Domains registered in 1988
The ARPANET pioneers · a 1988 domain is 38 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.
28
analyzed domains registered in 1988
0.03%
of the 85,879 domains with verified dates
oracle.com
highest-ranked 1988 registration
The biggest domains registered in 1988
Up to 50 of the year's registrations, ranked by Tranco popularity — dates as the registries report them.
| Domain | Registered | Tranco rank |
|---|---|---|
| oracle.com | December 2, 1988 | #197 |
| dell.com | November 22, 1988 | #366 |
| sky.com | March 31, 1988 | #1,474 |
| ford.com | September 1, 1988 | #2,497 |
| honeywell.com | February 11, 1988 | #3,528 |
| qualcomm.com | July 7, 1988 | #3,646 |
| oar.net | June 9, 1988 | #4,574 |
| 3m.com | May 27, 1988 | #4,927 |
| uva.nl | October 12, 1988 | #5,348 |
| rug.nl | June 2, 1988 | #5,868 |
| abbott.com | April 19, 1988 | #10,065 |
| kodak.com | September 16, 1988 | #12,100 |
| compuserve.com | October 6, 1988 | #14,138 |
| eur.nl | January 13, 1988 | #15,463 |
| leidenuniv.nl | October 27, 1988 | #18,556 |
| nm.org | September 9, 1988 | #23,924 |
| es.net | October 21, 1988 | #30,521 |
| guru.com | August 5, 1988 | #31,769 |
| mot.com | June 30, 1988 | #34,028 |
| claris.com | September 15, 1988 | #42,357 |
| polaroid.com | August 12, 1988 | #49,683 |
| lotus.com | July 15, 1988 | #58,549 |
| csc.com | August 3, 1988 | #62,818 |
| natinst.com | November 10, 1988 | #67,086 |
| sybase.com | October 31, 1988 | #72,744 |
| acc.com | April 27, 1988 | #78,072 |
| mmm.com | October 31, 1988 | #82,897 |
| ccf.org | September 22, 1988 | #85,657 |
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