations as .cn, the largest country-code TLD, in Q3 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from DNIB.com data.",
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      "publisher": "DNIB.com",
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      "sentence": ".xyz had 10.2 million registrations on 30 September 2026, the fourth-largest generic TLD after .com, .net and .org, according to DNIB.com.",
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      "id": "dn-renewal-range-q3-2026",
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      "source_title": "Verisign Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results (Form 8-K exhibit)",
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      "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001014473/000101447326000038/q32026earningsrelease.htm",
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      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/filings/verisign-q3-2026-2026-10-30.csv",
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      "source_published": "June 2025 and June 2026 reports, accessed 30 October 2026",
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      "source_url": "https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/mrr/com/com-transactions-202606-en.csv",
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      "id": "dn-icann-adds-2026",
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      "publisher": "ICANN",
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      "source_url": "https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/mrr/com/com-transactions-202606-en.csv",
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      "publisher": "ICANN",
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      "source_url": "https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/mrr/com/com-transactions-202606-en.csv",
      "source_published": "June 2026 report, published with a three-month lag, accessed 30 October 2026",
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      "source_url": "https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/mrr/com/com-transactions-202606-en.csv",
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      "source_url": "https://www.dnib.com/media/downloads/reports/domain-name-report-Q32026.pdf",
      "source_published": "October 2026, data as of 30 September 2026, accessed 30 October 2026",
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      "source_published": "October 2026, data as of 30 September 2026, accessed 30 October 2026",
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      "source_url": "https://www.dnib.com/media/downloads/reports/domain-name-report-Q32026.pdf",
      "source_published": "October 2026, data as of 30 September 2026, accessed 30 October 2026",
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    {
      "id": "dn-top10cc-q3-2026",
      "sentence": "The 10 largest country-code TLDs held 56.7% of all ccTLD registrations on 30 September 2026, across 309 ccTLDs, according to DNIB.com.",
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      "source_type": "Vendor report",
      "publisher": "DNIB.com",
      "source_title": "The Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report Q3 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.dnib.com/media/downloads/reports/domain-name-report-Q32026.pdf",
      "source_published": "October 2026, data as of 30 September 2026, accessed 30 October 2026",
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      "sentence": "New generic TLDs had 56.6 million registrations at the end of Q3 2026, up 32.0% year on year, according to DNIB.com.",
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      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Vendor report",
      "publisher": "DNIB.com",
      "source_title": "The Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report Q3 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.dnib.com/media/downloads/reports/domain-name-report-Q32026.pdf",
      "source_published": "October 2026, data as of 30 September 2026, accessed 30 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/dnib/dnib-quarterly-q1-q3-2026-2026-10-30.csv",
      "sample": "Quarter-end registration counts across all TLDs. DNIB.com, sponsored by Verisign, compiles them from ZookNIC, Verisign and ICANN Centralized Zone Data Service data.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-30",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/domain-name-statistics/#stat-dn-ngtld-q3-2026"
    },
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      "id": "dn-ngtld-share-q3-2026",
      "sentence": "New generic TLDs held 13.7% of all domain name registrations on 30 September 2026, according to DNIB.com.",
      "value": 13.7,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Vendor report",
      "publisher": "DNIB.com",
      "source_title": "The Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report Q3 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.dnib.com/media/downloads/reports/domain-name-report-Q32026.pdf",
      "source_published": "October 2026, data as of 30 September 2026, accessed 30 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/dnib/dnib-quarterly-q1-q3-2026-2026-10-30.csv",
      "sample": "Quarter-end registration counts across all TLDs. DNIB.com, sponsored by Verisign, compiles them from ZookNIC, Verisign and ICANN Centralized Zone Data Service data.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-30",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/domain-name-statistics/#stat-dn-ngtld-share-q3-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "dn-ngtld-renewal-q3-2026",
      "sentence": "The combined renewal rate estimate for new generic TLDs was 28.6% in the Q3 2026 report, according to DNIB.com.",
      "value": 28.6,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Vendor report",
      "publisher": "DNIB.com",
      "source_title": "The Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report Q3 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.dnib.com/media/downloads/reports/domain-name-report-Q32026.pdf",
      "source_published": "October 2026, data as of 30 September 2026, accessed 30 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/dnib/dnib-quarterly-q1-q3-2026-2026-10-30.csv",
      "sample": "Quarter-end registration counts across all TLDs. DNIB.com, sponsored by Verisign, compiles them from ZookNIC, Verisign and ICANN Centralized Zone Data Service data.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-30",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/domain-name-statistics/#stat-dn-ngtld-renewal-q3-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "dn-legacy-q3-2026",
      "sentence": "Legacy generic TLDs other than .com and .net had 21.1 million registrations in Q3 2026, up 11.5% year on year, according to DNIB.com.",
      "value": 21.1,
      "unit": "million",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Vendor report",
      "publisher": "DNIB.com",
      "source_title": "The Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report Q3 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.dnib.com/media/downloads/reports/domain-name-report-Q32026.pdf",
      "source_published": "October 2026, data as of 30 September 2026, accessed 30 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/dnib/dnib-quarterly-q1-q3-2026-2026-10-30.csv",
      "sample": "Quarter-end registration counts across all TLDs. DNIB.com, sponsored by Verisign, compiles them from ZookNIC, Verisign and ICANN Centralized Zone Data Service data.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-30",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/domain-name-statistics/#stat-dn-legacy-q3-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "dn-icann-vs-dnib-gap-2026",
      "sentence": "ICANN's June 2026 .com count was 3.65 million, or 2.2%, above the DNIB.com .com base for the same date, calculated by StatisticsGlobal.",
      "value": 2.2,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "ICANN",
      "source_title": ".com Monthly Registry Report, registrar transactions, June 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/mrr/com/com-transactions-202606-en.csv",
      "source_published": "June 2026 report, published with a three-month lag, accessed 30 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/icann/com-registrars-2025-06-and-2026-06-2026-10-30.csv",
      "sample": "Monthly registry transaction report that Verisign files with ICANN for .com, one row per accredited registrar. Counts are domains under each registrar at month end.",
      "method": "ICANN June 2026 .com total-domains 170,253,825 vs DNIB.com .com domain name base of 166.6 million at 30 June 2026 (Q2 2026 report). 170.25 - 166.6 = 3.65 million; 3.65 / 166.6 = 2.19%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-30",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/domain-name-statistics/#stat-dn-icann-vs-dnib-gap-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "dn-netcraft-domains-2026",
      "sentence": "Netcraft found responding websites on 323,147,961 domains in its September 2026 survey, according to Netcraft.",
      "value": 323147961,
      "unit": "domains",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 30 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-2025-09-to-2026-09.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer HTTP requests. Its domain count is domains with at least one responding site, not registrations.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-30",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/domain-name-statistics/#stat-dn-netcraft-domains-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "dn-netcraft-vs-dnib-2026",
      "sentence": "Netcraft found live websites on 323.1 million domains in September 2026, equal to 78.5% of all registrations, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Netcraft and DNIB.com data.",
      "value": 78.5,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 30 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-2025-09-to-2026-09.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer HTTP requests. Its domain count is domains with at least one responding site, not registrations.",
      "method": "Netcraft September 2026 survey: 323,147,961 domains with responding sites. DNIB.com: 411.6 million registrations at 30 September 2026. 323.15 / 411.6 = 78.51%. The two count different things, so this is a rough ratio.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-30",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/domain-name-statistics/#stat-dn-netcraft-vs-dnib-2026"
    }
  ]
}