Retention by Length | ENSWhois Analyses

Headline retention table

The eligible n is shown per cell. Each column has a different population, so reading horizontally compares retention rates on different cohort sets

Length	Total registered	12m retention	24m retention	36m retention	48m retention	60m retention
3 chars	50,051	41.5%n=50,023	20.8%n=49,934	15.1%n=49,864	11.0%n=48,036	47.4%n=4,103
4 chars	113,502	54.7%n=113,169	30.7%n=112,537	23.6%n=111,595	15.6%n=104,981	54.3%n=8,175
5 chars	480,219	85.0%n=476,922	53.0%n=468,831	40.7%n=444,290	27.3%n=391,613	76.9%n=26,239
6–9 chars	1,569,588	89.5%n=1,547,508	52.9%n=1,495,294	40.1%n=1,355,427	32.5%n=1,100,398	66.9%n=115,488
10+ chars	1,174,952	94.0%n=1,148,601	56.7%n=1,100,430	42.1%n=991,452	33.7%n=780,453	55.2%n=85,320

When holders give up

Each cell is the share of names still held at the start of the period that had lapsed by the end.

Each column restricts to domains old enough to be fully evaluated for that period.

Length	0m → 12m	12m → 24m	24m → 36m	36m → 48m	48m → 60m
3 chars	58.5% lapsed29,277 of 50,023 eligible	49.9% lapsed10,334 of 49,934 eligible	27.4% lapsed2,840 of 49,864 eligible	29.3% lapsed2,193 of 48,036 eligible	29.6% lapsed819 of 4,103 eligible
4 chars	45.3% lapsed51,224 of 113,169 eligible	43.8% lapsed26,955 of 112,537 eligible	23.1% lapsed7,909 of 111,595 eligible	36.7% lapsed9,478 of 104,981 eligible	22.1% lapsed1,261 of 8,175 eligible
5 chars	15.0% lapsed71,764 of 476,922 eligible	37.5% lapsed148,924 of 468,831 eligible	24.0% lapsed56,928 of 444,290 eligible	36.6% lapsed61,643 of 391,613 eligible	9.2% lapsed2,041 of 26,239 eligible
6–9 chars	10.5% lapsed162,481 of 1,547,508 eligible	40.8% lapsed545,287 of 1,495,294 eligible	25.6% lapsed186,752 of 1,355,427 eligible	24.6% lapsed116,982 of 1,100,398 eligible	11.3% lapsed9,880 of 115,488 eligible
10+ chars	6.0% lapsed69,110 of 1,148,601 eligible	39.7% lapsed411,031 of 1,100,430 eligible	27.8% lapsed160,482 of 991,452 eligible	26.4% lapsed94,250 of 780,453 eligible	14.4% lapsed7,930 of 85,320 eligible

Each column has a different eligible population - names ≥ T+P months old at snapshot time. The n eligible figure shows how many qualified. Reading horizontally compares periods within the same bucket but on different populations; for example, the 48 → 60m column uses only the ~2k 3-char names registered before 2021, while the 0 → 12m column uses essentially all 50k. Don't treat survivors at the start of period N as the same set as those at the start of period N+1.