Research Center

Comprehensive insights into global domain registrations, TLD trends, registrars, and malicious activity.

Global domain activity continues to evolve at scale, with shifting registration patterns and persistent malicious use shaping the landscape.

Global Domain Activity Report: Q1 2026 focused on registrant behaviors connected to 26.5M+ NRDs, 6.7M+ of which may have been registered with malicious intent. The analysis further included 2.7B+ and 5.0B+ MX and NS domains, respectively, along with 3.3M+ confirmed malicious domains.

Our research team leveraged WhoisXML API’s extensive domain, DNS, and threat intelligence to uncover:

WhoisXML API analyzed 10.2+ million domains registered between 1 and 31 December 2025, along with 27.3+ billion domains from our DNS database’s A record full file dated 4 December 2025 and 1.1+ million IoCs detected in the same period.

Our research team uncovered:

WhoisXML API analyzed 8.7+ million domains registered between 1 and 30 November 2025, along with 31.9+ billion domains from our DNS database’s A record full file dated 6 November 2025 and 1.0+ million IoCs detected in the same period.

Our research team uncovered:

WhoisXML API analyzed 9.6+ million domains registered between 1 and 31 October 2025, 38.7+ billion domains from our DNS database’s A record full file dated 4 October 2025, and 1.1+ million IoCs detected in the same period.

Our research team uncovered:

The latter half of 2025 brought to light new global domain activity trends aided by the Global Domain Activity Report for Q3 focusing on registrant behaviors connected to 25.7+ million newly registered domains (NRDs). We also analyzed 2.1+ billion mail exchange (MX) resolutions, 4.2+ billion name server (NS) resolutions, and 3.2+ million indicators of compromise (IoCs) detected in the same period.

Our research team leveraged WhoisXML API’s extensive domain, DNS, and threat intelligence to uncover:

WhoisXML API analyzed 8.7+ million domains registered between 1 and 30 September 2025, 42.1+ billion domains from our DNS database’s A record full file dated 4 September 2025, and 1.0+ million IoCs detected in the same period.

Our research team uncovered:

WhoisXML API analyzed 8.5+ million domains registered between 1 and 31 August 2025, 45.1+ billion domains from our DNS database’s A record full file dated 7 August 2025, and 1.0+ million IoCs detected in the same period.

Our research team uncovered: