March 23, 2026
28 min read
We counted 50.3 million observed hostnames in the .br namespace — the 8th-largest TLD on Earth and the largest ccTLD in the Americas. Brazil built the most elaborate domain categorization system of any country: a heavily-structured second-level system with com.br for commerce alongside dozens of credential-gated professional zones for licensed lawyers, doctors, and engineers, mandatory government ID for every registration, and no public direct .br registration. A 9 June 2026 A-record crawl shows 60.6% of those hostnames still resolve — slightly above the whole-namespace average. Refreshed June 2026 with first-party resolution data.
March 22, 2026
26 min read
We analyzed 3.18 billion observed hostnames across 1,511 TLDs and found that ten island territories with a combined population under 500,000 host 39.1 million hostnames. Tokelau's free-domain .tk holds 7.2 million hostnames but only 2.5% resolve. Tuvalu's .tv funded the nation's UN membership. Niue lost control of .nu entirely. Three islands, three models, three very different outcomes. Refreshed June 2026 with first-party DNS resolution data.
March 22, 2026
24 min read
We analyzed 3.18 billion observed hostnames across 1,511 TLDs and found .de ranks 3rd globally with 117.7 million hostnames — the largest country-code TLD on Earth, larger than .org and every other ccTLD. 75.2% of those names still return a live A record, among the highest liveness of any major TLD. How a Frankfurt cooperative charging EUR 2.20 per domain outbuilt every other nation's namespace. Refreshed June 2026 with first-party resolution data.
March 20, 2026
22 min read
We analyzed 3.18 billion observed hostnames across 1,511 TLDs to measure .com's dominance — 1.36 billion hostnames, 42.7% of the namespace, one registry operator, zero competition. But only 57.2% of those .com hostnames return a live A record. What a government-granted monopoly means for infrastructure risk, pricing, and the future of the namespace. Refreshed June 2026 with first-party DNS resolution data.