Phishing Activity: Domain Registrars Quarter over Quarter Comparison: May 1, 2026 - July 31, 2026
For purposes of observing change over time, it is useful to compare measurements and metrics over successive reporting periods. Such comparisons illustrate whether phishing activities are increasing or decreasing, and where such changes are occurring. Such comparisons can identify suspicious concentrations of phishing domains reported in registrar domain portfolios, and can identify registrars where phishers flock to purchase and manage phishing domains. Investigators or policy makers may focus on these for deeper analyses.
In the table below, we use the measurement reported phishing domains to compare the rankings of registrars during the February 1, 2026 - April 30, 2026 period to the ranking for the May 1, 2026 - July 31, 2026 period.
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Phishing Domains, Quarter over Quarter (May to July 2026)
Registrars with a minimum of 30,000 domains under management and 25 phishing domains
| Domains under Management | Number of Phishing Domains | ||||||||
| Rank | Registrar | IANA ID | February to April 2026 | May to July 2026 | February to April 2026 | May to July 2026 ▼ | |||
| 1 | ▲ +1* | NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED | 3765 | 237,724 | 301,406 | (+27%) | 98,862 | 164,341 | (+66%) |
| 2 | ▲ +6 | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 853,487 | 750,075 | (-12%) | 16,106 | 79,985 | (+397%) |
| 3 | — | Dynadot Inc | 472 | 7,525,692 | 8,061,382 | (+7%) | 56,271 | 77,691 | (+38%) |
| 4 | ▲ +2 | NameCheap, Inc. | 1068 | 20,664,356 | 21,261,915 | (+3%) | 42,637 | 69,363 | (+63%) |
| 5 | ▼ -1 | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 6,369,529 | 6,378,272 | (0%) | 54,462 | 62,510 | (+15%) |
| 6 | ▼ -1 | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 5,309,185 | 5,689,240 | (+7%) | 46,985 | 62,063 | (+32%) |
| 7 | ▲ +8 | Aceville Pte. Ltd. | 3858 | 137,995 | 187,040 | (+36%) | 8,410 | 41,500 | (+393%) |
| 8 | ▲ +4 | Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd. | 1556 | 1,314,080 | 1,390,425 | (+6%) | 12,560 | 40,380 | (+221%) |
| 9 | ▼ -2 | Dominet (HK) Limited | 3775 | 1,245,427 | 981,199 | (-21%) | 16,165 | 37,936 | (+135%) |
| 10 | ▼ -9 | Spaceship, Inc. | 3862 | 5,333,076 | 6,225,215 | (+17%) | 109,910 | 37,362 | (-66%) |
| 11 | — | GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com | 49 | 9,950,524 | 10,535,929 | (+6%) | 14,386 | 34,146 | (+137%) |
| 12 | ▼ -3 | GoDaddy.com, LLC | 146 | 64,062,098 | 64,363,698 | (0%) | 15,870 | 21,712 | (+37%) |
| 13 | — | PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com | 303 | 3,590,665 | 3,509,349 | (-2%) | 10,528 | 19,554 | (+86%) |
| 14 | ▼ -4 | Global Domain Group LLC | 3956 | 202,903 | 303,714 | (+50%) | 14,593 | 16,972 | (+16%) |
| 15 | ▲ +1 | Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu | 1647 | 1,544,237 | 1,714,738 | (+11%) | 6,520 | 16,232 | (+149%) |
| 16 | ▲ +84 | Alibaba Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd. | 420 | 1,733,097 | 1,665,289 | (-4%) | 89 | 12,796 | (+14,278%) |
| 17 | ▲ +46 | Xin Net Technology Corporation | 120 | 922,330 | 910,492 | (-1%) | 332 | 12,568 | (+3,686%) |
| 18 | ▲ +1 | Ultahost, Inc. | 4331 | 35,938 | 40,638 | (+13%) | 4,810 | 11,008 | (+129%) |
| 19 | ▼ -2 | HOSTINGER operations, UAB | 1636 | 5,960,557 | 6,459,405 | (+8%) | 6,459 | 9,590 | (+48%) |
| 20 | ▼ -2 | Sav.com, LLC | 609 | 798,244 | 735,999 | (-8%) | 5,947 | 7,504 | (+26%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
To allow comparison of large and small gTLD registrars, we rank registrars based on a metric, phishing domain score, which is calculated by dividing the number of domain names reported for phishing in a registrar by the number of domains delegated from that registrar.
gTLD registrar Phishing Score = (number of phishing domains/domains delegated from gTLD registrar) * 10,000
This score can highlight where high-volume phishers place multiple phish on one domain.
In the table below, we use the metric phishing domain score to compare and rank registrars for the February 1, 2026 - April 30, 2026 period to the May 1, 2026 - July 31, 2026 period.
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Phishing Domain Score, Quarter over Quarter (May to July 2026)
Registrars with a minimum of 30,000 domains under management and 25 phishing domains
| Domains under Management | Phishing Domain Score | ||||||||
| Rank | Registrar | IANA ID | February to April 2026 | May to July 2026 | February to April 2026 | May to July 2026 ▼ | |||
| 1 | — | NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED | 3765 | 237,724 | 301,406 | (+27%) | 4,158.7 | 5,452.5 | (+31%) |
| 2 | — | Ultahost, Inc. | 4331 | 35,938 | 40,638 | (+13%) | 1,338.4 | 2,708.8 | (+102%) |
| 3 | ▲ +2* | Aceville Pte. Ltd. | 3858 | 137,995 | 187,040 | (+36%) | 609.4 | 2,218.8 | (+264%) |
| 4 | ▼ -1 | MainReg Inc. | 1917 | 34,410 | 33,662 | (-2%) | 886.4 | 1,068.3 | (+21%) |
| 5 | ▲ +5 | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 853,487 | 750,075 | (-12%) | 188.7 | 1,066.4 | (+465%) |
| 6 | ▲ +1 | CNOBIN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | 3254 | 64,312 | 66,461 | (+3%) | 293.1 | 580.9 | (+98%) |
| 7 | ▼ -3 | Global Domain Group LLC | 3956 | 202,903 | 303,714 | (+50%) | 719.2 | 558.8 | (-22%) |
| 8 | ▲ +4 | Dominet (HK) Limited | 3775 | 1,245,427 | 981,199 | (-21%) | 129.8 | 386.6 | (+198%) |
| 9 | ▲ +5 | Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd. | 1556 | 1,314,080 | 1,390,425 | (+6%) | 95.6 | 290.4 | (+204%) |
| 10 | ▲ +1 | OwnRegistrar, Inc. | 1250 | 248,095 | 244,237 | (-2%) | 153.1 | 267.7 | (+75%) |
| 11 | ▲ +24 | Vantage of Convergence (Chengdu) Technology Co., Ltd. | 3869 | 44,886 | 50,241 | (+12%) | 31.2 | 235.9 | (+656%) |
| 12 | ▲ +83 | Xiamen 35.com Information Co., Ltd. | 4163 | 160,559 | 144,226 | (-10%) | 3.6 | 202.0 | (+5,495%) |
| 13 | ▼ -4 | NameMart Pte. Ltd. | 4162 | 181,936 | 394,842 | (+117%) | 197.5 | 188.3 | (-5%) |
| 14 | ▲ +2 | NicNames, Inc. | 4156 | 61,163 | 73,788 | (+21%) | 86.0 | 168.1 | (+95%) |
| 15 | ▼ -9 | Hello Internet Corp. | 1924 | 66,511 | 85,015 | (+28%) | 345.2 | 153.3 | (-56%) |
| 16 | ▲ +8 | MAT BAO CORPORATION | 1586 | 168,831 | 165,422 | (-2%) | 55.9 | 146.1 | (+161%) |
| 17 | ▲ +79 | Xin Net Technology Corporation | 120 | 922,330 | 910,492 | (-1%) | 3.6 | 138.0 | (+3,734%) |
| 18 | ▲ +4 | Atak Domain Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. | 1601 | 320,472 | 334,351 | (+4%) | 64.6 | 119.6 | (+85%) |
| 19 | ▼ -4 | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 5,309,185 | 5,689,240 | (+7%) | 88.5 | 109.1 | (+23%) |
| 20 | ▼ -1 | Sav.com, LLC | 609 | 798,244 | 735,999 | (-8%) | 74.5 | 102.0 | (+37%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
The final table compares and ranks gTLD registrars by malicious domain registrations.
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Malicious Domain Registrations, Quarter over Quarter (May to July 2026)
Registrars with a minimum of 30,000 domains under management and 25 phishing domains
| Domains under Management | Malicious Domain Registrations | ||||||||
| Rank | Registrar | IANA ID | February to April 2026 | May to July 2026 | February to April 2026 | May to July 2026 ▼ | |||
| 1 | ▲ +1* | NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED | 3765 | 237,724 | 301,406 | (+27%) | 86,888 | 148,898 | (+71%) |
| 2 | ▲ +1 | Dynadot Inc | 472 | 7,525,692 | 8,061,382 | (+7%) | 51,792 | 72,995 | (+41%) |
| 3 | ▲ +8 | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 853,487 | 750,075 | (-12%) | 8,878 | 65,370 | (+636%) |
| 4 | ▲ +2 | NameCheap, Inc. | 1068 | 20,664,356 | 21,261,915 | (+3%) | 34,196 | 59,254 | (+73%) |
| 5 | — | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 5,309,185 | 5,689,240 | (+7%) | 41,707 | 53,226 | (+28%) |
| 6 | ▼ -2 | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 6,369,529 | 6,378,272 | (0%) | 49,006 | 52,526 | (+7%) |
| 7 | ▲ +3 | Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd. | 1556 | 1,314,080 | 1,390,425 | (+6%) | 11,320 | 38,882 | (+243%) |
| 8 | ▼ -7 | Spaceship, Inc. | 3862 | 5,333,076 | 6,225,215 | (+17%) | 108,565 | 35,400 | (-67%) |
| 9 | ▲ +5 | Aceville Pte. Ltd. | 3858 | 137,995 | 187,040 | (+36%) | 7,935 | 35,022 | (+341%) |
| 10 | ▼ -3 | Dominet (HK) Limited | 3775 | 1,245,427 | 981,199 | (-21%) | 14,875 | 34,880 | (+134%) |
| 11 | ▼ -3 | GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com | 49 | 9,950,524 | 10,535,929 | (+6%) | 12,951 | 31,072 | (+140%) |
| 12 | ▼ -3 | Global Domain Group LLC | 3956 | 202,903 | 303,714 | (+50%) | 12,901 | 15,036 | (+17%) |
| 13 | ▲ +2 | PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com | 303 | 3,590,665 | 3,509,349 | (-2%) | 5,962 | 14,630 | (+145%) |
| 14 | ▼ -2 | GoDaddy.com, LLC | 146 | 64,062,098 | 64,363,698 | (0%) | 8,256 | 12,810 | (+55%) |
| 15 | ▲ +3 | Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu | 1647 | 1,544,237 | 1,714,738 | (+11%) | 4,157 | 12,601 | (+203%) |
| 16 | ▲ +48 | Xin Net Technology Corporation | 120 | 922,330 | 910,492 | (-1%) | 126 | 12,057 | (+9,469%) |
| 17 | ▲ +3 | Ultahost, Inc. | 4331 | 35,938 | 40,638 | (+13%) | 2,899 | 8,087 | (+179%) |
| 18 | ▲ +1 | NameMart Pte. Ltd. | 4162 | 181,936 | 394,842 | (+117%) | 3,264 | 7,144 | (+119%) |
| 19 | ▼ -3 | HOSTINGER operations, UAB | 1636 | 5,960,557 | 6,459,405 | (+8%) | 4,410 | 5,949 | (+35%) |
| 20 | ▼ -3 | Sav.com, LLC | 609 | 798,244 | 735,999 | (-8%) | 4,220 | 5,839 | (+38%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
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