Industry stats Updated Jun 2026All 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 2026Country-code TLDs 146.3M names +2.4% YoY Verisign · Q1 2026New gTLDs 49.6M names · 30.9% renewed +3.7% QoQ Verisign · Q1 2026Legacy gTLDs 20.5M names · 67.6% renewed +14.6% YoY Verisign · Q1 2026WordPress 41.5% of all sites · 59.3% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026Shopify 5.2% of all sites · 7.5% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026Wix 4.3% of all sites · 6.1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026Squarespace 2.5% of all sites · 3.5% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026Joomla 1.2% of all sites · 1.7% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026Webflow 0.9% of all sites · 1.2% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026Drupal 0.7% of all sites · 1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026No CMS detected 30% of all sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026Nginx on 33%–39% of sites W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026Apache on 24%–29% of sites W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026LiteSpeed gaining share among web servers W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026DMARC adoption 937.9K valid records +79% in 3 yrs EasyDMARC · 2026 YTDFortune 500 95% publish DMARC · 80% enforced EasyDMARCFortune 500 62.7% use strict reject policy EasyDMARCInc. 5000 15.2% use strict reject policy EasyDMARCDeal CVC Capital Partners → Namecheap · CVC Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Namecheap in September 2025, valuing the company at ~$1.5B (including debt). 2025Deal team.blue (Hg-backed) → Loopia Group · team.blue (Hg-backed) acquired Loopia Group (Nordics) in 2025. 2025Deal 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. 2025Deal group.one → Webglobe · group.one acquired Webglobe (Slovakia/Czechia/Serbia) in 2025. 2025Deal 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. 2025Industry stats Updated Jun 2026All 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 2026Country-code TLDs 146.3M names +2.4% YoY Verisign · Q1 2026New gTLDs 49.6M names · 30.9% renewed +3.7% QoQ Verisign · Q1 2026Legacy gTLDs 20.5M names · 67.6% renewed +14.6% YoY Verisign · Q1 2026WordPress 41.5% of all sites · 59.3% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026Shopify 5.2% of all sites · 7.5% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026Wix 4.3% of all sites · 6.1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026Squarespace 2.5% of all sites · 3.5% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026Joomla 1.2% of all sites · 1.7% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026Webflow 0.9% of all sites · 1.2% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026Drupal 0.7% of all sites · 1% of CMS sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026No CMS detected 30% of all sites W3Techs · 17 Jun 2026Nginx on 33%–39% of sites W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026Apache on 24%–29% of sites W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026LiteSpeed gaining share among web servers W3Techs · Mar–Apr 2026DMARC adoption 937.9K valid records +79% in 3 yrs EasyDMARC · 2026 YTDFortune 500 95% publish DMARC · 80% enforced EasyDMARCFortune 500 62.7% use strict reject policy EasyDMARCInc. 5000 15.2% use strict reject policy EasyDMARCDeal CVC Capital Partners → Namecheap · CVC Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Namecheap in September 2025, valuing the company at ~$1.5B (including debt). 2025Deal team.blue (Hg-backed) → Loopia Group · team.blue (Hg-backed) acquired Loopia Group (Nordics) in 2025. 2025Deal 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. 2025Deal group.one → Webglobe · group.one acquired Webglobe (Slovakia/Czechia/Serbia) in 2025. 2025Deal 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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FIFA is the international governing body of association football, responsible for overseeing major tournaments and managing the .fifa top-level domain.

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World Cup domain surge fuels gambling site registrations
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World Cup domain surge fuels gambling site registrations

A report by WhoisXMLAPI reveals a sharp increase in domain registrations tied to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with nearly 13,000 domains in China’s .com.cn namespace and over half linked to just ten email addresses. Most domains appear intended for gambling or streaming sites.

Security · 3 min · 19 Jun 2026