Domains registered in 1994
The web arrives · a 1994 domain is 32 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.
1,021
analyzed domains registered in 1994
1.2%
of the 85,879 domains with verified dates
gtld-servers.net
highest-ranked 1994 registration
The biggest domains registered in 1994
Up to 50 of the year's registrations, ranked by Tranco popularity — dates as the registries report them.
| Domain | Registered | Tranco rank |
|---|---|---|
| gtld-servers.net | February 16, 1994 | #2 |
| live.com | December 28, 1994 | #21 |
| amazon.com | November 1, 1994 | #25 |
| azure.com | October 25, 1994 | #26 |
| office.net | November 14, 1994 | #43 |
| ripn.net | May 18, 1994 | #48 |
| msn.com | November 10, 1994 | #61 |
| samsung.com | November 29, 1994 | #94 |
| a2z.com | December 8, 1994 | #108 |
| outlook.com | August 18, 1994 | #134 |
| intuit.com | February 18, 1994 | #137 |
| nytimes.com | January 18, 1994 | #155 |
| w3.org | July 6, 1994 | #182 |
| theguardian.com | July 6, 1994 | #191 |
| weather.com | August 9, 1994 | #211 |
| bbc.co.uk | December 13, 1994 | #223 |
| mozilla.com | October 18, 1994 | #286 |
| nature.com | August 11, 1994 | #295 |
| amazon.co.uk | December 5, 1994 | #313 |
| wiley.com | October 12, 1994 | #316 |
| checkpoint.com | March 29, 1994 | #337 |
| wsj.com | May 26, 1994 | #353 |
| espn.com | October 4, 1994 | #423 |
| ft.com | November 30, 1994 | #514 |
| usatoday.com | April 29, 1994 | #539 |
| fast.com | August 12, 1994 | #552 |
| my.com | December 16, 1994 | #576 |
| redhat.com | May 26, 1994 | #613 |
| cbsnews.com | October 4, 1994 | #630 |
| cnet.com | March 5, 1994 | #635 |
| ted.com | November 8, 1994 | #670 |
| mlb.com | November 1, 1994 | #764 |
| people.com | June 2, 1994 | #781 |
| me.com | August 23, 1994 | #849 |
| chess.com | August 11, 1994 | #860 |
| genius.com | August 5, 1994 | #910 |
| netgear.com | November 21, 1994 | #980 |
| gartner.com | March 15, 1994 | #1,006 |
| oecd.org | December 13, 1994 | #1,046 |
| hilton.com | November 23, 1994 | #1,064 |
| fortune.com | June 2, 1994 | #1,080 |
| wise.com | March 7, 1994 | #1,088 |
| economist.com | November 28, 1994 | #1,110 |
| dw.com | December 7, 1994 | #1,286 |
| newsweek.com | May 17, 1994 | #1,424 |
| site.com | December 30, 1994 | #1,531 |
| blizzard.com | December 9, 1994 | #1,752 |
| in.net | October 26, 1994 | #1,789 |
| football.com | December 21, 1994 | #1,793 |
| tripod.com | September 29, 1994 | #1,900 |
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