Industry stats Updated Aug 2026 All domains worldwide 401.6M registered names +6.4% YoY Verisign · Q2 2026 .com + .net total 179.1M names in zone Verisign · Q2 2026 .com + .net 11.5M newly registered · 76.3% renewed Verisign · Q1 2026 Country-code TLDs 146.3M names +2.4% YoY Verisign · Q1 2026 New gTLDs 49.6M names · 30.9% renewed +3.7% QoQ Verisign · Q1 2026 Legacy gTLDs 20.5M names · 67.6% renewed +14.6% YoY Verisign · Q1 2026 WordPress 41.2% of all sites · 59.1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 Shopify 5.3% of all sites · 7.6% of CMS sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 Wix 4.3% of all sites · 6.1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 Squarespace 2.5% of all sites · 3.5% of CMS sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 Joomla 1.2% of all sites · 1.7% of CMS sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 Webflow 0.8% of all sites · 1.2% of CMS sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 Drupal 0.7% of all sites · 1.1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 No CMS detected 30.4% of all sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 Nginx on 33%–39% of sites W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026 Apache on 24%–29% of sites W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026 LiteSpeed gaining share among web servers W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026 DMARC adoption 937.9K valid records +79% in 3 yrs EasyDMARC · 2026 YTD Fortune 500 95% publish DMARC · 80% enforced EasyDMARC Fortune 500 62.7% use strict reject policy EasyDMARC Inc. 5000 15.2% use strict reject policy EasyDMARC Deal CVC Capital Partners → Namecheap · CVC Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Namecheap in September 2025, valuing the company at ~$1.5B (including debt). Namecheap reported $398M in revenue for 2024, an 18% year-on-year increase. 2025 Deal team.blue (Hg-backed) → Loopia Group · team.blue acquired Loopia Group in May 2025, expanding its customer base from 2.5M to over 3M entrepreneurs across Europe. Loopia Group operates in Sweden, Finland, Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary, and Serbia, with 320 professionals and ~650,000 customers. 2025 Deal Miss Group (Perwyn-backed) → Web4U s.r.o. · Miss Group acquired Web4U, a Prague-based web hosting and domain registration provider, in 2025. This marked Miss Group’s 14th acquisition under Perwyn ownership and its 22nd acquisition since 2018. Web4U serves 15,000+ customers and reported CZK 38M in revenue for 2021. 2025 Deal group.one → Webglobe · group.one acquired 100% of Webglobe in May 2025, a leading hosting provider in Slovakia, Czechia, and Serbia. Webglobe manages ~300,000 registered domains and registers ~10% of national domains in its core markets. 2025 Deal hosting.com → FastComet, A2 Hosting · hosting.com acquired FastComet in April 2025 and A2 Hosting in January 2025. FastComet serves 32,000 clients across 100 countries, and A2 Hosting was rebranded under the hosting.com name in April 2025, including a $2M purchase of the hosting.com domain. 2025 Industry stats Updated Aug 2026 All domains worldwide 401.6M registered names +6.4% YoY Verisign · Q2 2026 .com + .net total 179.1M names in zone Verisign · Q2 2026 .com + .net 11.5M newly registered · 76.3% renewed Verisign · Q1 2026 Country-code TLDs 146.3M names +2.4% YoY Verisign · Q1 2026 New gTLDs 49.6M names · 30.9% renewed +3.7% QoQ Verisign · Q1 2026 Legacy gTLDs 20.5M names · 67.6% renewed +14.6% YoY Verisign · Q1 2026 WordPress 41.2% of all sites · 59.1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 Shopify 5.3% of all sites · 7.6% of CMS sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 Wix 4.3% of all sites · 6.1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 Squarespace 2.5% of all sites · 3.5% of CMS sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 Joomla 1.2% of all sites · 1.7% of CMS sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 Webflow 0.8% of all sites · 1.2% of CMS sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 Drupal 0.7% of all sites · 1.1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 No CMS detected 30.4% of all sites W3Techs · 1 Aug 2026 Nginx on 33%–39% of sites W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026 Apache on 24%–29% of sites W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026 LiteSpeed gaining share among web servers W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026 DMARC adoption 937.9K valid records +79% in 3 yrs EasyDMARC · 2026 YTD Fortune 500 95% publish DMARC · 80% enforced EasyDMARC Fortune 500 62.7% use strict reject policy EasyDMARC Inc. 5000 15.2% use strict reject policy EasyDMARC Deal CVC Capital Partners → Namecheap · CVC Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Namecheap in September 2025, valuing the company at ~$1.5B (including debt). Namecheap reported $398M in revenue for 2024, an 18% year-on-year increase. 2025 Deal team.blue (Hg-backed) → Loopia Group · team.blue acquired Loopia Group in May 2025, expanding its customer base from 2.5M to over 3M entrepreneurs across Europe. Loopia Group operates in Sweden, Finland, Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary, and Serbia, with 320 professionals and ~650,000 customers. 2025 Deal Miss Group (Perwyn-backed) → Web4U s.r.o. · Miss Group acquired Web4U, a Prague-based web hosting and domain registration provider, in 2025. This marked Miss Group’s 14th acquisition under Perwyn ownership and its 22nd acquisition since 2018. Web4U serves 15,000+ customers and reported CZK 38M in revenue for 2021. 2025 Deal group.one → Webglobe · group.one acquired 100% of Webglobe in May 2025, a leading hosting provider in Slovakia, Czechia, and Serbia. Webglobe manages ~300,000 registered domains and registers ~10% of national domains in its core markets. 2025 Deal hosting.com → FastComet, A2 Hosting · hosting.com acquired FastComet in April 2025 and A2 Hosting in January 2025. FastComet serves 32,000 clients across 100 countries, and A2 Hosting was rebranded under the hosting.com name in April 2025, including a $2M purchase of the hosting.com domain. 2025

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