Spam Activity: Domain Registrars
Quarter over Quarter Comparison:
March 1,2024 - May 31,2024
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 December 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024 period to the ranking for the March 1,2024 - May 31,2024 period.
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Spam Domains, Quarter over Quarter (March to May 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 | December to February 2024 | March to May 2024 | December to February 2024 | March to May 2024 ▼ | |||
| 1 | ▲ +2* | GoDaddy.com, LLC | 146 | 66,087,590 | 65,879,894 | (-0%) | 51,409 | 186,556 | (+263%) |
| 2 | — | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 4,426,700 | 4,711,820 | (+6%) | 52,343 | 118,609 | (+127%) |
| 3 | ▼ -2 | NameCheap, Inc. | 1068 | 16,280,855 | 16,746,274 | (+3%) | 66,320 | 112,016 | (+69%) |
| 4 | ▲ +1 | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 4,658,390 | 4,609,175 | (-1%) | 40,227 | 90,712 | (+126%) |
| 5 | ▲ +1 | Dynadot Inc | 472 | 3,604,416 | 3,745,098 | (+4%) | 28,641 | 83,999 | (+193%) |
| 6 | ▼ -2 | GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com | 49 | 5,024,649 | 5,420,266 | (+8%) | 42,729 | 52,718 | (+23%) |
| 7 | ▲ +23 | URL Solutions, Inc. | 1449 | 226,143 | 234,801 | (+4%) | 2,990 | 45,847 | (+1,433%) |
| 8 | ▲ +1 | PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com | 303 | 4,395,326 | 4,262,123 | (-3%) | 8,722 | 26,710 | (+206%) |
| 9 | ▼ -2 | Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu | 1647 | 1,301,355 | 1,323,074 | (+2%) | 10,662 | 16,737 | (+57%) |
| 10 | ▲ +3 | DNSPod, Inc. | 1697 | 1,093,530 | 1,075,201 | (-2%) | 6,668 | 16,346 | (+145%) |
| 11 | ▲ +6 | Spaceship, Inc. | 3862 | 291,351 | 517,370 | (+78%) | 4,833 | 15,743 | (+226%) |
| 12 | ▲ +11 | Tucows Domains Inc. | 69 | 9,968,745 | 10,042,234 | (+1%) | 3,853 | 15,691 | (+307%) |
| 13 | ▲ +6 | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 694,919 | 654,175 | (-6%) | 4,603 | 15,314 | (+233%) |
| 14 | ▲ +42 | Realtime Register B.V. | 839 | 652,050 | 641,626 | (-2%) | 676 | 14,630 | (+2,064%) |
| 15 | ▲ +55 | Domain International Services Limited | 3863 | 152,778 | 157,747 | (+3%) | 431 | 13,994 | (+3,147%) |
| 16 | ▲ +4 | ALIBABA.COM SINGAPORE E-COMMERCE PRIVATE LIMITED | 3775 | 621,577 | 641,320 | (+3%) | 4,597 | 13,577 | (+195%) |
| 17 | ▲ +21 | Leascend Technology Co., Ltd. | 1316 | 324,041 | 294,041 | (-9%) | 1,912 | 12,809 | (+570%) |
| 18 | ▼ -8 | Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) | 1599 | 3,331,990 | 3,481,460 | (+4%) | 8,184 | 12,422 | (+52%) |
| 19 | ▲ +12 | Aceville Pte. Ltd. | 3858 | 182,696 | 190,906 | (+4%) | 2,898 | 11,801 | (+307%) |
| 20 | ▼ -2 | Xin Net Technology Corporation | 120 | 1,448,840 | 1,413,884 | (-2%) | 4,745 | 11,346 | (+139%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Spam Domain Score, Quarter over Quarter (March to May 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 | December to February 2024 | March to May 2024 | December to February 2024 | March to May 2024 ▼ | |||
| 1 | ▲ +5* | URL Solutions, Inc. | 1449 | 226,143 | 234,801 | (+4%) | 132.2 | 1,952.6 | (+1,377%) |
| 2 | ▼ -1 | NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED | 3765 | 94,417 | 107,797 | (+14%) | 289.4 | 932.7 | (+222%) |
| 3 | ▲ +36 | Domain International Services Limited | 3863 | 152,778 | 157,747 | (+3%) | 28.2 | 887.1 | (+3,045%) |
| 4 | ▼ -1 | Aceville Pte. Ltd. | 3858 | 182,696 | 190,906 | (+4%) | 158.6 | 618.2 | (+290%) |
| 5 | ▲ +47 | CNOBIN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | 3254 | 105,222 | 51,344 | (-51%) | 17.9 | 561.3 | (+3,041%) |
| 6 | ▲ +16 | Leascend Technology Co., Ltd. | 1316 | 324,041 | 294,041 | (-9%) | 59.0 | 435.6 | (+638%) |
| 7 | ▼ -5 | Spaceship, Inc. | 3862 | 291,351 | 517,370 | (+78%) | 165.9 | 304.3 | (+83%) |
| 8 | ▲ +1 | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 4,426,700 | 4,711,820 | (+6%) | 118.2 | 251.7 | (+113%) |
| 9 | ▼ -2 | Epik LLC | 617 | 310,897 | 272,204 | (-12%) | 131.4 | 251.3 | (+91%) |
| 10 | ▲ +7 | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 694,919 | 654,175 | (-6%) | 66.2 | 234.1 | (+253%) |
| 11 | ▲ +5 | MAT BAO CORPORATION | 1586 | 186,603 | 201,257 | (+8%) | 72.9 | 232.0 | (+218%) |
| 12 | ▲ +57 | Realtime Register B.V. | 839 | 652,050 | 641,626 | (-2%) | 10.4 | 228.0 | (+2,099%) |
| 13 | ▼ -5 | Hong Kong Juming Network Technology Co., Ltd | 3855 | 507,712 | 413,626 | (-19%) | 129.9 | 227.0 | (+75%) |
| 14 | ▼ -1 | Dynadot Inc | 472 | 3,604,416 | 3,745,098 | (+4%) | 79.5 | 224.3 | (+182%) |
| 15 | — | ALIBABA.COM SINGAPORE E-COMMERCE PRIVATE LIMITED | 3775 | 621,577 | 641,320 | (+3%) | 74.0 | 211.7 | (+186%) |
| 16 | ▲ +4 | Cosmotown, Inc. | 1509 | 300,303 | 311,519 | (+4%) | 61.3 | 201.2 | (+228%) |
| 17 | ▼ -7 | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 4,658,390 | 4,609,175 | (-1%) | 86.4 | 196.8 | (+128%) |
| 18 | ▼ -13 | OwnRegistrar, Inc. | 1250 | 552,658 | 500,892 | (-9%) | 132.9 | 186.9 | (+41%) |
| 19 | ▲ +4 | Key-Systems, LLC | 1345 | 627,143 | 689,679 | (+10%) | 55.0 | 153.1 | (+178%) |
| 20 | ▲ +1 | DNSPod, Inc. | 1697 | 1,093,530 | 1,075,201 | (-2%) | 61.0 | 152.0 | (+149%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Malicious Domain Registrations, Quarter over Quarter (March to May 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 | December to February 2024 | March to May 2024 | December to February 2024 | March to May 2024 ▼ | |||
| 1 | ▲ +1* | GoDaddy.com, LLC | 146 | 66,087,590 | 65,879,894 | (-0%) | 30,835 | 142,360 | (+362%) |
| 2 | ▼ -1 | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 4,426,700 | 4,711,820 | (+6%) | 36,619 | 79,035 | (+116%) |
| 3 | ▲ +3 | Dynadot Inc | 472 | 3,604,416 | 3,745,098 | (+4%) | 20,588 | 69,910 | (+240%) |
| 4 | ▼ -1 | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 4,658,390 | 4,609,175 | (-1%) | 27,271 | 55,207 | (+102%) |
| 5 | — | NameCheap, Inc. | 1068 | 16,280,855 | 16,746,274 | (+3%) | 26,133 | 48,806 | (+87%) |
| 6 | ▲ +13 | URL Solutions, Inc. | 1449 | 226,143 | 234,801 | (+4%) | 2,799 | 35,110 | (+1,154%) |
| 7 | ▼ -3 | GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com | 49 | 5,024,649 | 5,420,266 | (+8%) | 26,182 | 27,351 | (+4%) |
| 8 | ▲ +6 | PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com | 303 | 4,395,326 | 4,262,123 | (-3%) | 3,755 | 15,445 | (+311%) |
| 9 | ▲ +11 | Spaceship, Inc. | 3862 | 291,351 | 517,370 | (+78%) | 2,763 | 13,985 | (+406%) |
| 10 | ▲ +36 | Realtime Register B.V. | 839 | 652,050 | 641,626 | (-2%) | 535 | 12,053 | (+2,153%) |
| 11 | ▲ +42 | Domain International Services Limited | 3863 | 152,778 | 157,747 | (+3%) | 392 | 11,963 | (+2,952%) |
| 12 | ▲ +5 | Key-Systems, LLC | 1345 | 627,143 | 689,679 | (+10%) | 3,413 | 10,437 | (+206%) |
| 13 | ▲ +12 | Tucows Domains Inc. | 69 | 9,968,745 | 10,042,234 | (+1%) | 2,291 | 9,981 | (+336%) |
| 14 | ▲ +2 | ALIBABA.COM SINGAPORE E-COMMERCE PRIVATE LIMITED | 3775 | 621,577 | 641,320 | (+3%) | 3,457 | 9,918 | (+187%) |
| 15 | ▼ -2 | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 694,919 | 654,175 | (-6%) | 3,872 | 9,499 | (+145%) |
| 16 | ▼ -7 | DNSPod, Inc. | 1697 | 1,093,530 | 1,075,201 | (-2%) | 4,610 | 9,439 | (+105%) |
| 17 | ▲ +22 | Leascend Technology Co., Ltd. | 1316 | 324,041 | 294,041 | (-9%) | 1,095 | 9,421 | (+760%) |
| 18 | ▲ +11 | Wild West Domains, LLC | 440 | 2,462,454 | 2,421,708 | (-2%) | 2,128 | 7,764 | (+265%) |
| 19 | ▼ -8 | Sav.com, LLC | 609 | 1,330,444 | 1,147,383 | (-14%) | 4,130 | 7,510 | (+82%) |
| 20 | ▲ +1 | Aceville Pte. Ltd. | 3858 | 182,696 | 190,906 | (+4%) | 2,692 | 7,295 | (+171%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
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