Domain Industry Report: October 2025

Global domain registrations reached 347,272,240 in October 2025, representing a 5.34% year-over-year increase.

Written with google/gemma-3-27b-it from primary registry data · 2026-07-24

This month in domains — the news

Everything an industry insider should have caught this month — M&A, earnings from listed registrars & hosters, leadership moves, ICANN & policy, pricing, security. Gathered from public sources; each headline links to its origin — please verify via the linked source.

• earningsVerisign Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results · 2025-10-23
  Verisign reported revenue of $419 million for Q3 2025, up 7.3% year-over-year. They ended the quarter with 171.9 million .com and .net domain name registrations, a 1.4% increase from Q3 2024. — VeriSign, Inc. ↗
• earningsGoDaddy Q3 2025 revenue $1.27B; diluted EPS $1.51 · 2025-10-23
  GoDaddy reported Q3 2025 revenue of $1.27 billion, up approximately 10% year-over-year. Diluted EPS was $1.51. — StockTitan ↗
• earningsGoDaddy Inc. (GDDY) 10-Q Quarterly Report October 2025 · 2025-10-23
  GoDaddy’s Q3 2025 revenue was $1.3 billion, up 10% year-over-year, with bookings of $1.4 billion, up 9% year-over-year. A&C revenue grew 14% to $480 million, and Core Platform revenue grew 8% to $784.3 million. — Last10K ↗
• earningsIONOS Interim Statement Q3 2025 · 2025-10-23
  IONOS revenue increased by 6.2% to €980.2 million in the first nine months of 2025. Adjusted EBITDA rose by 20.8% to €368.5 million, and they confirm their forecast of approximately 8% revenue growth for fiscal year 2025. — IONOS ↗
• earningsTucows Delivers Strong Results in Q3 And Reiterates Full-Year Financial Guidance · 2025-10-23
  Tucows reported strong Q3 results and reiterated its full-year financial guidance. Details of the financial performance were not specified in the search results. — Newswire.ca ↗
• cctldVerisign Domain Registrations - September 2025 · 2025-10-23
  As of September 30, 2025, .com domain name registrations totaled 151.4 million, and .net registrations totaled 12.5 million. ccTLD registrations were 144.8 million. — Verisign Investor Relations ↗
• policyVerisign Inc Registry Sensitive Information · 2025-10-23
  This document contains sensitive registry information for Verisign. — ICANN ↗

Overview

As of October 2025, the total number of domain names registered across all tracked Top-Level Domains reached 347,272,240, a year-over-year increase of 5.34%. This figure is comprised of 247,847,410 generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) and 99,424,830 country-code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs).

Fastest Growth & Biggest Movers

The fastest-growing gTLD in October was .xyz, with a year-over-year increase of 74.9%. .top followed with 85.7% growth. However, evaluating absolute gains reveals a different picture. .com experienced the largest absolute increase, adding 3,018,405 registrations year-over-year, while .xyz added 3,169,209. It is important to note the difference between percentage and absolute growth when assessing market trends.

Notable Declines

Several gTLDs experienced declines in registration numbers. .lol saw the largest percentage decrease, falling by 61.4% year-over-year. .bond registered a 51.7% decrease. In terms of absolute losses, .lol lost 432,318 registrations, and .bond lost 379,233. .net also experienced a decline, losing 315,286 registrations, representing a 2.4% decrease.

Registrar Landscape

The registrar market remains concentrated. GoDaddy holds the largest share with 57,588,789 registrations, representing 29.6% of the total. Namecheap is the second-largest registrar with 13,731,706 registrations, a 7.1% share. Tucows (Enom/OpenSRS/Ascio/Hover) holds 6.2% of the market. Registrar data is considered reliable. Namecheap was the top-gaining registrar, increasing its portfolio by 13.6% (1,649,139 registrations), while GoDaddy experienced the largest decline, losing 2.6% of its portfolio (1,545,998 registrations). Large shifts in registrar portfolios can often be attributed to bulk domain migrations.

Market Activity

Domain name activity in October indicates a healthy market. There were 8,050,874 new registrations (creates) and 10,871,350 renewals. 594,372 domain names were deleted, and 566,426 were transferred between registrars. The net increase in registrations (net adds) was 2,107,154, indicating continued demand.

Country-Code Movers & Milestones

Among ccTLDs, .id experienced the most significant growth, increasing by 35.1% year-over-year. .ai grew by 12.2%. Conversely, .nu saw a 9.2% decrease, and .dk experienced a 2.9% decline. No new TLDs were reported this month. .click reached a milestone of 1,110,125 registrations.

By the numbers

Exact figures for October 2025, each linking to the registry file it came from.

Biggest TLDs

Fastest growing (gTLD, YoY %)

Biggest movers by volume (net domains YoY)

Fastest shrinking (gTLD, YoY %)

Country-code movers

Registrar families

Numbers are exact registry figures; each links to its source file. See the live data on All TLDs. ← All reports