Domain Name Registrations Reach 356,988,771 in April 2026

The domain name base continued its expansion in April, driven by gains in generic and country-code top-level domains.

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.

• earningsGoDaddy Q1 2026 Earnings · 2026-04-30
  GoDaddy reported constant currency revenue growth of 11% in Q1 2026. The company expects full-year revenue in the range of $5.195 billion to $5.275 billion, representing year-over-year growth of 6% at the midpoint. AI Builder reached a $10M run rate in weeks. — Investing.com ↗
• earningsVerisign Q1 2026 Earnings · 2026-04-23
  Verisign reported revenue of $429 million for Q1 2026, up 6.6% from the same quarter in 2025. Net income was $215 million and diluted earnings per share were $2.34. Verisign ended the quarter with 176.1 million .com and .net domains under management, a 3.7% increase. — SEC Filing ↗
• earningsIONOS Q1 2026 Interim Statement · 2026-04-23
  IONOS reported revenue of €348.4 million for Q1 2026, a 5.7% increase (7.6% excluding currency effects). Adjusted EBITDA rose by 4.4% to €118.2 million, with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 33.9%. The company expects full-year revenue growth of approximately 7% (€1.3169 billion) and adjusted EBITDA to rise to approximately €500 million. — eqs-news.com ↗

Domain Name Industry Report: April 2026

Overview

The total number of domain names across all tracked top-level domains (TLDs) reached 356,988,771 as of April 2026, representing year-over-year growth of 6.23%. This figure is comprised of 256,630,837 generic TLDs (gTLDs) and 100,357,934 country-code TLDs (ccTLDs). The industry currently tracks 1293 TLDs.

Growth Leaders

Several gTLDs experienced significant percentage growth in April. .xyz led the way with a year-over-year increase of 77%, reaching a total of 8,716,200 registrations. .top followed with growth of 65.1%, totaling 6,680,397 names. .beer saw the largest percentage increase, at 689.9%, though from a smaller base of 114,177 registrations.

Looking at absolute gains, .com added the most names year-over-year, with an increase of 6,236,445, bringing its total to 167,307,358. .xyz added 3,790,790 registrations, and .top added 2,635,107. It’s important to note the distinction between percentage and absolute growth; while .beer’s percentage increase is substantial, its absolute contribution to overall growth is smaller than that of established TLDs like .com.

Notable Declines

Despite overall growth, some TLDs experienced declines. .today saw the largest percentage decrease, falling 62.3% year-over-year to 218,857 registrations. .tokyo decreased by 48.4% to 99,380 names. .buzz experienced a decline of 43.8%, totaling 199,514 registrations.

In terms of absolute losses, .us saw a decrease of 641,331 registrations, resulting in a total of 1,934,243. .today lost 361,681 names, and .net saw a decrease of 211,515 registrations.

Registrar Landscape

Registrar data is unavailable for this reporting period.

Market Activity

April 2026 saw 219,980 new domain name creations, 97,408 renewals, 1077 deletions, and 2311 transfers. This resulted in a net increase of 218,903 domain names. The activity data suggests a healthy level of demand and retention within the domain name market.

Country-Code Movers & New Arrivals

Among ccTLDs, .id experienced the largest percentage growth, increasing by 13.5% to 1,388,514 registrations. .pt grew by 8.3% to 2,088,072, and .ma increased by 8.1% to 133,977. Conversely, .us saw a significant decline of 24.9%, falling to 1,934,243 registrations. .nu decreased by 3.6% to 205,770, and .nl decreased by 1% to 6,081,484.

No new TLDs were launched in April 2026.

No milestones were reported for this period.

By the numbers

Exact figures for April 2026, 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

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