According to the latest DNIB report released on 23 July 2026, the global domain name base reached 401.6 million registrations at the end of Q2 2026. That's an increase of 9.1 million domains (2.3%) quarter-over-quarter and 29.9 million (8.1%) year-over-year. VeriSign, Inc.
The .com and .net domain base reached 179.1 million registrations, while .com alone reached 166.6 million. Country-code domains including .BW also grew, reaching 148.6 million registrations. VeriSign, Inc.
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