March 22, 2026
26 min read
We analyzed 3.18 billion observed hostnames across 1,511 TLDs and found that ten island territories with a combined population under 500,000 host 39.1 million hostnames. Tokelau's free-domain .tk holds 7.2 million hostnames but only 2.5% resolve. Tuvalu's .tv funded the nation's UN membership. Niue lost control of .nu entirely. Three islands, three models, three very different outcomes. Refreshed June 2026 with first-party DNS resolution data.
March 22, 2026
24 min read
We analyzed 3.18 billion observed hostnames across 1,511 TLDs and found .de ranks 3rd globally with 117.7 million hostnames — the largest country-code TLD on Earth, larger than .org and every other ccTLD. 75.2% of those names still return a live A record, among the highest liveness of any major TLD. How a Frankfurt cooperative charging EUR 2.20 per domain outbuilt every other nation's namespace. Refreshed June 2026 with first-party resolution data.
March 20, 2026
22 min read
We analyzed 3.18 billion observed hostnames across 1,511 TLDs to measure .com's dominance — 1.36 billion hostnames, 42.7% of the namespace, one registry operator, zero competition. But only 57.2% of those .com hostnames return a live A record. What a government-granted monopoly means for infrastructure risk, pricing, and the future of the namespace. Refreshed June 2026 with first-party DNS resolution data.
March 18, 2026
17 min read
We analyzed 3.18 billion observed hostnames across 1,511 active TLDs to map the real state of the Internet's namespace — concentration risk, ccTLD divergence, new gTLD adoption, and how much of it actually resolves. Refreshed June 2026 with first-party DNS resolution data.
March 18, 2026
1 min read
Introducing the DomainsProject blog — insights on Internet domains, DNS intelligence, and the world's largest domains dataset.