The second quarter of 2026 closed with 401.6 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 9.1 million domain name registrations, or 2.3% compared to the first quarter of 2026. Domain name registrations increased by 29.9 million, or 8.1%, year over year. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 179.1 million domain name registrations in the domain name base at the end of second quarter of 2026, an increase of 3.0 million domain name registrations, or 1.7% compared to the first quarter of 2026. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined increase of 8.6 million domain name registrations, or 5.1%, year over year. As of June 30, 2026, the .com domain name...
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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