Research Center

Access our latest research and insights on WHOIS, IP, and DNS data for cybersecurity, data science, and other business purposes through our webinars, podcasts, white papers, threat reports, and videos from the Academy.

Have questions?

Domain Activity Reports

July 2025 Top 10 gTLD and ccTLD Highlights

WhoisXML API analyzed 8.3+ million domains registered between 1 and 31 July 2025, 49.3+ billion domains from our DNS database’s A record full file dated 3 July 2025, and 1.1+ million IoCs detected in the same period.

Our research team uncovered:

Continue reading

Global Domain Activity Report: Q2 2025

Half of 2025 is over. It’s time to look at the global domain activity trends again aided by the Global Domain Activity Report for Q2 focusing on registrant behaviors connected to 26.0+ million newly registered domains (NRDs). We also analyzed 1.9+ billion mail exchange (MX) resolutions, 3.8+ billion name server (NS) resolutions, and 3.9+ 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:

June 2025 Top 10 gTLD and ccTLD Highlights

WhoisXML API analyzed 9.8+ million domains registered between 1 and 30 June 2025, 51.7+ billion domains from our DNS database’s A record full file dated 5 June 2025, and 1.0+ million IoCs detected in the same period.

Our research team uncovered:

Continue reading

May 2025 Top 10 gTLD and ccTLD Highlights

The WhoisXML API research team analyzed 8.5+ million domains registered between 1 and 31 May 2025, 54.6+ billion domains from our DNS database’s A record full file dated 1 May 2025, and 1.3+ million IoCs detected in the same period.

Our research team uncovered:

Continue reading

April 2025 Top 10 gTLD and ccTLD Highlights

The WhoisXML API research team analyzed 7.6+ million domains registered between 1 and 30 April 2025, 55.8+ billion domains from our DNS database’s A record full file dated 3 April 2025, and 1.5+ million IoCs detected in the same period.

Our research team uncovered:

Continue reading

Global Domain Activity Report: Q1 2025

Let’s take a closer look at the start of 2025 aided by the Global Domain Activity Report for Q1 focusing on registrant behaviors connected to 23.4+ million newly registered domains (NRDs). We also analyzed 790.0+ million mail exchange (MX) resolutions, 1.5+ billion name server (NS) resolutions, and 2.1+ 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:

March 2025 Top 10 gTLD and ccTLD Highlights

The WhoisXML API research team analyzed 8.2+ million domains registered between 1 and 31 March 2025, 59.2+ billion domains from our DNS database’s A record full file dated 6 March 2025, and 1.1+ million IoCs detected in the same period.

Our research team uncovered:

Continue reading

February 2025 Top 10 gTLD and ccTLD Highlights

The WhoisXML API research team analyzed 7.5+ million domains registered between 1 and 28 February 2025, 62.1+ billion domains from our DNS database’s A record full file dated 6 February 2025, and 1.0+ million IoCs detected in the same period.

Our research team uncovered:

Continue reading

Trusted by
the smartest
companies

Try our WhoisXML API for free

Get started

Have questions?

We are here to listen. For a quick response, please select your request type. By submitting a request, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Message sent!

We'll contact you shortly.

Oops!

Something went wrong. Contact us via regular email.