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The week in new domains
Jul 27, 2026

A digest of what the public certificate stream revealed this week — every figure is computed live from newly-issued TLS certificates, no editorialising.

Trending name-tokens

The words founders are reaching for, pulled cheaply from second-level-domain tokenisation across every new registration — no AI required.

• 1certsbridge-68%
• 2haplorrhini-62%
• 3arconazure-54%
• 4stratoserver-54%
• 5myftpupload-63%
• 6temporary-48%
• 7connect-61%
• 8bet-62%

Fastest-growing platforms

Distinct new subdomains on hosting platforms — every *.pages.dev or *.vercel.app certificate is a site shipping.

• 1workers.dev8,932,471 sites
• 2pages.dev10,183,799 sites
• 3crm.dev423,387 sites
• 4quickconnect.to3,487,021 sites
• 5azure-api.net628,788 sites
• 6amplifyapp.com2,930,774 sites
• 7amazonaws.com566,618 sites
• 8synology.me744,971 sites

Which extensions actually get built

Of the domains we captured on each extension, the share that developed past a placeholder page — a hard quality signal per TLD (extensions with at least 25 captures).

• 1.gob.ec65 %
• 2.edu.gh61 %
• 3.ac.ug61 %
• 4.onl60 %
• 5.org.co60 %
• 6.hk59 %
• 7.ed.jp59 %
• 8.catholic.edu.au59 %

Busiest extensions

Raw new-domain sightings per TLD this period.

• 1.com1,577,581,065
• 2.dev407,736,828
• 3.net204,142,796
• 4.io110,961,434
• 5.org92,422,808
• 6.de79,389,436
• 7.xyz45,672,299
• 8.to37,525,282

Generated automatically from the domlapse certificate-stream pipeline. Explore the live data on the home dashboard, or watch domains develop in real time at grabs.in.