New registrations this month
489.5K domains/month
- May 25 606.2K
- Jun 25 579.5K
- Jul 25 459.3K
- Aug 25 551.7K
- Sep 25 460.9K
- Oct 25 501.4K
- Nov 25 446K
- Dec 25 325.2K
- Jan 26 341K
- Feb 26 294.4K
- Mar 26 418.5K
- Apr 26 489.5K
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.top Domains: prices, rules and registry
.top is a generic top-level domain listed in the authoritative IANA Root Zone Database. Its listed manager is Hong Kong Zhongze International Limited.
- RegistryHong Kong Zhongze International Limited
- Registration from$1.49
- Reported metrics27
- With history14
Signal profile
- Brevity 94
- Namespace depth 23
- RDAP readiness 100
- DNSSEC 100
- NS breadth 100
- Registration scale 82
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About .top domains
Recorded standard registration prices start at $1.49 for the first year; renewal rates are compared below.
Who can register a .top domain?
Registration eligibility has not yet been verified in this directory. Check the registry’s current policy before registering; country-code and sponsored extensions can have specific requirements.
Registration and renewal costs
Cheapest places to register .top in our comparison
Compare recorded standard retail rates in USD. Registrars are ordered by estimated five-year cost. This is one registration plus four renewals at today’s recorded renewal rate.
| Registrar | Register (1 year) | Renew (1 year) | 5-year cost | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spaceship | $1.60 | $4.05 | $17.80 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| Porkbun | $1.63 | $4.63 | $20.15 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| DDD.com | $2.13 | $4.53 | $20.25 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| Cosmotown | $1.59 | $4.67 | $20.27 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| NicNames | $1.91 | $4.66 | $20.55 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| NameSilo | $1.88 | $4.88 | $21.40 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| Nfly | $2.37 | $4.78 | $21.49 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| NamesLink | $1.70 | $4.98 | $21.62 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| Regery | $1.89 | $4.99 | $21.85 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| Truehost | $1.49 | $5.14 | $22.05 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| OVHcloud | $2.49 | $4.99 | $22.45 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| NameMart | $2.59 | $4.99 | $22.55 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| Dynadot | $3.01 | $4.91 | $22.65 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| Cloudean | $4.63 | $4.63 | $23.15 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| VEBONIX | $9.50 | $3.79 | $24.66 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| Channel Island Hosting | $1.79 | $5.77 | $24.87 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| SW Hosting | $1.80 | $5.82 | $25.08 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| Alibaba Cloud | $5.49 | $5.49 | $27.45 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| Netcetera | $2.34 | $6.33 | $27.66 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| Rebel | $4.19 | $6.19 | $28.95 | 6 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
These are source-reported prices, not a guarantee of availability or checkout cost. Promotions and premium domains are excluded; tax, fees, eligibility and future renewal changes may affect your total. Open a registrar profile for its source details.
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- Domains
- 6.99M domains
- Active registrars
- 144 registrar accounts
- DNS queries
- 330.42B queries/month
Everything on record
27 reported metrics for .top
Grouped as the registry reports them. Each figure carries its source, when it was observed and a quality grade, and any metric with a trend can be opened for its full history.
Attempted registrations
14.21M attempts/month
- May 25 5.84M
- Jun 25 9.25M
- Jul 25 5.64M
- Aug 25 5.59M
- Sep 25 4.76M
- Oct 25 8.02M
- Nov 25 3.52M
- Dec 25 2.62M
- Jan 26 3.18M
- Feb 26 2.86M
- Mar 26 18.02M
- Apr 26 14.21M
Deletions this month
311.7K domains/month
- May 25 182.3K
- Jun 25 176K
- Jul 25 184K
- Aug 25 191.2K
- Sep 25 211.4K
- Oct 25 244.3K
- Nov 25 238.5K
- Dec 25 278.6K
- Jan 26 278.9K
- Feb 26 226.5K
- Mar 26 239.7K
- Apr 26 311.7K
Multi-year registration share
0.71% ratio
Registered nameservers
109.8K nameservers
- May 25 96.5K
- Jun 25 99K
- Jul 25 98.5K
- Aug 25 99.5K
- Sep 25 102.4K
- Oct 25 102.6K
- Nov 25 104.7K
- Dec 25 105.5K
- Jan 26 107.4K
- Feb 26 108.7K
- Mar 26 109.4K
- Apr 26 109.8K
Renewals this month
61.8K domains/month
- May 25 40.6K
- Jun 25 30.7K
- Jul 25 33K
- Aug 25 40K
- Sep 25 36.3K
- Oct 25 41.3K
- Nov 25 46.1K
- Dec 25 62K
- Jan 26 49.1K
- Feb 26 36.6K
- Mar 26 61.7K
- Apr 26 61.8K
Restores this month
19 domains/month
- May 25 9
- Jun 25 22
- Jul 25 22
- Aug 25 20
- Sep 25 17
- Oct 25 19
- Nov 25 17
- Dec 25 15
- Jan 26 14
- Feb 26 8
- Mar 26 31
- Apr 26 19
Successful inbound transfers
1,496 transfers/month
- May 25 1,636
- Jun 25 1,747
- Jul 25 1,872
- Aug 25 1,995
- Sep 25 1,806
- Oct 25 1,777
- Nov 25 1,737
- Dec 25 1,462
- Jan 26 1,773
- Feb 26 1,125
- Mar 26 1,677
- Apr 26 1,496
Registered domains
6.99M domains
- May 25 4.51M
- Jun 25 4.91M
- Jul 25 5.19M
- Aug 25 5.55M
- Sep 25 5.83M
- Oct 25 6.13M
- Nov 25 6.31M
- Dec 25 6.35M
- Jan 26 6.45M
- Feb 26 6.54M
- Mar 26 6.68M
- Apr 26 6.99M
ICANN application ID
1-1935-70970
Registry contract signed
20 Mar 2014 date
Registry contract terminated
No
Delegated to the root
3 Aug 2014 date
Contracted registry operator
Hong Kong Zhongze International Limited
Specification 13 brand TLD
No
Third-level registration
No
Registrar accounts with domains
144 registrar accounts
- May 25 141
- Jun 25 143
- Jul 25 143
- Aug 25 143
- Sep 25 143
- Oct 25 143
- Nov 25 143
- Dec 25 142
- Jan 26 144
- Feb 26 142
- Mar 26 141
- Apr 26 144
Registrar concentration
9.95% index
- May 25 9.3%
- Jun 25 8.76%
- Jul 25 8.69%
- Aug 25 8.64%
- Sep 25 8.76%
- Oct 25 8.91%
- Nov 25 8.91%
- Dec 25 9.16%
- Jan 26 9.37%
- Feb 26 9.8%
- Mar 26 9.95%
- Apr 26 9.95%
Reporting registrar accounts
181 registrar accounts
- May 25 194
- Jun 25 195
- Jul 25 196
- Aug 25 196
- Sep 25 198
- Oct 25 198
- Nov 25 199
- Dec 25 201
- Jan 26 201
- Feb 26 181
- Mar 26 181
- Apr 26 181
Top five registrar share
62.29% ratio
Largest registrar share
19.45% ratio
DNS queries received
330.42B queries/month
DNS response ratio
100% ratio
Operational registrars
182 registrars
Registration-data queries
389.23M queries/month
Registry availability checks
641.82M commands/month
Registry create commands
14.49M commands/month
Root zone and registry agreement
The facts that do not change monthly
Delegation, operator and protocol support, taken from the IANA root zone and the ICANN registry agreement data.
- Registry manager
- Hong Kong Zhongze International Limited
- Registry operator
- Hong Kong Zhongze International Limited
- Delegated to the root
- 3 August 2014
- Registry contract signed
- 20 March 2014
- Authoritative nameservers
- 8
- DNSSEC signed
- Yes
- RDAP available
- Yes
- Internationalised label
- No
- Third-level registration
- No
- Specification 13 brand TLD
- No
IANA Root Zone Database
ICANN registry agreement
ICANN gTLD contract data
ICANN gTLD contract data
IANA root zone
Root delegation DS record
IANA RDAP bootstrap registry
IANA root zone
ICANN registry agreement
ICANN registry agreement
Namespace beneath .top
1 ICANN boundary rules Registration boundaries recognised beneath this TLD.
2 Private boundary rules Privately operated suffixes, such as hosting subdomains.
Where this comes from
Every figure is traceable
Nothing on this page is estimated or modelled. Each metric names the source it came from and the month it was observed, and a metric with no observation is shown as unknown rather than filled with a zero.
- ICANN gTLD Registry Agreement Data View source
- ICANN Monthly Registry Activity Reports View source
- ICANN Monthly Registry Reports View source
- TLD registry-published statistics View source
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Enrichment snapshot generated . Registry reporting runs a month or two behind, so the newest observation is rarely this month.
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