The guardian of .COM and .NET just posted stellar first-quarter numbers. But domain holders might want to sit down before reading the fine print. Best Quarter in Five Years VeriSign, the administrator of the world’s two most popular domain zones, reported financial results for Q1 2026. The company logged 11.5 million new registrations across .COM and .NET – the highest since the first half of 2021. Someone clearly forgot to tell the internet that domains were supposed to be a mature market. Including...
Modified: 04/25/2026The figures were published by VeriSign, the official registry operator for .COM, known for reporting exact numbers rather than symbolic estimates The .COM top-level domain has reached a new milestone, surpassing 160 million registered domain names for the first time. The figures were published by VeriSign, the official registry operator for .COM, known for reporting exact numbers rather than symbolic estimates. According to the data, the zone currently contains 162,479,075 registered domains, of...
Modified: 02/18/2026
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