COM + NET44.6%
179.1M+8.6M since Q2 25
Domain market pulse · Q2 2026
401.6 million names.
One changing map.
Six quarters of registration movement, category composition, renewal signals, and TLD rank changes—normalized from the source releases and open for download.
All TLDs401.6M+8.1% YoY
.com166.6M41.5% of total
Country codes148.6M+5.2M YoY
New gTLDs52.9M+13.4M YoY
01 / GLOBAL DOMAIN BASE
29.9 million names added in one year.
The count rose every quarter in this window. Registrations measure names in registry databases—not active sites, unique people, traffic, or economic value.
Selected seriesAll TLD registrations
Q1 25368.4M
Q2 26401.6M
Six-quarter change+33.2M · +9%
Values are millions of registered domain names. The vertical scale starts at 361M—not zero—to make within-series movement legible. Every point links to its source in the quarterly ledger below.
Source: six quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief releases, Q1 2025–Q2 2026. Latest observation: June 30, 2026. Source values rechecked August 28, 2026.
02 / FOUR MARKET SYSTEMS
The total hides four different curves.
.com and .net still provide the largest base. New generic TLDs are much smaller but supplied the largest absolute share of year-over-year growth in this window.
COUNTRY CODES37%
148.6M+5.2M since Q2 25
NEW GTLDS13.2%
52.9M+13.4M since Q2 25
LEGACY GTLDS5.2%
21M+2.7M since Q2 25
03 / WHERE THE GROWTH CAME FROM
New gTLDs supplied nearly half the net additions.
The four reported categories reconcile to the 29.9 million-name increase from Q2 2025 to Q2 2026. Contribution is not the same as durability; renewal rates vary sharply.
8.6M28.8%
5.2M17.4%
13.4M44.8%
2.7M9%
.com + .net+8.6M
Country-code TLDs+5.2M
New generic TLDs+13.4M
Other legacy gTLDs+2.7M
04 / CREATION + RETENTION
Growth accelerated. Renewal stayed uneven.
New .com and .net registrations rose from 10.4 million to 12.7 million year over year, while their preliminary combined renewal rate remained near 75%. The category renewal estimates are not directly interchangeable: registry mix, promotions, price, and reporting periods differ.
05 / RANK MOVEMENT
The top six held. The lower table changed.
.com, .cn, .de, .net, .org, and .uk occupied the same first six positions in every report. .xyz and .top entered the overall top ten during the period.
| Rank | Q1 25 | Q2 25 | Q3 25 | Q4 25 | Q1 26 | Q2 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | .com | .com | .com | .com | .com | .com |
| 02 | .cn | .cn | .cn | .cn | .cn | .cn |
| 03 | .de | .de | .de | .de | .de | .de |
| 04 | .net | .net | .net | .net | .net | .net |
| 05 | .org | .org | .org | .org | .org | .org |
| 06 | .uk | .uk | .uk | .uk | .uk | .uk |
| 07 | .ru | .ru | .ru | .xyz | .xyz | .xyz |
| 08 | .nl | .nl | .nl | .ru | .ru | .ru |
| 09 | .br | .br | .xyz | .nl | .top | .top |
| 10 | .au | .xyz | .br | .top | .nl | .nl |
06 / QUARTERLY LEDGER
Every plotted number, in one table.
Values are in millions except percentages. Totals can differ by 0.1 from summed categories because source figures are rounded.
| Quarter | All TLDs | QoQ | YoY | .com + .net | ccTLDs | New gTLDs | Legacy gTLDs | New .com/.net | .com/.net renewal | Primary source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 401.6 | +2.3% | +8.1% | 179.1 | 148.6 | 52.9 | 21 | 12.7 | 75.2% | DNIB ↗ |
| Q1 2026 | 392.5 | +1.4% | +6.5% | 176.1 | 146.3 | 49.6 | 20.5 | 11.5 | 76.3% | DNIB ↗ |
| Q4 2025 | 386.9 | +2.2% | +6.2% | 173.5 | 145.6 | 47.8 | 20 | 10.7 | 75% | DNIB ↗ |
| Q3 2025 | 378.5 | +1.8% | +4.5% | 171.9 | 144.8 | 42.9 | 18.9 | 10.6 | 75.3% | DNIB ↗ |
| Q2 2025 | 371.7 | +0.9% | +2.6% | 170.5 | 143.4 | 39.5 | 18.3 | 10.4 | 75.5% | DNIB ↗ |
| Q1 2025 | 368.4 | +1.1% | +1.7% | 169.8 | 142.9 | 37.8 | 17.9 | 10.1 | 75.3% | DNIB ↗ |