Spam Activity: Domain Registrars Quarter over Quarter Comparison: December 1,2023 - February 29,2024
For purposes of observing change over time, it is useful to compare measurements and metrics over successive reporting periods. Such comparisons illustrate whether spam activities are increasing or decreasing, and where such changes are occurring. Such comparisons can identify suspicious concentrations of spam domains reported in registrar domain portfolios, and can identify registrars where phishers flock to purchase and manage spam domains. Investigators or policy makers may focus on these for deeper analyses.
In the table below, we use the measurement reported spam domains to compare the rankings of registrars during the September 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023 period to the ranking for the December 1,2023 - February 29,2024 period.
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Spam Domains, Quarter over Quarter (December to February 2024)
Registrars with a minimum of 30,000 domains under management and 25 spam domains
| Domains under Management | Number of Spam Domains | ||||||||
| Rank | Registrar | IANA ID | September to November 2023 | December to February 2024 | September to November 2023 | December to February 2024 ▼ | |||
| 1 | — | NameCheap, Inc. | 1068 | 15,904,537 | 16,280,855 | (+2%) | 127,836 | 66,320 | (-48%) |
| 2 | ▲ +3* | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 3,912,740 | 4,426,700 | (+13%) | 35,554 | 52,343 | (+47%) |
| 3 | ▼ -1 | GoDaddy.com, LLC | 146 | 65,929,160 | 66,087,590 | (0%) | 70,305 | 51,409 | (-27%) |
| 4 | — | GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com | 49 | 4,925,473 | 5,024,649 | (+2%) | 40,810 | 42,729 | (+5%) |
| 5 | ▼ -2 | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 4,610,147 | 4,658,390 | (+1%) | 43,098 | 40,227 | (-7%) |
| 6 | ▲ +1 | Dynadot Inc | 472 | 3,324,720 | 3,604,416 | (+8%) | 17,284 | 28,641 | (+66%) |
| 7 | ▲ +3 | Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu | 1647 | 1,246,245 | 1,301,355 | (+4%) | 9,470 | 10,662 | (+13%) |
| 8 | ▲ +14 | Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd. | 1556 | 1,360,831 | 1,472,579 | (+8%) | 3,075 | 9,463 | (+208%) |
| 9 | ▼ -3 | PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com | 303 | 4,386,091 | 4,395,326 | (0%) | 17,424 | 8,722 | (-50%) |
| 10 | ▲ +2 | Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) | 1599 | 3,061,775 | 3,331,990 | (+9%) | 8,023 | 8,184 | (+2%) |
| 11 | ▲ +2 | OwnRegistrar, Inc. | 1250 | 656,580 | 552,658 | (-16%) | 7,652 | 7,344 | (-4%) |
| 12 | ▲ +9 | Sav.com, LLC | 609 | 1,453,056 | 1,330,444 | (-8%) | 3,154 | 7,046 | (+123%) |
| 13 | ▲ +1 | DNSPod, Inc. | 1697 | 1,058,210 | 1,093,530 | (+3%) | 5,923 | 6,668 | (+13%) |
| 14 | ▼ -6 | Hong Kong Juming Network Technology Co., Ltd | 3855 | 600,855 | 507,712 | (-16%) | 17,030 | 6,594 | (-61%) |
| 15 | ▲ +2 | Cloudflare, Inc. | 1910 | 1,093,714 | 1,266,287 | (+16%) | 4,263 | 5,093 | (+19%) |
| 16 | ▲ +12 | Name.com, Inc. | 625 | 2,225,382 | 2,221,725 | (-0%) | 2,624 | 5,080 | (+94%) |
| 17 | ▲ +39 | Spaceship, Inc. | 3862 | 139,105 | 291,351 | (+109%) | 804 | 4,833 | (+501%) |
| 18 | ▲ +9 | Xin Net Technology Corporation | 120 | 1,476,864 | 1,448,840 | (-2%) | 2,734 | 4,745 | (+74%) |
| 19 | ▲ +1 | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 781,425 | 694,919 | (-11%) | 3,279 | 4,603 | (+40%) |
| 20 | ▼ -1 | ALIBABA.COM SINGAPORE E-COMMERCE PRIVATE LIMITED | 3775 | 623,743 | 621,577 | (-0%) | 3,508 | 4,597 | (+31%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Spam Domain Score, Quarter over Quarter (December to February 2024)
Registrars with a minimum of 30,000 domains under management and 25 spam domains
| Domains under Management | Spam Domain Score | ||||||||
| Rank | Registrar | IANA ID | September to November 2023 | December to February 2024 | September to November 2023 | December to February 2024 ▼ | |||
| 1 | ▲ +2* | NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED | 3765 | 83,229 | 94,417 | (+13%) | 344.4 | 289.4 | (-16%) |
| 2 | ▲ +16 | Spaceship, Inc. | 3862 | 139,105 | 291,351 | (+109%) | 57.8 | 165.9 | (+187%) |
| 3 | ▼ -1 | Aceville Pte. Ltd. | 3858 | 83,014 | 182,696 | (+120%) | 359.5 | 158.6 | (-56%) |
| 4 | ▲ +1 | Hongkong Kouming International Limited | 3972 | 42,407 | 57,138 | (+35%) | 183.7 | 138.1 | (-25%) |
| 5 | ▲ +2 | OwnRegistrar, Inc. | 1250 | 656,580 | 552,658 | (-16%) | 116.5 | 132.9 | (+14%) |
| 6 | ▼ -5 | URL Solutions, Inc. | 1449 | 215,247 | 226,143 | (+5%) | 376 | 132.2 | (-65%) |
| 7 | ▲ +99 | Epik LLC | 617 | 379,967 | 310,897 | (-18%) | 5.2 | 131.4 | (+2,437%) |
| 8 | ▼ -4 | Hong Kong Juming Network Technology Co., Ltd | 3855 | 600,855 | 507,712 | (-16%) | 283.4 | 129.9 | (-54%) |
| 9 | — | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 3,912,740 | 4,426,700 | (+13%) | 90.9 | 118.2 | (+30%) |
| 10 | ▼ -2 | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 4,610,147 | 4,658,390 | (+1%) | 93.5 | 86.4 | (-8%) |
| 11 | ▼ -1 | GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com | 49 | 4,925,473 | 5,024,649 | (+2%) | 82.9 | 85 | (+3%) |
| 12 | — | Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu | 1647 | 1,246,245 | 1,301,355 | (+4%) | 76 | 81.9 | (+8%) |
| 13 | ▲ +9 | Dynadot Inc | 472 | 3,324,720 | 3,604,416 | (+8%) | 52 | 79.5 | (+53%) |
| 14 | ▲ +16 | Jiangsu Bangning Science & technology Co. Ltd. | 1469 | 307,288 | 291,537 | (-5%) | 32.4 | 75.8 | (+134%) |
| 15 | ▲ +5 | ALIBABA.COM SINGAPORE E-COMMERCE PRIVATE LIMITED | 3775 | 623,743 | 621,577 | (-0%) | 56.2 | 74 | (+32%) |
| 16 | ▲ +11 | MAT BAO CORPORATION | 1586 | 207,129 | 186,603 | (-10%) | 39.1 | 72.9 | (+86%) |
| 17 | ▲ +8 | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 781,425 | 694,919 | (-11%) | 42 | 66.2 | (+58%) |
| 18 | ▲ +27 | Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd. | 1556 | 1,360,831 | 1,472,579 | (+8%) | 22.6 | 64.3 | (+184%) |
| 19 | ▼ -3 | Atak Domain Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. | 1601 | 219,902 | 193,168 | (-12%) | 65.2 | 64.2 | (-2%) |
| 20 | ▼ -1 | Cosmotown, Inc. | 1509 | 278,678 | 300,303 | (+8%) | 56.5 | 61.3 | (+9%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Malicious Domain Registrations, Quarter over Quarter (December to February 2024)
Registrars with a minimum of 30,000 domains under management and 25 spam domains
| Domains under Management | Malicious Domain Registrations | ||||||||
| Rank | Registrar | IANA ID | September to November 2023 | December to February 2024 | September to November 2023 | December to February 2024 ▼ | |||
| 1 | ▲ +4* | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 3,912,740 | 4,426,700 | (+13%) | 14,130 | 36,619 | (+159%) |
| 2 | — | GoDaddy.com, LLC | 146 | 65,929,160 | 66,087,590 | (0%) | 39,722 | 30,835 | (-22%) |
| 3 | — | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 4,610,147 | 4,658,390 | (+1%) | 26,115 | 27,271 | (+4%) |
| 4 | — | GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com | 49 | 4,925,473 | 5,024,649 | (+2%) | 23,797 | 26,182 | (+10%) |
| 5 | ▼ -4 | NameCheap, Inc. | 1068 | 15,904,537 | 16,280,855 | (+2%) | 81,299 | 26,133 | (-68%) |
| 6 | ▲ +3 | Dynadot Inc | 472 | 3,324,720 | 3,604,416 | (+8%) | 10,726 | 20,588 | (+92%) |
| 7 | ▲ +15 | Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd. | 1556 | 1,360,831 | 1,472,579 | (+8%) | 1,943 | 7,137 | (+267%) |
| 8 | ▲ +4 | Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu | 1647 | 1,246,245 | 1,301,355 | (+4%) | 5,136 | 6,761 | (+32%) |
| 9 | ▲ +4 | DNSPod, Inc. | 1697 | 1,058,210 | 1,093,530 | (+3%) | 4,030 | 4,610 | (+14%) |
| 10 | ▲ +4 | Cloudflare, Inc. | 1910 | 1,093,714 | 1,266,287 | (+16%) | 3,761 | 4,525 | (+20%) |
| 11 | ▲ +13 | Sav.com, LLC | 609 | 1,453,056 | 1,330,444 | (-8%) | 1,552 | 4,130 | (+166%) |
| 12 | ▲ +80 | Epik LLC | 617 | 379,967 | 310,897 | (-18%) | 43 | 3,977 | (+9,149%) |
| 13 | ▲ +10 | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 781,425 | 694,919 | (-11%) | 1,640 | 3,872 | (+136%) |
| 14 | ▼ -6 | PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com | 303 | 4,386,091 | 4,395,326 | (0%) | 11,288 | 3,755 | (-67%) |
| 15 | — | Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) | 1599 | 3,061,775 | 3,331,990 | (+9%) | 3,108 | 3,524 | (+13%) |
| 16 | ▲ +9 | ALIBABA.COM SINGAPORE E-COMMERCE PRIVATE LIMITED | 3775 | 623,743 | 621,577 | (-0%) | 1,390 | 3,457 | (+149%) |
| 17 | ▲ +92 | Key-Systems, LLC | 1345 | 490,147 | 627,143 | (+28%) | 24 | 3,413 | (+14,121%) |
| 18 | ▲ +1 | OwnRegistrar, Inc. | 1250 | 656,580 | 552,658 | (-16%) | 2,410 | 3,134 | (+30%) |
| 19 | ▼ -9 | URL Solutions, Inc. | 1449 | 215,247 | 226,143 | (+5%) | 7,964 | 2,799 | (-65%) |
| 20 | ▲ +23 | Spaceship, Inc. | 3862 | 139,105 | 291,351 | (+109%) | 487 | 2,763 | (+467%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
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