TLD comparison

.com vs .net

.com is 13 times the size of .net: 170,253,825 domains in June 2026 against 12,745,973. .com grew 5.4% in a year; .net shrank 0.5%. Owners renew .net slightly more often: 77% of expiring .net domains against 74% of .com domains, July 2025 to June 2026.

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side by side

Domains

.com170,253,825

.net12,745,973

Change in a year

.com+5.4%

.net−0.5%

Renewal rate

.com74%

.net77%

Listed for sale

.com7.2%

.net2.6%

Registrars selling it

.com2,900

.net2,866

Source: the registries’ own figures to June 2026; listed for sale from the zone files on 1 November 2026.

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