.ren TLD stats

• Run by ZDNS International Limited
• Sold most by Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn), 60.5% in August 2024
• Our model compares it with 6 strings in the 2026 round

Names on the books at the end of each year since general availability, from the registry's monthly reports to ICANN, through May 2026. The marked point is the zone count of 13 Oct 2026, a different count taken on one night.

In its first year, to August 2015, 10 registrars held 10 or more .ren names and the largest held 49%; by its eleventh, to August 2025, 16 did and the largest held 52%.

Year 1 starts at general availability and each year is labelled by the month it ends. Registrars with 10 or more names and the largest registrar's share are read at that month. A year with fewer than nine monthly reports is left blank.

Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) held 60.5% of .ren names in August 2024; the largest five together held 92.3%.

Shares add to 100%. From the registry's report for August 2024.

When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .ren among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 6 applied-for strings. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.

• Strong (4):.bao.jia.jin.mei
• Moderate (2):.sou.mai

Cross-checkThe registry reported 10,102 names for Aug 2024; the zone on Oct 13, 2026 held 2,592 more. The two are counted differently and 26 months apart: a registered name that is not delegated never appears in the zone, and a zone file is read on one night, a report at a month's end.

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.

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly. Sunrise Jul 2014 to Aug 2014; general registration Sep 2014.