The first quarter of 2026 closed with 392.5 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 5.6 million domain name registrations, or 1.4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2025. Domain name registrations increased by 24.1 million, or 6.5%, year over year. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 176.1 million domain name registrations in the domain name base at the end of the first quarter of 2026, an increase of 2.5 million domain name registrations, or 1.5% compared to the fourth quarter of 2025. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined increase of 6.2 million domain name registrations, or 3.7%, year over year. As of March 31, 2026, the .com domain...
SSR Indicators
The volume of traffic the systems that support the global domain name system (DNS) have experienced over the last several years
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