Domains registered in 1991
The web arrives · a 1991 domain is 35 years old in 2026
The World Wide Web goes public and domains stop being just mail routing. By 1995 the NSF allows commercial registration fees — $100 for two years — and land-grab instincts wake up.
119
analyzed domains registered in 1991
0.1%
of the 85,879 domains with verified dates
microsoft.com
highest-ranked 1991 registration
The biggest domains registered in 1991
Up to 50 of the year's registrations, ranked by Tranco popularity — dates as the registries report them.
| Domain | Registered | Tranco rank |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft.com | May 2, 1991 | #6 |
| force.com | May 20, 1991 | #658 |
| apnews.com | July 12, 1991 | #779 |
| worldbank.org | August 14, 1991 | #883 |
| meta.com | January 21, 1991 | #1,112 |
| fedex.com | February 26, 1991 | #1,305 |
| acs.org | May 22, 1991 | #1,761 |
| rt.com | September 23, 1991 | #2,182 |
| norton.com | September 17, 1991 | #2,243 |
| adp.com | June 24, 1991 | #2,348 |
| nielsen.com | May 8, 1991 | #2,520 |
| hyatt.com | February 13, 1991 | #2,534 |
| undp.org | September 16, 1991 | #2,795 |
| nokia.com | July 11, 1991 | #2,835 |
| msi.com | October 1, 1991 | #3,257 |
| dns.com | May 13, 1991 | #3,673 |
| dns.pt | March 10, 1991 | #3,991 |
| ap.org | July 25, 1991 | #4,500 |
| aps.org | August 27, 1991 | #4,989 |
| gs.com | April 5, 1991 | #5,078 |
| aclu.org | July 1, 1991 | #5,138 |
| lilly.com | May 10, 1991 | #5,354 |
| dn.se | December 2, 1991 | #5,577 |
| clover.com | August 27, 1991 | #5,701 |
| fsf.org | February 1, 1991 | #6,066 |
| bms.com | April 5, 1991 | #6,282 |
| infoworld.com | November 13, 1991 | #6,525 |
| ssg.com | August 28, 1991 | #6,553 |
| up.pt | November 10, 1991 | #6,692 |
| wal-mart.com | April 4, 1991 | #6,983 |
| newsday.com | April 12, 1991 | #7,564 |
| paychex.com | June 10, 1991 | #7,605 |
| epson.com | February 1, 1991 | #7,636 |
| nypl.org | February 26, 1991 | #7,681 |
| afp.com | August 7, 1991 | #8,862 |
| bose.com | December 20, 1991 | #11,113 |
| amnh.org | April 12, 1991 | #11,354 |
| more.net | June 20, 1991 | #11,912 |
| act.org | August 1, 1991 | #11,979 |
| ja.net | May 17, 1991 | #12,087 |
| merit.net | December 10, 1991 | #12,380 |
| citibank.com | February 2, 1991 | #12,998 |
| sgs.com | February 20, 1991 | #13,010 |
| mix.com | November 13, 1991 | #13,697 |
| westlaw.com | June 24, 1991 | #13,797 |
| eso.org | February 6, 1991 | #14,052 |
| tele2.se | April 14, 1991 | #14,478 |
| sil.org | April 15, 1991 | #15,059 |
| arrow.com | October 23, 1991 | #15,788 |
| ns.nl | December 2, 1991 | #16,180 |
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