When it comes down to new gTLD domain ownership, there is no fine line between individual domain investors and holding companies.
Unlike previous TLDs, the new gTLDs present many opportunities to the Registries: they can keep names to themselves.
Regardless, a registrant can be defined as a uniquely identified email address, and that’s what we’ll use today for the Top 20 Domain Registrants of new gTLDs, by ownership volume.
It’s remarkable to note that the majority of those holding accounts are in China.
Here is the list:
REGISTRANT DOMAINS PERCENT Lin Shi Mo Ban (1855.wiki) 309,943 1.38% Domain Administrator, North Sound Names (a.sexy) 229,674 1.02% wangyongqiang, N/A (alist.link) 189,718 0.84% Cheng Du Xi Wei Shu Ma Ke Ji You Xian Gong Si (eko.kim) 124,478 0.55% lin, hanghai road 444 (bfcsinc.xyz) 123,282 0.55% liming (gongdi.wang) 99,476 0.44% Chris Cousins, A Domains Limited (corona.link) 92,602 0.41% hejun (hdfc.trade) 82,425 0.37% xin nan (cchtj.xyz) 76,334 0.34% he jun, zzzyun (02kkk.top) 69,475 0.31% Eric Stevens, N/A (allareaautumneducationa.top) 65,877 0.29% Mo Ban Lin Shi (257.xyz) 64,537 0.29% Yao Yanping, EJEE Network Corporation Limited (acbc.club) 64,184 0.28% wen xin, N/A (vewyy.top) 55,296 0.25% li shuai, N/A (xfire.top) 53,207 0.24% zeng mei, beijing (n163.top) 52,327 0.23% Greg Parker, network contact (0000.science) 50,189 0.22% tang ai ping (800.sexy) 49,901 0.22% cheng du xi wei shu ma ke ji you xian gong si (866.club) 49,723 0.22% hejun, 30cloud (ampcco.xyz) 45,813 0.20%
As one can see, 16 out of the 20 biggest gTLD registrants are in China.
Number 2 on the list is North Sound Names, a company owned by Frank Schilling.
Data provided by ntldstats.
I doubt whether the list on ntldstats is accurate. The top registrant “lin Shi mo ban” is ranked 1, 12 & 52