The answer
As of 4 Nov 2026, 260,001,332 domain names are registered across 574 gTLDs. .com holds 168,612,538 of them, 65%. We count them every morning, so this number is never more than a day old.
.com, .net, .org and .xyz hold 204,715,147 of them. The other 570 gTLDs we count, led by .top, .info and .shop, hold 55,286,185.
How many domains are registered each day?
About 155,592 new names a day across .com, .net, .org and .xyz, over the last 7 days. .com takes about 134,985 of them. Each day’s new and dropped names are on Daily changes.
Is the number of domains growing?
Yes. In September 2026, 3,815,768 new .com names were added and 3,547,704 dropped, and 846,287 came back: a net +1,114,351. .com closed the month at 167,001,714 names. The words behind those names are in the September 2026 report.
What counts as a domain here
A name counts when it is active: it has name servers. A name on hold, or parked without name servers, is not counted, so a registry’s own total of registrations runs a little higher. How we count.
Are country extensions like .uk and .de included?
No. Country extensions run their own lists, and most registries do not share them. Every count here is a gTLD: .com, .net, .org and the other extensions anyone can register.
What the number means for a domain investor
168,612,538 .com names are taken. The total moves slowly; the words inside the new names move fast, and that is where new demand shows first. Trends ranks those words, and the Generator finds the open names that use them.