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Domain registrations are one of the earliest signals of where the internet is heading. Before a trend shows up in product launches or funding rounds, it often shows up in the names people are buying. So when registration activity shifts, it's worth paying attention.

In Q1 2026, domain registrations across the Dynadot platform grew roughly 40% year over year . But this number only tells part of the story. Beneath it, a handful of extensions surged into the top 10, a few once-popular ones lost most of their activity, and investor sentiment didn't always line up with investor behavior.

This article pulls the most useful domain name statistics and trends from the Dynadot Domain Intelligence Report for Q1 2026 and translates them into plain takeaways. The data comes from two sources:

  • Dynadot's internal platform registration and marketplace data
  • April 2026 survey of 134 domain industry participants

Whether you're building a portfolio, registering your first domain, or just tracking the market, check out the numbers we got from our research.

 

Top domain name statistics for Q1 2026

Here are the ten findings that stood out most this quarter:

  1. Total domain registrations grew about 40% year over year , but growth was concentrated in a small set of extensions rather than spread evenly across the board.
  2. .COM remained the single largest extension by activity , holding its #1 spot with steady, modest growth.
  3. .INFO and .DIGITAL were the breakout TLDs of the quarter , both climbing into the top 10 by registration activity.
  4. A handful of extensions had a sharp fall - TLDs like .GDN, .ACADEMY, and .TOWN losing more than 95% of their activity year over year.
  5. Europe and South America posted the fastest regional growth , even though Asia remained the largest region by share.
  6. Investors and retail buyers chased different extensions , though .DIGITAL, .SBS, .INFO, and .CLICK showed up in both camps.
  7. API-based registrations nearly doubled (+98%), signaling more automated, at-scale buying behavior.
  8. The domain aftermarket grew about 46%, and .COM dominated every resale channel.
  9. The platform-wide grace-delete rate rose from around 2% to 3%.
  10. Developer-focused TLDs like .DEV showed the strongest commitment signals , with the highest rates of multi-year registration.

Let's dig into what each of these trends actually means.

 

How much did domain registrations grow in Q1 2026?

The first thing to understand about Q1 2026 is that "the domain market grew 40%" is technically true but growth wasn't a rising tide that lifted every extension. Instead, it was concentrated in specific pockets while other areas stalled or shrank.

Да бисте правично упоредили екстензије без објављивања сирових бројева регистрација, овај извештај користи индекс где је Q1 2025 једнако 100. Индекс од 200 значи да се активност удвостручила; индекс од 725 значи да је порасла 7,25 пута. Упаривање тог индекса са рангом активности сваке екстензије држи ствари поштеним. Огроман проценат раста са сићушне почетне основе изгледа веома другачије од стабилног раста на врху тржишта.

 

1. .COM stayed #1, but .INFO and .DIGITAL grew fastest

.COM je ostao čvrsto na #1, sa skromnim rastom od 9% u odnosu na prethodnu godinu. To možda zvuči neupadljivo, ali za najveću ekstenziju na svetu, stabilan rast sa već ogromne baze je upravo ono što očekujete od zdravog oslonca. .COM nije tamo gde je bila uzbuđenost ovog kvartala, to je više stabilna osnova oko koje se sve ostalo kretalo.

Uzbuđenje je došlo od ekstenzija poput .INFO i .DIGITAL. .INFO je skočio sa #17 na #3 po rangu aktivnosti, a .DIGITAL je poleteo sa #56 sve do top 10. Ovo nisu bile slučajnosti male baze, obe su postale zaista značajne ekstenzije po obimu, a ne samo brzorastuće zanimljivosti.

Here are domain registration statistics for the fastest-growing extensions of the quarter, with their rank movement and growth index:

TLD Q1 2025 rank Q1 2026 rank Growth index Yo Y growth
.DIGITAL #56 #9 2,086 +1,986%
.INFO #17 #3 725 +625%
.PRO #15 #10 323 +223%
.SBS #12 #7 299 +199%
.CFD #20 #14 256 +156%
.VIP #6 #4 193 +93%
.ORG #7 #8 174 +74%
.TOP #2 #2 165 +65%
.CLICK #5 #5 147 +47%
.COM #1 #1 109 +9%

How to read the index : .DIGITAL-ov indeks od 2.086 znači da je njegova aktivnost porasla više od dvadeset puta sa niske početne baze, zbog čega je skočio 47 pozicija na rang listi. .COM-ov indeks od 109 znači rast od jedne cifre, ali sa najveće baze na tržištu, to i dalje predstavlja ogroman broj registracija domena. Uvek čitajte indeks zajedno sa rangom.

 

2. The top 10 domain extensions: Q1 2025 vs. Q1 2026

Comparing the top 10 extensions from Q1 2025 to Q1 2026 shows a market that evolved without being overturned:

Rang Q1 2025 Q1 2026
#1 .COM .COM
#2 .TOP .TOP
#3 .CC .INFO
#4 .XYZ .VIP
#5 .CLICK .CLICK
#6 .VIP .CC
#7 .ORG .SBS
#8 .CO .ORG
#9 .NET .DIGITAL
#10 .GDN .PRO

.COM and .TOP kept their top two positions. The real movement happened beneath them: .INFO and .DIGITAL jumped into the top 10, while older names like .CC, .NET, and .GDN slipped down or fell off the top 10 list entirely.

 

3. Which domain extensions declined the most?

Druga strana sveg tog rasta bila je grupa ekstenzija koje su skoro nestale. .GDN je izgubio oko 99% svoje aktivnosti iz godine u godinu. .ACADEMY je pao 99%, .TOWN je pao 98%, a .PIZZA je opao 97%. Nekoliko drugih (.LOAN, .LOCKER, .BUZZ, .MOBI) videlo je oštre dvocifrene padove.

TLD Yo Y change
.GDN -99%
.ACADEMY -99%
.TOWN -98%
.PIZZA -97%
.LOAN -93%
.LOCKER -80%
.MOBI -74%
.BUZZ -67%

In the very same quarter, .DIGITAL nearly doubled in rank while .GDN essentially disappeared.

Tips for Investors
 

Оштар пад није аутоматски црвена застава за ваш портфолио, нити је оштар раст аутоматски зелено светло. Многи од најстрмијих падова дешавају се у екстензијама које су годину дана раније имале велику промотивну или масовну регистрацију. Тренутни пад не би требало да буде пресуда о дугорочној вредности екстензије. Погледајте вишегодишње трендове, а не један квартал, пре него што донесете одлуке о портфолију.

 

4. The steady TLDs held their ground

Između probojnih rastućih i oštrih padova nalazi se treća grupa koju vredi znati: ekstenzije sa velikim obimom koje su rasle skromno bez dramatičnih oscilacija u bilo kom smeru. .CC i .COM su porasli malo sa već istaknutih pozicija, dok su .XYZ i .NET blago oslabili, ali ništa slično kolapsu koji se video kod najvećih padova.

TLD Q1 2026 rank Growth index Yo Y change
.COM #1 109 +9%
.CC #6 111 +11%
.XYZ #11 99 -2%
.CLUB #23 114 +14%
.LIVE #30 94 -6%
.NET #17 93 -7%

 

Domain registration growth by region

Domain demand isn't evenly distributed across the globe, and Q1 2026 highlighted an important distinction: the biggest region wasn't the fastest-growing one.

 

5. Asia leads on volume, Europe and South America on growth

Asia accounted for roughly 46% of all platform registrations (by far the largest share) but grew only about 5% year over year. That's the profile of a mature, high-volume market.

Evropa i Severna Amerika pričale su drugačiju priču. Evropa je držala oko 24% registracija i porasla je impresivnih 147% u odnosu na prethodnu godinu, dok je Severna Amerika držala 23% i porasla 63%. A Južna Amerika, uprkos malom udelu od 2% ukupno, zabeležila je najbrži rast od svih regiona od otprilike 269%: ponašanje manjeg tržišta koje se brzo širi.

Alt text: Bar chart titled “Share of domain registration by region” showing Dynadot platform data for Q1 2026. Asia accounts for 46% of domain registrations, followed by Europe (24%) and North America (23%). The Middle East represents 3%, South America and Africa each account for 2%, and Oceania makes up 0.2%. Source: Dynadot Domain Intelligence Report, Q1 2026.

The pattern here is a useful reminder that share and growth answer two different questions. Asia tells you where the most domains are being registered today; Europe and South America tell you where momentum is building for tomorrow.

 

6. The most popular TLDs vary by region

Ono što je posebno interesantno je da regionalni rast nije bio vođen istim malim brojem TLD-ova svuda. U Severnoj Americi, .INFO i .DIGITAL su prednjačili. U Evropi, .PRO i .CLICK su značajno doprineli, dajući regionu profil sa manje .COM domena. Azija se oslanjala na .TOP i .VIP za obim, dok je rast Južne Amerike bio koncentrisan oko .SBS, .COM, .CLICK, .SHOP i regionalnog favorita .LAT.

Table titled “Most popular domain extensions by region” showing the top five domain extensions by registration activity across regions using Dynadot platform data for Q1 2026. North America: .com, .info, .digital, .org, .top. Europe: .com, .pro, .click, .info, .digital. Asia: .com, .top, .vip, .cc, .xyz. South America: .sbs, .com, .click, .shop, .lat.

Savet
 

If you’re targeting a specific market: the "right" extension depends heavily on where your audience is.

 

Domain investor vs. retail buyer behavior

Let’s take a look at domain investors and retail end users activity, and see how their behavior diverged.

Savet
 

If you're a domain investor and want guidance as you build your strategy, our Vodič za ulaganje u domene walks through the fundamentals of buying, holding, and selling domains.

 

7. Investors and retail buyers chased different extensions

From Q1 2025 to Q1 2026, investor growth clustered around .INFO, .TOP, .COM, .SBS, .PRO, .VIP, and .DIGITAL. Retail growth looked different, centering on .DIGITAL, .ONLINE, .SBS, .INFO, plus a notable set of country-code extensions like .EU, .CO.UK, and .FR.

Investor growth leaders Retail growth leaders
.INFO .DIGITAL
.TOP .ONLINE
.COM .SBS
.SBS .INFO
.PRO .EU
.VIP .CO.UK
.DIGITAL .CO
.ORG .APP
.CLICK .CLICK
.CFD .FR

Četiri ekstenzije (.DIGITAL, .SBS, .INFO i .CLICK) su se snažno pojavile u oba segmenta, što sugeriše zaista širok zamah, a ne trend ograničen na jednu vrstu kupca. Primetite i kako se maloprodajna lista naginje ka cc TLD domenima (.EU, .CO.UK, .CO, .FR), dok se investitorska lista favorizuje kratke, brendabilne g TLD-ove, što je razlika koja odražava kako svaka grupa razmišlja o svrsi domena.

 

8. .COM stayed the top choice for both groups

Here's the nuance worth holding onto: even as growth shifted toward newer extensions, what people actually registered most stayed steady. Investor volume was still led by .COM and .TOP. Retail volume was still dominated by .COM, by a wide margin.

Rang Investor favorites (by volume) Retail favorites (by volume)
#1 .COM .COM
#2 .TOP .DIGITAL
#3 .INFO .SBS
#4 .VIP .CC
#5 .CC .SHOP

Growth tables show you where new energy is going; volume tables show you what people are still reliably buying. They rarely point to exactly the same place, and reading only one of them will give you a distorted picture.

 

New g TLDs vs. legacy g TLDs: what investors think vs. what they buy

Ova investitorska pristrasnost otkrila je jedan od najzanimljivijih nalaza celog izveštaja. Kada su upitani koja kategorija najbrže raste, 41% ispitanika je pokazalo na nove g TLD-ove. Ali kada su upitani šta su lično registrovali više u protekloj godini, 49% je reklo stari g TLD-ovi.

Drugim rečima, investitori su verovali da su nove ekstenzije tamo gde se dešava akcija, ali su njihovi sopstveni novčanici i dalje naginjali ka etabliranim imenima. Taj jaz između onoga što ljudi misle da se dešava i onoga što zapravo rade vredi imati na umu kad god čitate bilo kakve podatke o tržišnom raspoloženju, uključujući i ovaj izveštaj.

Infographic titled “What investors actually registered?” comparing domain registration preferences over the past year. A pie chart shows 51% registered everything else (new g TLDs plus those who registered about the same amount) and 49% registered more legacy g TLDs such as .com, .net, and .org. A note highlights that while 41% of surveyed investors believed new g TLDs were growing fastest, 49% said they personally registered more legacy domains, showing a gap between perception and behavior.

 

How are people registering domains?

Beyond what people registered, Q1 2026 showed meaningful shifts in how they registered.

 

9. API domain registrations nearly doubled

Registracije domena napravljene preko Dynadot API-ja porasle su oko 98% iz godine u godinu. API aktivnost je koncentrisana u specifičnim ekstenzijama (.COM, .TOP, .INFO, .SBS i drugim), a istaknuti rast došao je od ekstenzija poput .PRO (porast od preko 900% preko API-ja) i .INFO (porast od skoro 575%).

TLD Share of API activity Yo Y growth via API
.COM 25% +91%
.TOP 8% +237%
.INFO 7% +575%
.CLICK 6% -28%
.SBS 6% +530%
.XYZ 4% +16%
.PRO 4% +909%
.SHOP 4% +269%

90% ispitanika je reklo da i dalje registruje domene na tradicionalan način, preko veb sajta registrara, a samo oko 5% je navelo API kao svoj primarni metod. Dakle, iako je API rast stvaran i brz, dolazi od manje grupe korisnika sa velikim obimom, a ne od tipičnog registranta.

Savet
 

If you're managing more than a few dozen domains, learning your registrar's API (or a bulk management tool built on top of it) is one of the highest-leverage time savers available. The data suggests the most active buyers are already there.

 

Domain aftermarket trends in Q1 2026

Prvo aftermarket (where already-registered domains are bought and sold) grew about 46% year over year. But like everything else this quarter, the growth had a distinct shape.

 

10. .COM dominated every aftermarket channel

Across every type of aftermarket transaction (closeout sales, expired auctions, marketplace sales, user auctions, and buy-it-now listings) .COM led by a wide margin, typically accounting for 68% to 80% of activity in each channel.

Aftermarket channel .COM share Yo Y growth
Marketplace sale 80% +103%
Zatvaranje 80% +73%
User auction 79% +246%
Expired auction 73% +24%
BIN marketplace 68% +4%

To je rečeno, sekundarni sloj potražnje se jasno gradio ispod .COM-a. Ekstenzije poput .ORG, .NET, .CC i .INFO dosledno su se pojavljivale kao sledeći nivo aktivnosti na sekundarnom tržištu, a nekoliko njih je zabeležilo snažan rast. Sekundarno tržište više nije samo priča o .COM-u, ali .COM ostaje neprikosnoveni oslonac likvidnosti oko kojeg se ostatak tržišta okreće.

Tips for Sellers
 

Podaci pokazuju da korisničke aukcije i prodaja na tržištu najbrže rastu (porast od 246% i 103% na godišnjem nivou, respektivno). Ako sedite na kvalitetnom inventaru, ovi aktivni kanali su tamo gde se koncentriše pažnja kupaca, često bolja opcija nego pasivno čekanje na dolaznu ponudu.

On the sentiment side, investor aftermarket behavior was genuinely mixed, with no single dominant direction:

image showing how did aftermatket duying changed year over year

 

Domain retention: which registrations lasted?

Domain name registration retention is one of the most important factors in the domain industry. Two signals help separate durable demand from short-lived spikes.

 

11. Short-term cancellations (grace deletes) rose

Prvo grace-delete stopa (otkazivanja registracija domena u roku za refundaciju ubrzo nakon kupovine) porasla je sa otprilike 2% na 3% širom platforme. Neke od najbrže rastućih ekstenzija takođe su imale povišene stope brisanja nakon grejs perioda. .TOP je snažno rastao, ali je imao stopu brisanja od 8%; .CC je bio oko 10%.

TLD Registration growth Grace-delete rate Read
.CC +11% 10% High cancellations despite modest growth
.TOP +65% 8% Strong growth, elevated testing signal
.XYZ -2% 7% Flat registrations, high cancellations
.ORG +74% 5% Growth with a deletion caveat
.VIP +93% 5% Strong growth, moderate signal

Visoka stopa otkazivanja ne briše stvarni rast, ali menja način na koji ga tumačite. Ekstenzije gde se veći udeo novih registracija brzo otkaže mogu odražavati promotivne eksperimente, masovno testiranje ili obrezivanje portfolija, a ne posvećenu, trajnu potražnju.

 

12. .DEV led on multi-year registrations

On the other end of the commitment spectrum, multi-year registrations (where someone pays upfront for several years) offer a useful proxy for genuine long-term intent. Developer-oriented extensions led here. .DEV posted the highest multi-year rate at around 5%, followed by tech-friendly names like .IO and .APP.

TLD Multi-year rate Yo Y growth
.DEV 5% +359%
.IO 2% +81%
.COM 1% +242%
.APP 1% +315%
.UK 1% +82%

Za ove ekstenzije, višegodišnja kupovina verovatno odražava ljude koji grade nešto što nameravaju da zadrže, a ne spekulativno držanje. (Jedna tehnička napomena: .AI je isključen iz ovog poređenja jer njegov registar zahteva višegodišnju registraciju po podrazumevanoj vrednosti, što bi veštački uvećalo brojeve.)

Grace-delete rate and multi-year rate are two sides of the same coin. One tells you how many registrations didn't last the month; the other tells you how many were paid for years in advance. Together, they reveal how serious the demand behind a number really is.

 

Key takeaways for the rest of 2026

Step back from the individual data points and a clear theme emerges: the Q1 2026 domain market was a story of stable anchors and fast-moving pockets, both happening at once.

.COM i .TOP su zadržali svoju poziciju. .INFO i .DIGITAL su naglo porasli. Grupa starijih ekstenzija je izbledela ka irelevantnosti. Investitori su verovali da su novi g TLD-ovi budućnost, ali su nastavili da kupuju stara imena. Automatizovana kupovina u velikom obimu je brzo rasla dok je većina ljudi nastavila da registruje na tradicionalan način.

Praktična pouka je da nijedna pojedinačna metrika ne govori celu priču o bilo kojoj ekstenziji. TLD može istovremeno da brzo raste, bude popularan među investitorima, ima mnogo automatskih registracija, bude aktivan na sekundarnom tržištu i bude sklon brzim otkazivanjima. Ti signali se ne kreću uvek zajedno. Najpouzdanije čitanje dolazi iz posmatranja nekoliko signala jedan pored drugog: rang aktivnosti, indeks rasta, tip kupca, kanal akvizicije, prisustvo na sekundarnom tržištu i ponašanje pri zadržavanju.

If you're choosing a domain, building a portfolio, or just trying to understand where the web is heading, that multi-signal view is the one worth carrying into the rest of 2026.

 

Keep up with domain industry trends

We track domain market trends year-round and run regular surveys to stay close to what's actually happening across the industry, and we share what we find openly. If you'd like to stay current, visit our Blog for the latest articles, or sign up for our bilten to get important sales, updates, and industry news delivered straight to your inbox.

 

Sources

Sve statistike o imenima domena u ovom članku potiču iz dva izvora: podataka o registracijama i tržištu sa interne platforme Dynadot (januar 2025 – mart 2026) i Dynadot ankete o industriji domena iz aprila 2026. (134 ispitanika). Brojevi su prikazani kao procenti, udeli, rangovi i indeksne vrednosti, a ne kao sirovi brojevi.

Izvor : Dynadot Domain Intelligence Report: Q1 2026. Published 2026

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