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What NameSilo actually registers, measured.

NameSilo by the numbers

NameSilo registers about 290k domains a month, 3.5% of everything registered anywhere. Its share has fallen by 0.6 percentage points against the same months last year. It sells across 405 extensions. It is strongest in .wiki, where it handles 64% of everything registered, 17.8 times its share of the market overall. A name registered through NameSilo averages 9 characters, 46.5% contain a digit, and 0.4% are registered for more than a year.

290k

Domains registered a month

Average across 2026

3.5%

Share of all new registrations

Every extension

−0.6pp

Share versus last year

Percentage points

405

Extensions sold

Registered at least one this year

New registrations by month
Show the monthly figures
Domains registered through NameSilo by month, with share of the market
MonthRegisteredMarket share
January 2025About 260k3.7%
February 2025About 250k4%
March 2025About 360k4.8%
April 2025About 430k5.7%
May 2025About 290k3.9%
June 2025About 220k3.3%
July 2025About 250k3.6%
August 2025About 200k2.5%
September 2025About 200k2.4%
October 2025About 230k2.8%
November 2025About 260k3.1%
December 2025About 310k4.6%
January 2026About 270k4.8%
February 2026About 300k4.3%
March 2026About 260k3.4%
April 2026About 270k3.1%
May 2026About 330k3.7%
June 2026About 330k3.5%
July 2026About 240k2.8%

Where NameSilo is strongest

  1. .wiki17.8×

    64% of all new .wiki

  2. .cc10.5×

    38% of all new .cc

  3. .help5.7×

    20.5% of all new .help

  4. .top5.2×

    19% of all new .top

  5. .sbs3×

    11% of all new .sbs

  6. .click2.2×

    8% of all new .click

Their share of an extension against their 3.5% share of the market overall. Above 1× means they are unusually strong there.

What NameSilo sells most

.com25%
.top24%
.cc13.5%
.info3.5%
.xyz3.5%
.net2.5%

Share of everything NameSilo registered this year.

Who registers there

The typical name registered through NameSilo is 9 characters long.

Contains a digit46.5%
Contains a hyphen8.5%
Registered for more than a year0.4%

Where the domains point

dnsowl.com55%
cloudflare.com28.5%
alidns.com2.5%
sedopark.net2.5%
axadns.com1%

The nameservers these domains actually use, measured across 2025. About 3% sit on a parking or for-sale page.

About 510k domains registered through NameSilo come up for renewal in May 2027, the busiest month ahead. Registrations are down 5% on the same months of 2025.

Estimates rounded from our own WHOIS observations. Figures count domains registered, not domains held. Last measured September 2026.

How many domains does NameSilo register?

About 290k a month, which is 3.5% of every domain registered anywhere. That counts new registrations rather than the domains it holds, which is a much larger number and one no public data source measures directly.

Is NameSilo growing?

Its share of new registrations has fallen by 0.6 percentage points against the same months of last year, to 3.5%. Share is the useful measure here: the whole market grew, so a registrar can register more domains than last year and still be losing ground.

How many domain extensions does NameSilo sell?

It registered domains across 405 extensions this year. 25% of what it sells is .com.

What is NameSilo strongest at?

.wiki. It handles 64% of everything registered under that extension, 17.8 times its 3.5% share of the market overall. That ratio is the useful one: it shows where a registrar is unusually strong rather than simply where it sells the most.

What kind of names do people register at NameSilo?

The average is 9 characters, 46.5% contain a digit and 8.5% contain a hyphen. A high digit share indicates bulk registration rather than names someone sat down and chose, so this is the closest thing to a read on who a registrar's customers actually are.

Do people register with NameSilo for more than one year?

0.4% do, against 99.5% who take a single year. Multi-year registrations are a minority almost everywhere, so the differences between registrars are large in relative terms.

Where do NameSilo domains point their DNS?

55% use dnsowl.com. About 3% of them sit on a parking or for-sale page rather than a working site. Measured across 2025, the last period for which nameserver data is complete.

When do NameSilo domains come up for renewal?

May 2027 is the busiest month ahead, with about 510k reaching their renewal date. Renewal peaks trail registration peaks by exactly a year, so whatever is not renewed then becomes available again.

Can anyone register a domain with NameSilo?

Yes. NameSilo is an ICANN-accredited registrar, IANA ID 1479, and sells directly to the public with no membership or eligibility requirement.

Can I transfer a domain away from NameSilo?

Yes. A domain can be transferred to another registrar sixty days after it is registered or last transferred, which is an ICANN rule rather than a registrar policy. You need the authorisation code from your current registrar and the domain must not be locked.