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Hidden analysis

Registration timing by length

When were today's active .eth names actually registered, and how does that differ from when names were ever registered?

Two views of registration timing per length bucket:

What this tells you: The 2022 NFT boom looks much smaller in the 'active today' view than the 'all-time' view - most of those registrations have since lapsed. The headline counts row reveals the survival rate per year × bucket.

Snapshot taken 2026-05-01T12:36:27.638Z

Active today
925,515
Ever registered
3,380,665
Survival rate
27.4%

Active today

Composition of today's active inventory

Of names currently active in each length tier, what year were they originally registered? The pricing-debate-relevant view: tells you what the surviving population's history looks like.

LengthTotalYear distribution
3 chars 3,353
4 chars 11,527
5 chars 117,034
6–9 chars 446,722
10+ chars 346,879
20192020202120222023202420252026

Volume by year (active inventory)

How much of today's active supply was first registered in each year, stacked by length tier. Years where most cohorts have lapsed look smaller here than in the all-time view below.

Peak: 411,691 in 2022
20192020202120222023202420252026
3 chars4 chars5 chars6–9 chars10+ chars

All-time flow

Composition of all-time registrations

Of every name ever first-registered on mainnet .eth (regardless of whether it's still alive), what year were they registered? Useful for understanding flow and boom periods.

LengthTotalYear distribution
3 chars 50,048
4 chars 113,449
5 chars 479,720
6–9 chars 1,566,613
10+ chars 1,170,835
20192020202120222023202420252026

Volume by year (all registrations)

Total registrations per year, stacked by length tier. The 2022 NFT boom dominates this view.

Peak: 2,215,981 in 2022
20192020202120222023202420252026
3 chars4 chars5 chars6–9 chars10+ chars

Counts table — active today vs ever registered

Per (year × length bucket): how many names from that cohort are still active today vs how many were ever registered. Survival % = active ÷ ever.

Year 3 chars4 chars5 chars6–9 chars10+ chars Total
ActiveEver%ActiveEver%ActiveEver%ActiveEver%ActiveEver% ActiveEver%
2019 11816472%39552376%4,5075,82677%9,70417,72355%4,64213,04436% 19,36637,28052%
2020 27947359%7541,13766%3,3244,83569%15,19623,41965%8,05415,77451% 27,60745,63860%
2021 2,1659,39923%4,93817,10829%25,82737,94968%119,279191,85862%84,609153,95455% 236,818410,26858%
2022 72839,6012%4,58990,8455%64,747375,78117%192,0571,007,52919%149,570702,22521% 411,6912,215,98119%
2023 122505%2362,34710%7,23029,65624%42,164165,48925%35,670146,18624% 85,312343,92825%
2024 129213%20077826%5,48617,16832%30,124104,60729%24,44183,66829% 60,263206,31329%
2025 285551%32459355%4,8767,38666%31,29247,92465%31,07246,41767% 67,592102,37566%
2026 111479%9111877%1,0371,11993%6,9068,06486%8,8219,56792% 16,86618,88289%
Total 3,35350,0487%11,527113,44910%117,034479,72024%446,7221,566,61329%346,8791,170,83530% 925,5153,380,66527%
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