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| Month | .com Active Domains | .net Active Domains |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07 | 148,776,960 | 13,454,532 |
| 2023-08 | 149,266,203 | 13,458,412 |
| 2023-09 | 149,858,924 | 13,471,479 |
| 2023-10 | 150,417,361 | 13,481,265 |
| 2023-11 | 150,818,972 | 13,476,816 |
| 2023-12 | 151,014,800 | 13,453,884 |
| 2024-01 | 151,053,588 | 13,416,978 |
| 2024-02 | 151,058,889 | 13,377,198 |
| 2024-03 | 151,170,290 | 13,346,932 |
| 2024-04 | 151,477,714 | 13,334,034 |
| 2024-05 | 151,979,708 | 13,338,220 |
| 2024-06 | 152,584,030 | 13,351,243 |
| 2024-07 | 153,149,994 | 13,360,711 |
| 2024-08 | 153,554,034 | 13,355,877 |
| 2024-09 | 153,748,594 | 13,332,732 |
| 2024-10 | 153,785,587 | 13,295,942 |
| 2024-11 | 153,791,991 | 13,256,608 |
| 2024-12 | 153,909,446 | 13,226,962 |
| 2025-01 | 154,227,615 | 13,214,625 |
| 2025-02 | 154,742,602 | 13,219,107 |
| 2025-03 | 155,358,666 | 13,232,077 |
| 2025-04 | 155,932,171 | 13,241,227 |
| 2025-05 | 156,338,567 | 13,236,013 |
| 2025-06 | 156,531,780 | 13,212,663 |
| 2025-07 | 156,566,978 | 13,175,996 |
| 2025-08 | 156,574,611 | 13,137,111 |
| 2025-09 | 156,698,357 | 13,108,082 |
| 2025-10 | 157,027,556 | 13,096,296 |
| 2025-11 | 157,555,785 | 13,101,062 |
| 2025-12 | 158,183,729 | 13,113,973 |
| 2026-01 | 158,764,787 | 13,122,803 |
| 2026-02 | 159,173,464 | 13,117,214 |
| 2026-03 | 159,365,251 | 13,093,667 |
| 2026-04 | 159,398,658 | 13,057,131 |
| 2026-05 | 159,407,648 | 13,018,696 |
| 2026-06 | 159,537,930 | 12,990,280 |
| Month | .com Monthly Adds | .com Monthly Deletes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07 | 3,719,424 | 3,273,093 |
| 2023-08 | 3,731,655 | 3,283,856 |
| 2023-09 | 3,746,473 | 3,296,896 |
| 2023-10 | 3,760,434 | 3,309,181 |
| 2023-11 | 3,770,474 | 3,318,017 |
| 2023-12 | 3,775,370 | 3,322,325 |
| 2024-01 | 3,776,339 | 3,323,178 |
| 2024-02 | 3,776,472 | 3,323,295 |
| 2024-03 | 3,779,257 | 3,325,746 |
| 2024-04 | 3,786,942 | 3,332,509 |
| 2024-05 | 3,799,492 | 3,343,553 |
| 2024-06 | 3,814,600 | 3,356,848 |
| 2024-07 | 3,828,749 | 3,369,299 |
| 2024-08 | 3,838,850 | 3,378,188 |
| 2024-09 | 3,843,714 | 3,382,469 |
| 2024-10 | 3,844,639 | 3,383,282 |
| 2024-11 | 3,844,799 | 3,383,423 |
| 2024-12 | 3,847,736 | 3,386,007 |
| 2025-01 | 3,855,690 | 3,393,007 |
| 2025-02 | 3,868,565 | 3,404,337 |
| 2025-03 | 3,883,966 | 3,417,890 |
| 2025-04 | 3,898,304 | 3,430,507 |
| 2025-05 | 3,908,464 | 3,439,448 |
| 2025-06 | 3,913,294 | 3,443,699 |
| 2025-07 | 3,914,174 | 3,444,473 |
| 2025-08 | 3,914,365 | 3,444,641 |
| 2025-09 | 3,917,458 | 3,447,363 |
| 2025-10 | 3,925,688 | 3,454,606 |
| 2025-11 | 3,938,894 | 3,466,227 |
| 2025-12 | 3,954,593 | 3,480,042 |
| 2026-01 | 3,969,119 | 3,492,825 |
| 2026-02 | 3,979,336 | 3,501,816 |
| 2026-03 | 3,984,131 | 3,506,035 |
| 2026-04 | 3,984,966 | 3,506,770 |
| 2026-05 | 3,985,191 | 3,506,968 |
| 2026-06 | 3,988,448 | 3,509,834 |
| TLD | Category | Operator | Backend Provider | Active Domains | YoY Growth | Delete Rate | Agreement Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .com | legacy gtld | Verisign | Verisign Shared Registration System | 159,537,930 | +1.92% | 2.15% | 2030-11-30 |
| .net | legacy gtld | Verisign | Verisign Shared Registration System | 12,990,280 | -1.68% | 2.15% | 2029-06-30 |
| .org | legacy gtld | Public Interest Registry | Identity Digital RSP | 10,782,195 | +1.31% | 2.15% | 2029-06-30 |
| .info | legacy gtld | Identity Digital | Identity Digital RSP | 3,789,968 | -2.86% | 2.15% | 2029-06-30 |
| .xyz | new gtld | XYZ.com | CentralNic Registry RSP | 2,966,772 | +14.82% | 2.15% | 2029-03-20 |
| .top | new gtld | Identity Digital | Identity Digital RSP | 2,655,678 | +9.49% | 2.15% | 2029-08-07 |
| .online | new gtld | Identity Digital | CentralNic Registry RSP | 2,426,389 | +10.80% | 2.15% | 2030-03-12 |
| .site | new gtld | Identity Digital | CentralNic Registry RSP | 2,019,017 | +8.20% | 2.15% | 2030-03-19 |
| .shop | new gtld | Identity Digital | Identity Digital RSP | 1,454,339 | +18.98% | 2.15% | 2031-01-28 |
| .biz | legacy gtld | GoDaddy Registry | GoDaddy Registry Services | 1,386,270 | -5.17% | 2.15% | 2029-06-30 |
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World TLD Monitor is an authoritative top-level domain intelligence platform tracking official IANA root zone delegations, audited monthly ICANN registry activity reports, contract renewal schedules, and wholesale domain price history across all 1,595 TLDs.
All data is compiled directly from official sources: contracted monthly registry reports submitted to ICANN, the IANA Root Zone Database, and published wholesale price schedules without scraped estimates.
Root zone delegations and DNS technical infrastructure data are updated continuously. Monthly gTLD transaction counts, net additions, deletions, and registrar concentration statistics update every monthly ICANN reporting cycle.
The IANA root zone database currently contains 1438 active top-level domains, spanning generic extensions (.com, .net, .org), new gTLDs, brand TLDs, and sovereign country code extensions (ccTLDs).
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