Out of nearly 85 million new gTLD domains registered in 2025, more than 8.4 million had already been blocklisted by May 2026. The report argues that malicious registrations exceeded overall market growth during several months of 2025. In January 2025, for example, net gTLD growth was about 408,000 domains, while approximately 723,000 domains registered that month were later identified as malicious. Similar patterns occurred in February and May.