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The week in new domains
Aug 24, 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.

• 1hstgr-64%
• 2df-31%
• 3admin-31%
• 4plesk-65%
• 5keenetic-71%
• 6it-74%
• 7ui-65%
• 8stratoserver-67%

Fastest-growing platforms

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

• 1workers.dev9,829,307 sites
• 2pages.dev11,338,110 sites
• 3crm.dev574,019 sites
• 4quickconnect.to3,688,644 sites
• 5azure-api.net779,287 sites
• 6amplifyapp.com3,627,159 sites
• 7amazonaws.com750,679 sites
• 8synology.me781,567 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.com2,471,717,782
• 2.dev735,420,360
• 3.net339,268,722
• 4.io158,356,007
• 5.org138,761,287
• 6.de114,828,423
• 7.xyz75,339,573
• 8.co.uk55,968,542

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.