Domains registered in 1986
The ARPANET pioneers · a 1986 domain is 40 years old in 2026
DNS is brand new. Registration is free, manual, and almost entirely computer companies, defense contractors and universities — the first .com (symbolics.com) arrives March 15, 1985.
53
analyzed domains registered in 1986
0.06%
of the 85,879 domains with verified dates
adobe.com
highest-ranked 1986 registration
The biggest domains registered in 1986
Up to 50 of the year's registrations, ranked by Tranco popularity — dates as the registries report them.
| Domain | Registered | Tranco rank |
|---|---|---|
| adobe.com | November 17, 1986 | #64 |
| hp.com | March 3, 1986 | #272 |
| ibm.com | March 19, 1986 | #280 |
| intel.com | March 25, 1986 | #433 |
| xerox.com | January 9, 1986 | #999 |
| amd.com | November 17, 1986 | #1,140 |
| att.com | April 25, 1986 | #1,162 |
| sun.com | March 19, 1986 | #1,324 |
| siemens.com | September 29, 1986 | #1,328 |
| ti.com | March 25, 1986 | #2,941 |
| cwi.nl | April 30, 1986 | #4,133 |
| boeing.com | September 2, 1986 | #5,331 |
| uu.se | August 3, 1986 | #6,477 |
| ge.com | August 5, 1986 | #6,974 |
| utwente.nl | October 16, 1986 | #7,800 |
| nec.com | October 27, 1986 | #12,878 |
| unisys.com | December 11, 1986 | #13,231 |
| octopus.com | November 17, 1986 | #16,704 |
| fluke.com | October 27, 1986 | #20,707 |
| hi.is | December 11, 1986 | #26,793 |
| sri.com | January 17, 1986 | #27,013 |
| ray.com | October 27, 1986 | #31,841 |
| tek.com | May 8, 1986 | #41,151 |
| alcoa.com | November 5, 1986 | #50,433 |
| 3com.com | December 11, 1986 | #56,547 |
| nwo.nl | September 21, 1986 | #58,262 |
| philips.nl | September 24, 1986 | #87,133 |
| convergent.com | December 11, 1986 | #100,901 |
| mentor.com | October 27, 1986 | #105,053 |
| gte.com | November 5, 1986 | #127,973 |
| tti.com | December 11, 1986 | #140,385 |
| vortex.com | October 27, 1986 | #150,142 |
| quad.com | December 11, 1986 | #171,704 |
| stargate.com | August 5, 1986 | #233,932 |
| ci.com | December 11, 1986 | #340,673 |
| tandy.com | December 11, 1986 | #351,634 |
| portal.com | November 17, 1986 | #467,414 |
| sq.com | December 11, 1986 | #475,851 |
| nsc.com | August 5, 1986 | #841,136 |
| bellcore.com | March 5, 1986 | — |
| gmr.com | May 8, 1986 | — |
| bell-atl.com | August 5, 1986 | — |
| grebyn.com | August 5, 1986 | — |
| itcorp.com | September 18, 1986 | — |
| pyramid.com | October 18, 1986 | — |
| bdm.com | October 27, 1986 | — |
| inmet.com | October 27, 1986 | — |
| kesmai.com | October 27, 1986 | — |
| rosemount.com | October 27, 1986 | — |
| das.com | November 17, 1986 | — |
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