Phishing Landscape 2025:
Year over Year Comparison, Domain Registrars:
May 1, 2024 - April 30, 2025
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 May 1, 2023 - April 30, 2024 period to the ranking for the May 1, 2024 - April 30, 2025 period.
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Phishing Domains, Year over Year (May to April 2025)
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 | May to April 2024 | May to April 2025 | May to April 2024 | May to April 2025 ▼ | |||
| 1 | ▲ +5* | NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED | 3765 | 100,732 | 140,839 | (+40%) | 45,238 | 114,493 | (+153%) |
| 2 | ▼ -1 | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 4,629,000 | 4,480,728 | (-3%) | 93,131 | 114,317 | (+23%) |
| 3 | ▲ +10 | Dominet (HK) Limited | 3775 | 642,997 | 766,208 | (+19%) | 16,750 | 96,650 | (+477%) |
| 4 | ▲ +1 | NameCheap, Inc. | 1068 | 16,562,932 | 18,700,876 | (+13%) | 52,415 | 83,587 | (+59%) |
| 5 | ▲ +15 | Key-Systems, LLC | 1345 | 678,414 | 1,216,355 | (+79%) | 12,440 | 75,713 | (+509%) |
| 6 | ▼ -4 | GoDaddy.com, LLC | 146 | 65,960,522 | 64,662,769 | (-2%) | 69,007 | 66,318 | (-4%) |
| 7 | ▲ +3 | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 685,443 | 848,546 | (+24%) | 19,007 | 61,700 | (+225%) |
| 8 | — | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 4,640,558 | 4,942,944 | (+7%) | 43,715 | 58,504 | (+34%) |
| 9 | ▼ -5 | PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com | 303 | 4,298,842 | 4,016,658 | (-7%) | 56,845 | 57,449 | (+1%) |
| 10 | ▼ -7 | GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com | 49 | 5,246,759 | 5,507,355 | (+5%) | 59,792 | 48,487 | (-19%) |
| 11 | ▲ +1 | Dynadot Inc | 472 | 3,728,270 | 5,073,303 | (+36%) | 17,126 | 30,598 | (+79%) |
| 12 | ▼ -3 | HOSTINGER operations, UAB | 1636 | 2,467,027 | 4,181,675 | (+70%) | 21,401 | 26,110 | (+22%) |
| 13 | ▼ -2 | Tucows Domains Inc. | 69 | 10,022,289 | 10,098,432 | (+1%) | 18,270 | 25,291 | (+38%) |
| 14 | ▲ +1 | eNom, LLC | 48 | 3,818,637 | 3,568,062 | (-7%) | 14,981 | 22,686 | (+51%) |
| 15 | ▲ +3 | OwnRegistrar, Inc. | 1250 | 513,858 | 326,502 | (-36%) | 13,420 | 21,983 | (+64%) |
| 16 | — | Sav.com, LLC | 609 | 1,245,696 | 1,023,778 | (-18%) | 14,101 | 15,488 | (+10%) |
| 17 | ▲ +2 | Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu | 1647 | 1,319,163 | 1,230,578 | (-7%) | 12,462 | 13,376 | (+7%) |
| 18 | ▲ +4 | Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC | 1606 | 828,714 | 794,131 | (-4%) | 10,366 | 12,828 | (+24%) |
| 19 | ▲ +5 | Internet Domain Service BS Corp | 2487 | 371,363 | 341,739 | (-8%) | 6,123 | 8,257 | (+35%) |
| 20 | ▲ +1 | Squarespace Domains II LLC | 895 | 9,021,951 | 7,726,317 | (-14%) | 11,271 | 7,550 | (-33%) |
* Indicates change over prior year
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 May 1, 2023 - April 30, 2024 period to the May 1, 2024 - April 30, 2025 period.
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Phishing Domain Score, Year over Year (May to April 2025)
Registrars with a minimum of 30,000 domains under management and 25 phishing domains
| Domains under Management | Phishing Domain Score | ||||||||
| Rank | Registrar | IANA ID | May to April 2024 | May to April 2025 | May to April 2024 | May to April 2025 ▼ | |||
| 1 | — | NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED | 3765 | 100,732 | 140,839 | (+40%) | 4,490.9 | 8,129.4 | (+81%) |
| 2 | ▲ +1* | Aceville Pte. Ltd. | 3858 | 189,118 | 43,703 | (-77%) | 715.9 | 1,534.5 | (+114%) |
| 3 | ▲ +3 | Dominet (HK) Limited | 3775 | 642,997 | 766,208 | (+19%) | 260.5 | 1,261.4 | (+384%) |
| 4 | — | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 685,443 | 848,546 | (+24%) | 277.3 | 727.1 | (+162%) |
| 5 | — | OwnRegistrar, Inc. | 1250 | 513,858 | 326,502 | (-36%) | 261.2 | 673.3 | (+158%) |
| 6 | ▲ +3 | Key-Systems, LLC | 1345 | 678,414 | 1,216,355 | (+79%) | 183.4 | 622.5 | (+239%) |
| 7 | ▲ +3 | Danesco Trading Ltd. | 1418 | 77,504 | 65,432 | (-16%) | 166.8 | 405.9 | (+143%) |
| 8 | ▲ +33 | Global Domain Group LLC | 3956 | 32,047 | 65,966 | (+106%) | 39.3 | 372.2 | (+846%) |
| 9 | ▲ +12 | CNOBIN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | 3254 | 57,392 | 54,167 | (-6%) | 100.9 | 284.9 | (+182%) |
| 10 | ▲ +1 | Atak Domain Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. | 1601 | 207,880 | 273,010 | (+31%) | 165.3 | 269.2 | (+63%) |
| 11 | ▼ -3 | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 4,629,000 | 4,480,728 | (-3%) | 201.2 | 255.1 | (+27%) |
| 12 | ▲ +28 | Hello Internet Corp. | 1924 | 115,687 | 37,246 | (-68%) | 41.2 | 243.5 | (+491%) |
| 13 | ▼ -1 | Internet Domain Service BS Corp | 2487 | 371,363 | 341,739 | (-8%) | 164.9 | 241.6 | (+47%) |
| 14 | — | Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC | 1606 | 828,714 | 794,131 | (-4%) | 125.1 | 161.5 | (+29%) |
| 15 | ▲ +2 | Sav.com, LLC | 609 | 1,245,696 | 1,023,778 | (-18%) | 113.2 | 151.3 | (+34%) |
| 16 | ▲ +32 | Eranet International Limited | 1868 | 573,603 | 265,145 | (-54%) | 33.6 | 150.6 | (+348%) |
| 17 | ▼ -4 | PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com | 303 | 4,298,842 | 4,016,658 | (-7%) | 132.2 | 143.0 | (+8%) |
| 18 | ▼ -11 | TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd. | 1564 | 71,481 | 71,962 | (+1%) | 202.4 | 138.8 | (-31%) |
| 19 | ▲ +99 | Tecnocrática Centro de Datos, S.L. | 1600 | 113,241 | 113,991 | (+1%) | 7.1 | 129.7 | (+1,737%) |
| 20 | ▲ +4 | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 4,640,558 | 4,942,944 | (+7%) | 94.2 | 118.4 | (+26%) |
* Indicates change over prior year
The final table compares and ranks gTLD registrars by malicious domain registrations.
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Malicious Domain Registrations, Year over Year (May to April 2025)
Registrars with a minimum of 30,000 domains under management and 25 phishing domains
| Domains under Management | Malicious Domain Registrations | ||||||||
| Rank | Registrar | IANA ID | May to April 2024 | May to April 2025 | May to April 2024 | May to April 2025 ▼ | |||
| 1 | — | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 4,629,000 | 4,480,728 | (-3%) | 83,013 | 99,695 | (+20%) |
| 2 | ▲ +2* | NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED | 3765 | 100,732 | 140,839 | (+40%) | 42,181 | 97,774 | (+132%) |
| 3 | ▲ +9 | Dominet (HK) Limited | 3775 | 642,997 | 766,208 | (+19%) | 14,324 | 93,869 | (+555%) |
| 4 | ▲ +10 | Key-Systems, LLC | 1345 | 678,414 | 1,216,355 | (+79%) | 12,315 | 75,550 | (+513%) |
| 5 | ▲ +1 | NameCheap, Inc. | 1068 | 16,562,932 | 18,700,876 | (+13%) | 41,416 | 67,913 | (+64%) |
| 6 | ▲ +2 | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 4,640,558 | 4,942,944 | (+7%) | 37,528 | 52,178 | (+39%) |
| 7 | ▲ +4 | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 685,443 | 848,546 | (+24%) | 15,322 | 48,393 | (+216%) |
| 8 | ▼ -5 | GoDaddy.com, LLC | 146 | 65,960,522 | 64,662,769 | (-2%) | 49,902 | 46,502 | (-7%) |
| 9 | ▼ -7 | GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com | 49 | 5,246,759 | 5,507,355 | (+5%) | 56,547 | 41,715 | (-26%) |
| 10 | ▼ -3 | PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com | 303 | 4,298,842 | 4,016,658 | (-7%) | 41,277 | 39,582 | (-4%) |
| 11 | ▲ +2 | Dynadot Inc | 472 | 3,728,270 | 5,073,303 | (+36%) | 13,777 | 26,695 | (+94%) |
| 12 | ▲ +5 | eNom, LLC | 48 | 3,818,637 | 3,568,062 | (-7%) | 11,775 | 18,483 | (+57%) |
| 13 | ▼ -4 | HOSTINGER operations, UAB | 1636 | 2,467,027 | 4,181,675 | (+70%) | 16,101 | 17,642 | (+10%) |
| 14 | ▲ +6 | OwnRegistrar, Inc. | 1250 | 513,858 | 326,502 | (-36%) | 9,314 | 15,537 | (+67%) |
| 15 | — | Tucows Domains Inc. | 69 | 10,022,289 | 10,098,432 | (+1%) | 12,110 | 13,917 | (+15%) |
| 16 | ▲ +2 | Sav.com, LLC | 609 | 1,245,696 | 1,023,778 | (-18%) | 11,692 | 12,117 | (+4%) |
| 17 | ▲ +4 | Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC | 1606 | 828,714 | 794,131 | (-4%) | 8,700 | 11,004 | (+26%) |
| 18 | ▲ +1 | Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu | 1647 | 1,319,163 | 1,230,578 | (-7%) | 9,622 | 7,370 | (-23%) |
| 19 | ▲ +6 | Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd. | 1556 | 1,513,761 | 1,122,861 | (-26%) | 3,554 | 5,419 | (+52%) |
| 20 | ▲ +8 | Name.com, Inc. | 625 | 2,207,630 | 2,196,661 | (-0%) | 2,890 | 5,347 | (+85%) |
* Indicates change over prior year
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