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The Domaintile Weekly · Week 36 · 25–31 Aug 2026

863,126 new .com names in the week to 31 Aug.

That’s 143,854 a day, ▲ 21% on the week before. .com ended the week with 165,887,363 names.

The week in numbers

25–31 Aug 2026
ExtensionNewA dayNetvs week before
.com▲ 863,126143,854+241,995▲ 21%
.net▲ 41,2516,875+6,172▼ 18%
.org▲ 53,3237,618+16,637▼ 1%
.xyz▲ 34,2094,887−70,805▼ 89%
Word of the weekrental

+633 new .com names this week, ▲ 38% on the week before. 136,463 .com names held it on 31 Aug.

Find open “rental” names

The 10 words trending fastest this week

New .com names this week against the week before. Only words that trend day after day: no single day makes the whole count, and bulk buys are left out.
01 rental+633 ▲ 38%
02 stone+1,228 ▲ 31%
03 spin+882 ▲ 25%
04 brand+1,069 ▲ 24%
05 base+831 ▲ 21%
06 desk+994 ▲ 20%
07 photography+687 ▲ 20%
08 made+855 ▲ 20%
09 fresh+640 ▲ 20%
10 office+745 ▲ 20%

138 one-buyer batches this week

One buyer, one plan, many names at once. The biggest 5, by the string their names share:
299 new .com names start with “theprivea…”, “tryprivea…” or “useprivea…”.Wednesday 26 Aug
287 new .com names start with “bigthinkcap…”.Wednesday 26 Aug
225 new .com names start with “operaroyal…”.Friday 28 Aug
172 new .com names end in “…portapotty” or “…portapottyrentals”.Wednesday 26 Aug
158 new .com names start with “alcoholrehab…”.Wednesday 26 Aug

About this issue

The Domaintile Weekly goes out free every Monday. This issue was rebuilt for the archive from the daily counts of 25 Aug 2026 to 31 Aug 2026, in the same way as a sent one. Every issue here shows the same parts: the open names and each reader’s own words go to subscribers only. Methodology.

Cite this issue: Domaintile, “The Domaintile Weekly, 25–31 Aug 2026”, https://domaintile.com/weekly/2026-08-31.

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