Domains registered in 1996
The dot-com boom · a 1996 domain is 30 years old in 2026
Registration counts explode as every business rushes online. Most of today's household-name domains that weren't 80s tech companies date from these five years.
2,924
analyzed domains registered in 1996
3.4%
of the 85,879 domains with verified dates
bing.com
highest-ranked 1996 registration
The biggest domains registered in 1996
Up to 50 of the year's registrations, ranked by Tranco popularity — dates as the registries report them.
| Domain | Registered | Tranco rank |
|---|---|---|
| bing.com | January 29, 1996 | #31 |
| doubleclick.net | January 16, 1996 | #33 |
| digicert.com | December 2, 1996 | #44 |
| tiktok.com | July 21, 1996 | #59 |
| f5.com | May 31, 1996 | #145 |
| hichina.com | April 23, 1996 | #194 |
| imdb.com | January 5, 1996 | #238 |
| amplitude.com | May 9, 1996 | #314 |
| openx.net | November 9, 1996 | #379 |
| indiatimes.com | November 22, 1996 | #498 |
| fandom.com | October 11, 1996 | #524 |
| uk.com | May 1, 1996 | #532 |
| uol.com.br | April 24, 1996 | #533 |
| consultant.ru | December 17, 1996 | #647 |
| seznam.cz | October 7, 1996 | #699 |
| myspace.com | February 22, 1996 | #763 |
| hbr.org | December 5, 1996 | #783 |
| lefigaro.fr | August 13, 1996 | #825 |
| daum.net | March 5, 1996 | #846 |
| ndtv.com | September 26, 1996 | #868 |
| fidelity.com | August 31, 1996 | #907 |
| ryanair.com | July 12, 1996 | #934 |
| nintendo.net | October 23, 1996 | #938 |
| onet.pl | June 21, 1996 | #974 |
| hotstar.com | February 16, 1996 | #992 |
| nypost.com | September 29, 1996 | #1,011 |
| rambler.ru | September 26, 1996 | #1,017 |
| 1c.ru | November 12, 1996 | #1,115 |
| jstor.org | February 16, 1996 | #1,121 |
| lanacion.com.ar | January 1, 1996 | #1,129 |
| indiamart.com | March 8, 1996 | #1,194 |
| donga.com | March 26, 1996 | #1,228 |
| businesswire.com | February 4, 1996 | #1,248 |
| kakao.com | December 29, 1996 | #1,258 |
| postgresql.org | October 22, 1996 | #1,271 |
| aljazeera.com | April 12, 1996 | #1,301 |
| leroymerlin.fr | September 12, 1996 | #1,349 |
| cronista.com | May 20, 1996 | #1,543 |
| jra.go.jp | December 20, 1996 | #1,642 |
| battle.net | March 26, 1996 | #1,758 |
| sciencemag.org | April 28, 1996 | #1,897 |
| thelancet.com | March 1, 1996 | #1,946 |
| savvis.net | November 6, 1996 | #2,006 |
| pnas.org | March 23, 1996 | #2,036 |
| ssrn.com | February 15, 1996 | #2,103 |
| 1688.com | October 18, 1996 | #2,145 |
| variety.com | September 17, 1996 | #2,202 |
| itu.int | July 8, 1996 | #2,207 |
| trellix.com | September 4, 1996 | #2,219 |
| mos.ru | December 23, 1996 | #2,268 |
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