Asked Google Gemini AI - How many .in domains and .com domains are registered in India ?

 

As of January 2026, the number of .in and .com domain registrations in India reflects a growing digital economy where the local country-code extension is rapidly closing the gap with the global standard.

 

Registration Statistics for 2026.in Domains: There are over 4.2 million .in domain registrations as of early 2026.The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) reported reaching the 4.1 million milestone in late 2025 and is currently targeting a goal of 5 million registrations.This growth has positioned .in as one of the top 10 country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) globally.

 

.com Domains: There are approximately 935,000 to 1 million .com domains specifically registered by Indian entities.

 

While .com remains a primary global choice, its market share among Indian registrants is roughly 27.5%, compared to the 64% share held by .in.

 

Despite being the "de facto" first choice for many legacy brands, .com growth in India has stabilized as users increasingly adopt localized extensions like .in for better regional SEO and trust. 

.IN Domain Name - wish list for 2026 and beyond

- NIXI (.IN Registry) unlocks Aftermarket availability for .IN , by allowing Registrars (Godaddy, Namecheap, Dynadot and others to list domains) . This will bring .IN on par with other big cctlds of the world like .de , .co.uk etc. This is very important as Godaddy is the single biggest marketplace for aftermarket domains and .IN not being available there is big hindrance for business to buy and sell

 

- NIXI auctions of domain names in its ownership. Many domain names that are either held or reserved by NIXI should be opened up thru auction for business to buy and register (includes many Mitsu domains that could become public this year)

 

- .IN domain becomes more Free Market friendly like .com , .de and .co.uk and regulations and rules for registrants should be carefully managed as to not affect the Confidence in the extension . NIXI needs to carefully understand its customers when modifying rules that impact severely - for example Serverholds of domain names that were done in 2025. Many .IN domain owners and business were affected in the process 

.IN Domain Name daily registrations are available to the public on Registry.in (NIXI website) . Its updated daily  https://www.registry.in/domain-creates 

 

Great resource for Business to understand what types of .IN and .CO.IN mostly are registered. 

 

Currently around 3500 domain names in total (.in, .co.in, .org.in etc) are registered every day. .IN has currently over 4 million domains registered

Yes.de sells for $111500 on Sedo , January 3rd , 2026 :

.de is one of the most valuable country code extension in the aftermarket. Germany values its country code and the businesses are ready to pay appropriate market value for premium domain names - 1 word, short, 3letters etc . There are over 17 million .de domains registered.

 

In comparison, .IN has just over 4 million domains registered and domain name valuations are not quite high . Primarily due to lack of awareness for premium domains by business in India and being still young in ecommerce . 1 word generic or exact match domains, 3 Letter domains and 2 word premium keywords will see increasing demand as India's ecommerce and internet businesses grow

 

Bharat Taxi using a .com instead of .IN , why :

Just saw news that BharatTaxi is expanding its services in India , using the domain name BharatTaxiApp.com, to compete with Ola , Uber etc. Its an initiated promoted by the Govt . 

 

Interestingly no business can register .IN domains with keyword "Bharat" currently , restricted by NIXI (.IN Registry) hence they can't register BharatTaxi .in or BharatTaxi .co.in . It would have been ideal to use them as well or have them as their primary website. 

 

So any business looking to use "Bharat" in their website address will have to go with a .com or any other extension . This is not good for .in, to drive businesses to .com and other extensions.