Stats
Legacy gTLD · delegated 1985-01 · VeriSign, Inc.

.net TLD stats

Sep 2016 to Aug 2026
Names in the zone
12,426,681
Oct 13, 2026, 00:14 UTC · registry zone file
Domains under management
12,703,539
May 2026 · registry report
Last night’s movement
−436
6,116 in · 6,552 out
Listed for sale
2.6%
323,230 names · of the zone

Cross-checkThe registry reported 12,703,539 domains under management for May 2026 — −276,858 against last night’s zone. Undelegated and on-hold names never reach the zone, so the two will not agree, and neither is wrong.

last night, in detail

Oct 13, 2026
What moved · on Oct 13, 2026
entered the zone
+6,116
left it
−6,552
changed nameservers
7,991
Net
−436
Sep 20, 2026 to Oct 13, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero
How the zone is used · 12,426,681 names
  • Listed for salemarketplace nameservers323,2302.6%
  • Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers113,5040.9%
  • In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers9,907,28679.7%
  • Not classifiednameservers we can’t name2,082,66116.8%

Read from each name’s nameservers on the night shown. Listed and parked are counted separately.

How we classify
A name takes the row its nameservers match on our provider list. Verification nameservers sit beside a name’s other nameservers, so they overlap the rows above: 0.2%. List 2026.09.7+psl4b673689.

Counted from the registry’s own zone file on the night of Oct 13, 2026. A zone count is not domains under management: a registered name that is not delegated never appears in the zone, and a name on hold leaves the zone while it stays registered. The two numbers will not agree, and neither is wrong.

Aug 2026: 12,341,759 — third-party estimate; the registry has not published that month yet.

how many names

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly. Dashed months are third-party estimates.

everything else