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Industry Insights

AI search may be the biggest shift for domains since the EMD crash

A futuristic AI search bar glows on a dark blue interface, with branching neural-network lines rising from it and faint domain extensions like .com, .ai, and .io in the background, symbolizing AI transforming how users discover websites.

AI search is reshaping how users discover brands—potentially the biggest domain-market shift since the Exact Match Domain crash. Here’s what it means.

Dhruv Saini
November 26, 2025

Registry Updates

VeriSign Reports Domain Base Hits 378.5M, .com/.net Growth Slows but Remains Positive

“A digital graphic showing ‘378.5M domain names’ with a rising line chart, .com and .net labels, and a world map plus analytics elements in the background, along with the TIGM.com watermark.”

VeriSign reports the global domain base has reached 378.5M names. .com and .net growth has slowed but remains positive amid shifting market dynamics.

Dhruv Saini
November 20, 2025