.black

5,982 domains as of 19 Aug 2026

Domains

5,982

19 Aug 2026

30-day change

–

Signed in root

✔ Yes

DS record present

Type

Generic

ASCII

Registrar figures are for April 2026. ICANN publishes monthly registry reports about three months in arrears, and they are the only source that attributes domains to registrars — zone files do not contain registrar information. Methodology.

Registry details

From the IANA Root Zone Database and RDAP bootstrap.

Registry operator: Identity Digital Limited
Technical backend: Identity Digital via rdap host
Delegated: 27 Mar 2014
Nameservers: a0.nic.black, a2.nic.black, b0.nic.black, c0.nic.black
RDAP: https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap
Zone data: CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Of the 7,027 domains that came up for renewal between May 2025 and Apr 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate

46.02%

below .com/.net/.org

Renewed

3,234

in twelve months

Deleted

3,793

in twelve months

For comparison, the median gTLD keeps 69.15% and .com, .net and .org together keep 73.25%.

Registrar share

individual · combined

Related accreditations combined into corporate families, folding 14 of the 106 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

7.04kreported Apr 2026

Share of .black by registrar
GoDaddy4 accreditations	1,172	16.64%
Namecheap2 accreditations	1,052	14.94%
Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd.	818	11.61%
Porkbun LLC	455	6.46%
Domain Science Kutatási Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság	387	5.49%
Dynadot Inc6 accreditations	295	4.19%
Squarespace Domains II LLC	239	3.39%
Tucows2 accreditations	207	2.94%
Cloudflare, Inc.	205	2.91%
Name.com, Inc.	157	2.23%
Other96 more	2,056	29.19%

7,043 attributed to registrars in Apr 2026, against 5,982 in 19 Aug 2026’s zone — the zone is 1,061 smaller. The two are months apart, and a registry's own count also includes registrations that are not delegated in the zone. Why there are two clocks.

Domains by month, Mar 2014 – Apr 2026

From ICANN's monthly registry reports — the registry's own count, summed across registrars. This is the long history: it reaches back to delegation, where the daily series below can only start when this site began collecting zone files.

Mar 2014 – Apr 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All

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Month	Domains	Change	Registrars	Net adds	Deletes
Apr 2026	7,043	▼ -37	146	234	221
Mar 2026	7,080	▼ -604	144	260	866
Feb 2026	7,684	▼ -454	142	211	696
Jan 2026	8,138	▼ -170	142	195	353
Dec 2025	8,308	▲ +26	141	190	189
Nov 2025	8,282	▼ -52	139	137	201
Oct 2025	8,334	▼ -11	138	166	198
Sep 2025	8,345	▲ +85	140	247	167
Aug 2025	8,260	▲ +24	140	249	200
Jul 2025	8,236	▲ +82	147	205	159
Jun 2025	8,154	▲ +12	146	241	210
May 2025	8,142	▼ -17	148	321	333
Apr 2025	8,159	▲ +101	146	287	226
Mar 2025	8,058	▲ +260	149	454	194
Feb 2025	7,798	▼ -92	148	116	211
Jan 2025	7,890	▲ +57	149	323	156
Dec 2024	7,833	▲ +967	150	1,108	188
Nov 2024	6,866	▲ +219	149	401	143
Oct 2024	6,647	▲ +135	149	234	208
Sep 2024	6,512	▼ -21	149	162	161
Aug 2024	6,533	▼ -81	152	158	264
Jul 2024	6,614	▼ -16	153	138	156
Jun 2024	6,630	▼ -116	153	163	261
May 2024	6,746	▼ -259	152	180	458
Apr 2024	7,005	▼ -34	150	203	207
Mar 2024	7,039	▼ -8	150	224	241
Feb 2024	7,047	▲ +119	152	270	164
Jan 2024	6,928	▲ +61	150	220	176
Dec 2023	6,867	▲ +31	148	203	179
Nov 2023	6,836	▲ +57	152	172	118
Oct 2023	6,779	▲ +12	153	203	171
Sep 2023	6,767	▼ -105	152	162	279
Aug 2023	6,872	▼ -127	152	212	301
Jul 2023	6,999	▼ -320	151	208	568
Jun 2023	7,319	▲ +14	150	257	164
May 2023	7,305	▲ +127	150	148	124
Apr 2023	7,178	▼ -103	149	195	285
Mar 2023	7,281	▲ +224	149	452	241
Feb 2023	7,057	▲ +56	147	307	222
Jan 2023	7,001	▲ +126	141	312	226
Dec 2022	6,875	▼ -65	141	169	252
Nov 2022	6,940	▼ -78	141	145	219
Oct 2022	7,018	▲ +26	140	165	168
Sep 2022	6,992	▼ -162	136	137	295
Aug 2022	7,154	▼ -113	132	138	246
Jul 2022	7,267	▼ -123	129	237	359
Jun 2022	7,390	▲ +74	122	240	181
May 2022	7,316	▲ +88	114	331	184
Apr 2022	7,228	▲ +134	109	189	136
Mar 2022	7,094	▲ +25	103	142	137
Feb 2022	7,069	▲ +68	102	154	92
Jan 2022	7,001	▲ +152	101	282	125
Dec 2021	6,849	▼ -9	98	227	247
Nov 2021	6,858	▲ +112	97	221	160
Oct 2021	6,746	▼ -62	97	190	264
Sep 2021	6,808	▼ -142	96	190	326
Aug 2021	6,950	▼ -6	94	216	217
Jul 2021	6,956	▲ +4	95	138	142
Jun 2021	6,952	▲ +94	95	243	137
May 2021	6,858	▲ +64	95	267	219
Apr 2021	6,794	▲ +440	94	591	179
Mar 2021	6,354	▲ +73	93	205	132
Feb 2021	6,281	▲ +114	92	195	100
Jan 2021	6,167	▲ +78	92	191	101
Dec 2020	6,089	▲ +100	92	180	104
Nov 2020	5,989	▲ +63	92	180	99
Oct 2020	5,926	▲ +135	93	257	123
Sep 2020	5,791	▲ +128	92	216	104
Aug 2020	5,663	▲ +169	92	290	106
Jul 2020	5,494	▲ +424	92	543	102
Jun 2020	5,070	▲ +438	90	521	116
May 2020	4,632	▲ +73	89	184	128
Apr 2020	4,559	▲ +68	89	194	138
Mar 2020	4,491	▲ +114	88	217	91
Feb 2020	4,377	▲ +36	88	169	149
Jan 2020	4,341	▲ +48	88	182	132
Dec 2019	4,293	▲ +13	87	127	142
Nov 2019	4,280	▲ +23	84	167	134
Oct 2019	4,257	▲ +61	84	132	90
Sep 2019	4,196	▲ +20	83	108	106
Aug 2019	4,176	▲ +1	83	119	123
Jul 2019	4,175	▼ -23	83	130	137
Jun 2019	4,198	▼ -55	82	85	170
May 2019	4,253	▲ +4	81	127	122
Apr 2019	4,249	▲ +12	78	125	123
Mar 2019	4,237	▼ -28	78	146	170
Feb 2019	4,265	▼ -5	77	132	134
Jan 2019	4,270	▼ -23	75	130	159
Dec 2018	4,293	▼ -16	75	127	147
Nov 2018	4,309	▲ +37	74	133	95
Oct 2018	4,272	▲ +27	73	134	105
Sep 2018	4,245	▲ +32	74	114	91
Aug 2018	4,213	▲ +51	73	144	100
Jul 2018	4,162	▲ +7	74	104	95
Jun 2018	4,155	▲ +40	75	126	89
May 2018	4,115	▼ -17	75	115	147
Apr 2018	4,132	▲ +56	76	190	117
Mar 2018	4,076	▼ -115	76	153	286
Feb 2018	4,191	▼ -194	77	149	348
Jan 2018	4,385	▼ -108	77	120	239
Dec 2017	4,493	▼ -246	77	148	376
Nov 2017	4,739	▼ -38	76	179	216
Oct 2017	4,777	▼ -326	77	156	481
Sep 2017	5,103	▼ -134	76	116	274
Aug 2017	5,237	▼ -198	75	147	323
Jul 2017	5,435	▼ -229	76	117	375
Jun 2017	5,664	▼ -224	76	125	340
May 2017	5,888	▼ -431	75	87	538
Apr 2017	6,319	▼ -14,861	74	116	14,972
Mar 2017	21,180	▼ -320	74	163	472
Feb 2017	21,500	▼ -144	72	73	242
Jan 2017	21,644	▼ -2,185	73	230	2,291
Dec 2016	23,829	▲ +10	72	311	396
Nov 2016	23,819	▲ +192	72	276	124
Oct 2016	23,627	▲ +339	70	412	57
Sep 2016	23,288	▲ +125	70	204	75
Aug 2016	23,163	▲ +124	70	496	65
Jul 2016	23,039	▲ +545	72	298	55
Jun 2016	22,494	▲ +343	70	425	74
May 2016	22,151	▲ +149	70	412	263
Apr 2016	22,002	▼ -333	70	528	718
Mar 2016	22,335	▲ +1,858	70	2,491	538
Feb 2016	20,477	▲ +12,700	69	13,134	596
Jan 2016	7,777	▼ -406	69	473	951
Dec 2015	8,183	▲ +1,584	68	2,206	105
Nov 2015	6,599	▲ +1,001	66	604	149
Oct 2015	5,598	▲ +195	66	178	9
Sep 2015	5,403	▲ +138	65	145	13
Aug 2015	5,265	▲ +146	65	144	7
Jul 2015	5,119	▲ +128	64	128	8
Jun 2015	4,991	▲ +116	61	112	0
May 2015	4,875	▲ +134	59	145	3
Apr 2015	4,741	▲ +194	58	177	5
Mar 2015	4,547	▲ +128	56	214	36
Feb 2015	4,419	▲ +692	52	858	262
Jan 2015	3,727	▲ +670	51	597	76
Dec 2014	3,057	▲ +919	49	878	14
Nov 2014	2,138	▲ +864	46	903	32
Oct 2014	1,274	▼ -1,031	39	666	1,828
Sep 2014	2,305	▲ +152	35	264	3
Aug 2014	2,153	▲ +2,095	29	149	4
Jul 2014	58	▲ +57	7	58	0
Jun 2014	1	0	1	0	0
May 2014	1	0	1	0	0
Apr 2014	1	0	1	0	0
Mar 2014	1	–	1	0	0

Showing all 146 months in this range. Show the latest 6.

Domains over time

Counted from daily zone files. Names with at least one NS record or a DS record.

12 Aug 2026 – 19 Aug 2026

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Daily adds and drops

Day-over-day difference of the zone's name list, over the same window as the chart above.

Added
Dropped

Registrars

Registrar	Domains	Share	Net adds	Transfers in	Deletes
GoDaddy.com, LLC	1,130	16%	▲ +29	0	24
NameCheap, Inc.	889	12.6%	▲ +29	0	39
Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd.	818	11.6%	▲ +1	0	5
Porkbun LLC	455	6.5%	▲ +9	2	42
Domain Science Kutatási Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság	387	5.5%	▲ +31	0	47
Dynadot Inc	283	4%	▲ +8	2	3
Squarespace Domains II LLC	239	3.4%	0	0	3
Cloudflare, Inc.	205	2.9%	▲ +15	1	0
Tucows Domains Inc.	193	2.7%	▲ +1	0	3
Spaceship, Inc.	163	2.3%	▲ +8	1	1
Name.com, Inc.	157	2.2%	▲ +9	0	1
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com	154	2.2%	▲ +1	0	2
Xiamen ChinaSource Internet Service Co., Ltd	145	2.1%	▲ +2	0	6
Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn)	116	1.6%	▲ +21	0	6
IONOS SE	101	1.4%	0	0	0
HOSTINGER operations, UAB	100	1.4%	▲ +6	0	0
Gandi SAS	85	1.2%	▲ +2	0	1
OVH sas	82	1.2%	▲ +1	0	1
DNSPod, Inc.	78	1.1%	▲ +4	0	1
InterNetX GmbH	77	1.1%	▲ +38	0	0
NameSilo, LLC	69	1%	0	0	1
Xin Net Technology Corporation	53	0.8%	▲ +1	0	0
Key-Systems, LLC	52	0.7%	0	0	1
Sav.com, LLC	48	0.7%	▲ +4	0	0
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.	46	0.7%	0	0	0
MarkMonitor Inc.	41	0.6%	0	0	0
Cronon GmbH	40	0.6%	0	0	0
Amazon Registrar, Inc.	40	0.6%	0	0	1
united-domains GmbH	40	0.6%	0	0	2
Mesh Digital Limited	32	0.5%	0	0	0
SafeBrands SAS	31	0.4%	0	0	0
eNom, LLC	29	0.4%	0	0	0
Wild West Domains, LLC	27	0.4%	0	0	3
101domain GRS Limited	27	0.4%	0	0	0
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE	26	0.4%	0	0	0
1API GmbH	24	0.3%	0	0	0
Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC	23	0.3%	0	0	3
Network Solutions, LLC	22	0.3%	0	0	1
Automattic Inc.	19	0.3%	▲ +1	0	3
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	19	0.3%	0	0	0
pair Networks, Inc. d/b/a pair Domains	18	0.3%	0	0	0
EuroDNS S.A.	18	0.3%	0	0	0
Unstoppable Domains Inc.	18	0.3%	0	0	0
One.com A/S	16	0.2%	0	0	2
XServer, Inc.	16	0.2%	0	0	0
Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC	16	0.2%	0	0	0
RegistrarSEC LLC	15	0.2%	0	0	0
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA	14	0.2%	0	0	4
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com	14	0.2%	▲ +1	0	0
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC	13	0.2%	0	0	0
Gname.com Pte. Ltd.	13	0.2%	0	0	2
Marcaria International LLC	12	0.2%	▲ +1	0	0
Squarespace Domains LLC	12	0.2%	0	0	0
Safenames Ltd	11	0.2%	0	0	0
URL Solutions, Inc.	11	0.2%	▲ +1	0	0
NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED	10	0.1%	0	0	0
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com	9	0.1%	0	0	1
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL	9	0.1%	0	0	0
Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER	8	0.1%	0	0	0
INWX GmbH	8	0.1%	0	0	3
Gransy, s.r.o.	8	0.1%	0	0	0
GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd.	8	0.1%	0	0	0
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc	7	0.1%	0	0	0
Todaynic.com, Inc.	7	0.1%	▲ +3	0	1
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd	7	0.1%	0	0	0
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC	7	0.1%	0	0	0
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com	6	0.1%	0	0	0
Internet Invest, Ltd. dba Imena.ua	6	0.1%	0	0	0
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com	6	0.1%	0	0	1
Atak Domain Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş.	6	0.1%	0	0	0
Dynadot1 LLC	6	0.1%	0	0	0
Infomaniak Network SA	6	0.1%	0	0	0
Gabia, Inc.	5	0.1%	0	0	0
DNC Holdings, Inc.	5	0.1%	▲ +1	0	0
Name SRS AB	5	0.1%	0	1	0
Server Plan Srl	5	0.1%	0	0	0
Beijing Guoxu Network Technology Co., Ltd.	5	0.1%	0	0	0
NETIM SAS	5	0.1%	0	0	0
NicNames, Inc.	5	0.1%	0	0	0
http.net Internet GmbH	4	0.1%	0	0	0
Scaleway SAS	3	0%	0	0	0
Epik LLC	3	0%	0	0	0
Host Africa (Pty.) Ltd.	3	0%	0	0	0
Realtime Register B.V.	3	0%	0	0	0
Regtime Ltd.	3	0%	0	0	0
Instra Corporation Pty Ltd.	3	0%	0	0	0
Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd	3	0%	0	0	0
Hosting Ukraine LLC	3	0%	0	0	0
WEDOS Internet, a.s.	3	0%	0	0	1
Secura GmbH	2	0%	0	0	0
Webnames.ca Inc.	2	0%	0	0	0
Ledl.net GmbH & Co KG	2	0%	0	0	0
Dynadot2 LLC	2	0%	▲ +1	0	0
Diamatrix C.C.	2	0%	0	0	0
Dynadot4 LLC	2	0%	0	0	0
Barbero & Associates Limited	2	0%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC - 13	2	0%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC - 23	2	0%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC - 25	2	0%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC - 34	2	0%	0	0	0

Registry activity

Query volumes and EPP operations reported monthly by the registry. The only public signal of how much a TLD is actually resolved rather than merely registered.

Month	Operational registrars	DNS queries (UDP)	Creates	Deletes	Renews
Dec 2017	163	85.41M	201	254	1,639
Nov 2017	163	74.52M	565	375	655
Oct 2017	188	81.94M	279	227	727
Sep 2017	189	83.52M	313	469	1,484
Aug 2017	189	86.10M	210	723	11,070
Jul 2017	188	89.63M	713	1,470	2,081
Jun 2017	188	81.91M	313	317	486
May 2017	189	87.35M	1,074	409	486
Apr 2017	187	81.15M	5,725	531	489
Mar 2017	186	87.60M	378	14,769	2,486
Feb 2017	186	84.61M	457	690	50,026
Jan 2017	184	95.53M	152,977	355	719
Dec 2016	181	93.88M	765	3,689	1,891
Nov 2016	180	88.11M	1,844	431	1,303
Oct 2016	183	85.65M	792	119	370
Sep 2016	181	82.13M	518	70	282
Aug 2016	170	103.90M	257	77	351
Jul 2016	113	91.48M	705	58	233
Jun 2016	112	83.71M	978	62	227
May 2016	110	83.26M	1,138	66	190
Apr 2016	108	76.65M	2,739	162	241
Mar 2016	108	77.84M	4,026	725	240
Feb 2016	95	59.77M	1,262,039	577	685
Jan 2016	91	53.18M	2,720	658	704
Dec 2015	91	55.55M	1,917	815	948
Nov 2015	89	37.40M	2,133	364	886
Oct 2015	88	21.69M	453	164	873
Sep 2015	86	17.89M	397	14	211
Aug 2015	86	20.56M	390	9	260
Jul 2015	86	20.65M	1,259	9	141
Jun 2015	86	17.70M	2,088	2	79
May 2015	87	20.84M	732	3	50
Apr 2015	87	20.84M	1,725	4	39
Mar 2015	87	24.60M	652	7	39
Feb 2015	87	24.97M	2,029,175	289	37
Jan 2015	85	21.06M	16,400,932	75	45
Dec 2014	80	20.91M	2,204	19	36
Nov 2014	79	19.91M	1,225	36	26
Oct 2014	75	19.30M	2,601	2,059	48
Sep 2014	72	14.36M	3,078	6	8
Aug 2014	63	11.32M	84,493	53	9
Jul 2014	45	8.74M	143	212	6
Jun 2014	0	12.33M	0	120	0
May 2014	0	9.40M	0	5	0
Apr 2014	0	0	0	0	0
Mar 2014	0	0	0	0	0

Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated 19 August 2026 and refresh daily. Registrar figures are from ICANN's monthly registry reports for April 2026, which ICANN publishes about three months in arrears; zone files contain no registrar information, so no fresher source exists. Full detail on methodology and live pipeline status.