Industry stats Updated Jun 2026 All domains worldwide 392.5M registered names +6.5% YoY Verisign · Q1 2026 .com + .net total 176.1M names in zone Verisign · Q1 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 41.5% of all sites · 59.3% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026 Shopify 5.2% of all sites · 7.5% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026 Wix 4.3% of all sites · 6.1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026 Squarespace 2.5% of all sites · 3.5% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026 Joomla 1.2% of all sites · 1.7% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026 Webflow 0.9% of all sites · 1.2% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026 Drupal 0.7% of all sites · 1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026 No CMS detected 30% of all sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 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). 2025 Deal team.blue (Hg-backed) → Loopia Group · team.blue (Hg-backed) acquired Loopia Group (Nordics) in 2025. 2025 Deal Miss Group (Perwyn-backed) → Web4U s.r.o. · Perwyn-backed Miss Group acquired Web4U s.r.o. (Prague-based web hosting and domain registration provider) in 2025. This is Miss Group’s 14th acquisition under Perwyn ownership. 2025 Deal group.one → Webglobe · group.one acquired Webglobe (Slovakia/Czechia/Serbia) in 2025. 2025 Deal hosting.com → FastComet, A2 Hosting · hosting.com (formerly World Host Group) acquired FastComet in April 2025 and A2 Hosting in January 2025, rebranding A2 Hosting under the hosting.com name. 2025 Industry stats Updated Jun 2026 All domains worldwide 392.5M registered names +6.5% YoY Verisign · Q1 2026 .com + .net total 176.1M names in zone Verisign · Q1 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 41.5% of all sites · 59.3% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026 Shopify 5.2% of all sites · 7.5% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026 Wix 4.3% of all sites · 6.1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026 Squarespace 2.5% of all sites · 3.5% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026 Joomla 1.2% of all sites · 1.7% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026 Webflow 0.9% of all sites · 1.2% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026 Drupal 0.7% of all sites · 1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026 No CMS detected 30% of all sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 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). 2025 Deal team.blue (Hg-backed) → Loopia Group · team.blue (Hg-backed) acquired Loopia Group (Nordics) in 2025. 2025 Deal Miss Group (Perwyn-backed) → Web4U s.r.o. · Perwyn-backed Miss Group acquired Web4U s.r.o. (Prague-based web hosting and domain registration provider) in 2025. This is Miss Group’s 14th acquisition under Perwyn ownership. 2025 Deal group.one → Webglobe · group.one acquired Webglobe (Slovakia/Czechia/Serbia) in 2025. 2025 Deal hosting.com → FastComet, A2 Hosting · hosting.com (formerly World Host Group) acquired FastComet in April 2025 and A2 Hosting in January 2025, rebranding A2 Hosting under the hosting.com name. 2025
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