Modelled live estimate
New websites worldwide
Estimated net growth of the web, illustrated second by second.
Estimated net increase today
—sites
Model based on the latest monthly Netcraft survey · not a direct live counter
Why this is an estimate
Websites appear and disappear continuously. Netcraft measures responses from hostnames, so one domain may contain several sites and many detected sites may be inactive or parked. The counter is an illustration between survey snapshots, not a registration database.
Data status
Last reviewed: 2 October 2026
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