B
Evidence Grade B
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128,000,000
128,000,000 -- registered domain count for .com top-level domain (2026)
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Value
128,000,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Verisign
Primary
Tier B
https://www.apisproductions.com/is-the-com-era-over/ ↗
Source Article
Is the .COM Era Over?
Original Research
Verisign
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Methodology
Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief registration data, as cited by the article
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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.com top-level domain: 128,000,000 registered domain count. Source: Verisign (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/dot-com-registered-domains-128m
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