~/dnsniffer/issuers/sectigo·rank #5
▸ How many domains does Sectigo secure?
5,605,162
active domains whose current TLS certificate was issued by Sectigo, as of - 2.36% of all attributed domains.
# rank #5 of all CAs# all records held: 6,077,127# subdomains: 27,953# intermediates: 23# United Kingdom
~/issuers/sectigo/history·active domains
5,605,162
domains secured by Sectigo on 2026-10-15 · ▲ +4,224,621 (+306.01%) since 2025-06-30
# y-axis starts at 873.6K, not zero - domain counts move by fractions of a percent a day. Dashed segments are estimated: reconstructed from certificate first-seen dates before daily snapshots began, not measured on the day.
# change over time
30 days
▲ +5.49%
+291,514 domains
90 days
▲ +1.89%
+103,727 domains
1 year
▲ +35.65%
+1,473,131 domains
# intermediate CAs
| intermediate | country | domains |
|---|---|---|
| Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36 | - | 4,765,184 |
| Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA | United Kingdom | 832,438 |
| Sectigo RSA Organization Validation Secure Server CA | United Kingdom | 6,357 |
| Sectigo RSA Extended Validation Secure Server CA | United Kingdom | 674 |
| COMODO RSA Organization Validation Secure Server CA | United Kingdom | 367 |
| Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA EV R40 | United Kingdom | 83 |
| Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R40 | United Kingdom | 30 |
| Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R35 | United Kingdom | 13 |
| Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA OV R35 | United Kingdom | 6 |
| COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA | United Kingdom | 5 |
| COMODO RSA Extended Validation Secure Server CA | United Kingdom | 4 |
| Sectigo SHA-256 OV Secure Server CA 2 | United Kingdom | 1 |
| Sectigo SHA-256 EV Secure Server CA | United Kingdom | 0 |
| COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA 2 | United Kingdom | 0 |
| Sectigo CN Public Server Authentication CA DV R31 | United Kingdom | 0 |
| Sectigo SHA-256 DV Secure Server CA 2 | United Kingdom | 0 |
| Sectigo CN Public Server Authentication CA OV R31 | United Kingdom | 0 |
| Sectigo CN Public Server Authentication CA EV R31 | United Kingdom | 0 |
| Sectigo SHA-256 OV Secure Server CA | United Kingdom | 0 |
| Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA EV R35 | United Kingdom | 0 |
| Sectigo SHA-256 DV Secure Server CA | United Kingdom | 0 |
| Sectigo RSA Pro Series Secure Server CA | United Kingdom | 0 |
| Sectigo SHA-256 EV Secure Server CA 2 | United Kingdom | 0 |
# faq
- ? How many domains does Sectigo secure?
- Sectigo is the certificate authority for 5,605,162 active domains as of October 15, 2026 - 2.36% of every domain DNSniffer can attribute to an issuer.
- ? Is Sectigo gaining or losing market share?
- The number of domains secured by Sectigo has grown by 35.65% over the last year (+1,473,131 domains).
- ? Which intermediate CAs does Sectigo sign from?
- We have seen 23 intermediates under Sectigo, the busiest being “Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36” with 4,765,184 domains. The full list, with per-intermediate counts, is on this page.
- ? Where does this number come from?
- DNSniffer ingests Certificate Transparency logs continuously and records the issuer of the most recent certificate seen for each domain, then snapshots the per-issuer count once a day. It measures how much of the live web a CA currently secures, not how many certificates it has issued over its lifetime.