.net

.net is a generic top-level domain managed by VeriSign Global Registry Services.

Registry facts

TLD	`.net`
Type	Generic
TLD manager	VeriSign Global Registry Services
IANA status	Active
Script	Latn
RDAP server	`https://rdap.verisign.com/net/v1/`
IANA record	iana.org/domains/root/db/net

IANA data: TLD list Version 2026111000, Last Updated Tue Nov 10 07:07:01 2026 UTC; RDAP bootstrap published 2026-10-28; Root Zone Database fetched 2026-11-11.

785.net domains measuredof 9,971 in the sample

8.8%signed with DNSSEC

33.5%enforce DMARC

49.7%send HSTSof those answering on HTTPS

.net domains compared with the whole sample

Accent bars: 785 .net domains. Grey bars: all 9,971 measured domains.

DNSSEC signed 8.8%

all measured 10.6%

SPF record 59.7%

all measured 75.7%

DMARC record 46.8%

all measured 68.0%

DMARC enforced 33.5%

all measured 50.9%

CAA record 20.0%

all measured 20.7%

MTA-STS 0.6%

all measured 3.0%

TLS 1.3 83.8%

all measured 84.9%

HSTS 49.7%

all measured 56.4%

DNS providers

Amazon Route 53 19.0%

Cloudflare DNS 18.6%

Akamai Edge DNS 7.0%

Azure DNS 4.2%

Google Cloud DNS 2.7%

IBM NS1 Connect 2.4%

Email providers

Google Workspace 13.5%

Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online) 4.7%

Proofpoint 2.5%

Tencent Exmail 1.4%

Cloudflare Email Routing 1.3%

Amazon SES 1.1%

Certificate authorities

Google Trust Services 15.2%

Let's Encrypt 14.1%

DigiCert 8.5%

Amazon Trust Services 5.2%

Sectigo 2.3%

GlobalSign 2.2%

Popular .net domains in the sample

fbcdn.netakamai.netakamaiedge.netgwfb.netakadns.netgtld-servers.netcloudfront.nettrafficmanager.netfastly.netapple-dns.netoffice.netwhatsapp.net

Check one yourself:

WHOIS lookup Inspect DNSSEC Check SSL certificate

Other TLDs in the sample

.com · 5078 .org · 434 .ru · 291 .io · 206 .jp · 202 .de · 181 .edu · 125 .gov · 114 .in · 107 .br · 106

Source: our own scan of November 2026 (2026-11-11), 9,971 of the top 10,000 domains of the Tranco list Y895G that answered in DNS. Method and data.