Nic.ru email provider statistics and deliverability context
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According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (September 24, 2026), Nic.ru is the mailbox provider for 81 domains — 0.01% of 675,489 domains with MX records. Its strongest TLD is .ru (72.8% of its domains). Detection: primary MX record (lowest preference).
Last updated from the 2026-09-24 DNS snapshot.
What Nic.ru represents in this dataset
Russia's historical .ru registrar (RU-CENTER).
Directory category: Hosting. The classification comes from primary MX record (lowest preference). It describes observed DNS infrastructure, not a commercial relationship and not the placement of any individual message.
What the 2026-09-24 snapshot shows about Nic.ru
Across 13 distinct TLDs its top three are .ru (72.8%), .com (9.9%), .net (2.5%) — together 85.2% of the 81 domains, which makes the footprint narrow — three TLDs cover most of it, which is typical of a regional or single-market operator. The service most often observed on the same domains is Sendsay (ESP, 1 domains, 1.2% of them), followed by Mandrill (1.2%). Directly comparable by the same detection rule: Self-Hosted, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365. Ranking between them reflects what is published in DNS, not delivery quality or volume sent. All figures come from a single daily DNS snapshot (2026-09-24); a domain appears here when its published records match the primary MX record (lowest preference) rule, which is an infrastructure fact, not a commercial relationship.
Commonly used together with Nic.ru
What else the same 81 domains use — cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot (2026-09-24).
| Type | Service | Domains | Share of Nic.ru users |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESP | Sendsay | 1 | 1.2% |
| ESP | Mandrill | 1 | 1.2% |
TLD distribution (top 13 of 13)
Frequently asked questions
How many domains use Nic.ru?
81 domains in the Tranco top-1M use Nic.ru as their mailbox provider as of September 24, 2026, according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.
What is Nic.ru's market share?
Nic.ru holds 0.01% of domains with MX records in the Tranco top-1M (snapshot of 2026-09-24). The number is recomputed every day.
What are the biggest alternatives to Nic.ru?
The largest mailbox providers in the same category by Tranco top-1M share are: Self-Hosted, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Unknown / Other, Generic / unmatched (mx*.*) (as of 2026-09-24).
Largest mailbox providers in this category
Self-Hosted (22.56%) · Google Workspace (21.58%) · Microsoft 365 (17.03%) · Unknown / Other (6.68%) · Generic / unmatched (mx*.*) (2.53%) · Generic / unmatched (mail.*) (1.93%) · Proofpoint (1.86%) · Cloudflare Email Routing (1.76%) · Yandex 360 (1.67%) · Mimecast (1.47%)
Domain sample (top 81 by Tranco rank)
Showing 81 of 81 domains.