Spam Activity: Domain Registrars
Quarter over Quarter Comparison:
March 1,2023 - May 31,2023
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 December 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023 period to the ranking for the March 1,2023 - May 31,2023 period.
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Spam Domains, Quarter over Quarter (March to May 2023)
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 | December to February 2023 | March to May 2023 | December to February 2023 | March to May 2023 ▼ | |||
| 1 | — | NameCheap, Inc. | 1068 | 14,625,345 | 14,898,645 | (+2%) | 75,900 | 204,615 | (+170%) |
| 2 | — | GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com | 49 | 4,534,589 | 4,400,589 | (-3%) | 60,608 | 74,475 | (+23%) |
| 3 | ▲ +1* | GoDaddy.com, LLC | 146 | 65,685,553 | 66,023,521 | (+1%) | 27,318 | 71,828 | (+163%) |
| 4 | ▼ -1 | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 4,471,576 | 4,479,798 | (0%) | 39,583 | 64,035 | (+62%) |
| 5 | — | PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com | 303 | 4,644,623 | 4,513,444 | (-3%) | 14,670 | 30,346 | (+107%) |
| 6 | ▲ +3 | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 2,536,937 | 2,875,088 | (+13%) | 9,669 | 28,665 | (+196%) |
| 7 | — | Dynadot Inc | 472 | 3,131,584 | 3,069,837 | (-2%) | 11,004 | 25,410 | (+131%) |
| 8 | — | Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu | 1647 | 1,378,542 | 1,210,255 | (-12%) | 10,549 | 15,012 | (+42%) |
| 9 | ▼ -3 | eNom, LLC | 48 | 4,318,500 | 4,246,673 | (-2%) | 12,001 | 13,873 | (+16%) |
| 10 | ▲ +3 | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 1,035,311 | 726,440 | (-30%) | 5,667 | 12,407 | (+119%) |
| 11 | ▲ +3 | Name.com, Inc. | 625 | 2,187,690 | 2,180,672 | (-0%) | 5,569 | 11,784 | (+112%) |
| 12 | ▼ -1 | Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) | 1599 | 3,305,887 | 2,990,880 | (-10%) | 6,812 | 11,485 | (+69%) |
| 13 | ▲ +26 | Hong Kong Juming Network Technology Co., Ltd | 3855 | 620,435 | 681,305 | (+10%) | 810 | 10,204 | (+1,160%) |
| 14 | ▲ +4 | OwnRegistrar, Inc. | 1250 | 955,810 | 776,136 | (-19%) | 3,174 | 9,252 | (+191%) |
| 15 | ▲ +30 | DNSPod, Inc. | 1697 | 1,166,192 | 1,090,739 | (-6%) | 700 | 8,299 | (+1,086%) |
| 16 | ▼ -4 | ALIBABA.COM SINGAPORE E-COMMERCE PRIVATE LIMITED | 3775 | 915,070 | 618,603 | (-32%) | 5,783 | 7,328 | (+27%) |
| 17 | ▲ +3 | Key-Systems GmbH | 269 | 1,997,542 | 2,243,231 | (+12%) | 2,535 | 6,203 | (+145%) |
| 18 | ▼ -8 | Sav.com, LLC | 609 | 1,596,501 | 1,672,546 | (+5%) | 7,568 | 5,922 | (-22%) |
| 19 | ▼ -3 | Tucows Domains Inc. | 69 | 9,696,631 | 9,693,720 | (-0%) | 3,677 | 5,517 | (+50%) |
| 20 | ▼ -1 | Google LLC | 895 | 8,284,846 | 8,842,264 | (+7%) | 2,930 | 5,461 | (+86%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Spam Domain Score, Quarter over Quarter (March to May 2023)
Registrars with a minimum of 30,000 domains under management and 25 spam domains
| Domains under Management | Spam Domain Score | ||||||||
| Rank | Registrar | IANA ID | December to February 2023 | March to May 2023 | December to February 2023 | March to May 2023 ▼ | |||
| 1 | — | NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED | 3765 | 44,505 | 56,948 | (+28%) | 757.7 | 893.3 | (+18%) |
| 2 | ▲ +1* | Cosmotown, Inc. | 1509 | 130,356 | 175,135 | (+34%) | 90.8 | 226.6 | (+150%) |
| 3 | ▲ +5 | Hello Internet Corp. | 1924 | 40,505 | 56,484 | (+39%) | 56.8 | 218.8 | (+285%) |
| 4 | ▲ +5 | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 1,035,311 | 726,440 | (-30%) | 54.7 | 170.8 | (+212%) |
| 5 | ▼ -3 | GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com | 49 | 4,534,589 | 4,400,589 | (-3%) | 133.7 | 169.2 | (+27%) |
| 6 | ▲ +37 | Danesco Trading Ltd. | 1418 | 79,686 | 79,376 | (-0%) | 20.6 | 151.3 | (+635%) |
| 7 | ▲ +55 | Hong Kong Juming Network Technology Co., Ltd | 3855 | 620,435 | 681,305 | (+10%) | 13.1 | 149.8 | (+1,047%) |
| 8 | ▲ +27 | CNOBIN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | 3254 | 181,087 | 79,797 | (-56%) | 24.2 | 148.9 | (+514%) |
| 9 | ▼ -5 | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 4,471,576 | 4,479,798 | (0%) | 88.5 | 142.9 | (+61%) |
| 10 | — | NameCheap, Inc. | 1068 | 14,625,345 | 14,898,645 | (+2%) | 51.9 | 137.3 | (+165%) |
| 11 | ▲ +23 | Hongkong Domain Name Information Management Co., Ltd. | 2251 | 298,300 | 191,931 | (-36%) | 24.5 | 129.1 | (+427%) |
| 12 | ▼ -7 | Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu | 1647 | 1,378,542 | 1,210,255 | (-12%) | 76.5 | 124 | (+62%) |
| 13 | ▲ +7 | OwnRegistrar, Inc. | 1250 | 955,810 | 776,136 | (-19%) | 33.2 | 119.2 | (+259%) |
| 14 | ▼ -8 | ALIBABA.COM SINGAPORE E-COMMERCE PRIVATE LIMITED | 3775 | 915,070 | 618,603 | (-32%) | 63.2 | 118.5 | (+87%) |
| 15 | ▲ +24 | Atak Domain Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. | 1601 | 339,168 | 291,157 | (-14%) | 22.4 | 117.5 | (+424%) |
| 16 | ▼ -2 | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 2,536,937 | 2,875,088 | (+13%) | 38.1 | 99.7 | (+162%) |
| 17 | ▲ +2 | TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd. | 1564 | 74,204 | 72,250 | (-3%) | 34.5 | 93.8 | (+172%) |
| 18 | — | Dynadot Inc | 472 | 3,131,584 | 3,069,837 | (-2%) | 35.1 | 82.8 | (+136%) |
| 19 | ▲ +39 | Hefei Juming Network Technology Co., Ltd | 3758 | 238,946 | 285,588 | (+20%) | 13.6 | 78 | (+473%) |
| 20 | ▲ +77 | DNSPod, Inc. | 1697 | 1,166,192 | 1,090,739 | (-6%) | 6 | 76.1 | (+1,168%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Malicious Domain Registrations, Quarter over Quarter (March to May 2023)
Registrars with a minimum of 30,000 domains under management and 25 spam domains
| Domains under Management | Malicious Domain Registrations | ||||||||
| Rank | Registrar | IANA ID | December to February 2023 | March to May 2023 | December to February 2023 | March to May 2023 ▼ | |||
| 1 | ▲ +1* | NameCheap, Inc. | 1068 | 14,625,345 | 14,898,645 | (+2%) | 35,887 | 90,441 | (+152%) |
| 2 | ▼ -1 | GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com | 49 | 4,534,589 | 4,400,589 | (-3%) | 41,509 | 49,313 | (+19%) |
| 3 | ▲ +1 | GoDaddy.com, LLC | 146 | 65,685,553 | 66,023,521 | (+1%) | 11,528 | 41,732 | (+262%) |
| 4 | ▼ -1 | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 4,471,576 | 4,479,798 | (0%) | 25,557 | 32,213 | (+26%) |
| 5 | ▲ +3 | Dynadot Inc | 472 | 3,131,584 | 3,069,837 | (-2%) | 7,798 | 18,054 | (+132%) |
| 6 | ▲ +3 | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 2,536,937 | 2,875,088 | (+13%) | 7,228 | 16,684 | (+131%) |
| 7 | — | PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com | 303 | 4,644,623 | 4,513,444 | (-3%) | 7,845 | 14,713 | (+88%) |
| 8 | ▼ -2 | eNom, LLC | 48 | 4,318,500 | 4,246,673 | (-2%) | 9,352 | 9,299 | (-1%) |
| 9 | ▲ +2 | Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) | 1599 | 3,305,887 | 2,990,880 | (-10%) | 5,636 | 8,972 | (+59%) |
| 10 | ▲ +2 | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 1,035,311 | 726,440 | (-30%) | 3,312 | 6,943 | (+110%) |
| 11 | ▼ -6 | Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu | 1647 | 1,378,542 | 1,210,255 | (-12%) | 9,579 | 6,496 | (-32%) |
| 12 | ▲ +2 | Name.com, Inc. | 625 | 2,187,690 | 2,180,672 | (-0%) | 2,987 | 5,387 | (+80%) |
| 13 | ▲ +2 | ALIBABA.COM SINGAPORE E-COMMERCE PRIVATE LIMITED | 3775 | 915,070 | 618,603 | (-32%) | 2,888 | 5,209 | (+80%) |
| 14 | ▲ +29 | DNSPod, Inc. | 1697 | 1,166,192 | 1,090,739 | (-6%) | 273 | 5,036 | (+1,745%) |
| 15 | ▼ -2 | NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED | 3765 | 44,505 | 56,948 | (+28%) | 3,059 | 4,524 | (+48%) |
| 16 | ▲ +3 | OwnRegistrar, Inc. | 1250 | 955,810 | 776,136 | (-19%) | 1,627 | 4,277 | (+163%) |
| 17 | ▲ +22 | Hong Kong Juming Network Technology Co., Ltd | 3855 | 620,435 | 681,305 | (+10%) | 296 | 4,258 | (+1,339%) |
| 18 | ▼ -8 | Sav.com, LLC | 609 | 1,596,501 | 1,672,546 | (+5%) | 6,026 | 3,317 | (-45%) |
| 19 | ▼ -2 | Tucows Domains Inc. | 69 | 9,696,631 | 9,693,720 | (-0%) | 1,997 | 2,784 | (+39%) |
| 20 | ▲ +2 | Hostinger, UAB | 1636 | 1,018,412 | 1,266,481 | (+24%) | 1,285 | 2,719 | (+112%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
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