You mean the registry has the registrars do that? Do registries even have view on the popularity of different domains below their TLD? I didn't realize that the

You mean the registry has the registrars do that? Do registries even have view on the popularity of different domains below their TLD? I didn't realize that they received requests from resolvers that included second-level domains. I thought it was only the registrars that received that, not the registries, but I guess misunderstood DNS if so, because it makes sense.