We are constantly indexing the latest whois data for our whois category. “Whois” data contains information about domain ownership.
We recently indexed the whois data for October, November, and December 2019 which resulted in 21,168,724 selectors. We analyzed a small sample set (1 day, 2019-11-29) and these are the results:
75% of the data is whois protected, which means that the information about the owner (name, email address, postal address) is not available. Often, that data is simply replaced with “Redacted For Privacy” or other dummy data.
However, the other 25% is not whois protected. Here is a breakdown by registrant country:
When looking at TLDs, there were interestingly no domains from some TLDs like DE and AT. This could be an indicator that the actual number of privacy protected domains might be higher than 75%.
August 2020: Latest News & Statistics Public API keys are retired We have retired public API keys. All 3rd party tools and integrations must use per-user API keys. Note: This also affects SpiderFoot users. We have updated our SDK to reflect that change. You can find your personal API key here: https://intelx.io/account?tab=developer In related news,
At Intelligence X, we value quality over quantity. Our goal is continuous improvement, sustainability, and stability. As we cross the mark of 25 billion records with 100+ TB of storage, it is time to set sail for 100 billion records. Counting records A single record is an extracted selector (search term) like “test.com”. A search
August 2020: Recap of 3rd-party OSINT tools and integrations We are listing all approved 3rd-party integrations here: https://intelx.io/integrations h8mail: “an email OSINT and breach hunting tool using different breach and reconnaissance services” Maltego Transform subfinder: “subdomain discovery tool that discovers valid subdomains for websites by using passive online sources” theHarvester: “The tool gathers emails, names,