Average domain propegation time?

I seem to be getting differentiating opinions and was wondering how quickly do domains usually propagate?

Alex

For me, its practically instant these days. Good to go by the time I've gotten my server setup.

Propogating from registrar to webhost, takes about 3-6 hours lately.

Your question is a little vague. What do you define as domain propagation time? DNS changes? Domain registration? Nameserver updates?

For registration and nameserver changes, most processes are entirely automated these days, so changes can occur instantly or in a manner of hours. As an example, registering a .com from Namecheap in my experience means it becomes available instantly. Nameserver changes again occur instantly.

DNS propagation however is vastly different. Because DNS can be cached at several places, it's typically advised to wait up to 24 hours for propagation to occur. Some ISP's (AOL) can cache DNS for up to 72 hours in extreme circumstances, so to be completely safe it's recommended to plan around 5 days in advance for complete propagation.

DNS Propagation usually takes 24 hours. Generally its safe to tell clients 72 hours as it propagates throughout the internet globally as it depends on when the ISP refresh their DNS servers.

Yes, it usually takes 24 hours. And for new registered domain can take less than an hours, sometime a minute.

Instant to a couple of hours with Namecheap.

Well domains take around 48hrs to get resolved.