.direct
12,331 domains as of 26 Aug 2026
Registry details
From the IANA Root Zone Database and RDAP bootstrap.
- Registry operator
- Binky Moon, LLC
- Technical backend
- Identity Digital via rdap host
- Delegated
- 2 Jul 2014
- Nameservers
- v0n0.nic.direct, v0n1.nic.direct, v0n2.nic.direct, v0n3.nic.direct, v2n0.nic.direct, v2n1.nic.direct
- RDAP
- https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap
- Zone data
- CZDS access approved — counted daily
Do people keep it?
all renewal rates ›Source: ICANN monthly registry reports
Of the 11,029 domains that came up for renewal between May 2025 and Apr 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.
For comparison, the median gTLD keeps 69.15% and .com, .net and .org together keep 73.25%.
Registrar share
individual · combinedSource: ICANN monthly registry reports
Related accreditations combined into corporate families, folding 9 of the 112 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.
| GoDaddy4 accreditations | 3,395 | 25.7% |
|---|---|---|
| Namecheap | 1,685 | 12.76% |
| Mesh Digital Limited | 1,119 | 8.47% |
| Tucows2 accreditations | 713 | 5.4% |
| CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. | 528 | 4% |
| Squarespace Domains II LLC | 510 | 3.86% |
| Newfold Digital3 accreditations | 491 | 3.72% |
| IONOS SE | 415 | 3.14% |
| Key-Systems | 334 | 2.53% |
| Gandi SAS | 322 | 2.44% |
| Other102 more | 3,698 | 27.99% |
13,728 attributed to registrars in Apr 2026, against 12,331 in 26 Aug 2026’s zone — the zone is 1,397 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, Jul 2014 – Apr 2026
Source: ICANN monthly registry reports
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.
| Month | Domains | Change | Registrars | Net adds | Deletes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | 13,728 | ▲ +215 | 174 | 656 | 214 |
| Mar 2026 | 13,513 | ▲ +266 | 173 | 239 | 217 |
| Feb 2026 | 13,247 | ▲ +3 | 169 | 263 | 235 |
| Jan 2026 | 13,244 | ▼ -39 | 168 | 209 | 275 |
| Dec 2025 | 13,283 | ▼ -108 | 165 | 248 | 346 |
| Nov 2025 | 13,391 | ▲ +43 | 165 | 229 | 210 |
Showing the latest 6 of 142 months in this range. Show all 142.
Domains by day, 12 Aug 2026 – 26 Aug 2026
Source: Daily zone files
Counted from daily zone files. Names with at least one NS record or a DS record.
Daily change
Source: Daily zone files
Day-over-day difference of the zone's name list, over the same window as the chart above.
- Added
- Dropped
Registrars
Registry activity
Source: ICANN monthly registry reports
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) | RDAP queries | Creates | Deletes | Renews | Transfers approved | Rejected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | 1,642 | 4.67B | 1.10M | 542 | 208 | 284 | 28 | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,643 | 7.17B | 1.13M | 666 | 218 | 2,034 | 15 | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 1,642 | 4.53B | 958.68k | 361 | 206 | 310 | 14 | 0 |
| Jan 2026 | 1,641 | 3.60B | 1.12M | 317 | 262 | 295 | 25 | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,641 | 3.67B | 1.01M | 283 | 279 | 343 | 16 | 0 |
| Nov 2025 | 1,640 | 3.05B | 963.81k | 263 | 358 | 354 | 34 | 2 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,635 | 2.72B | 843.17k | 262 | 244 | 303 | 54 | 1 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,634 | 2.58B | 846.51k | 393 | 261 | 2,614 | 45 | 2 |
| Aug 2025 | 1,630 | 3.11B | 667.21k | 906 | 202 | 376 | 19 | 2 |
| Jul 2025 | 1,627 | 2.66B | 562.10k | 380 | 213 | 389 | 17 | 1 |
| Jun 2025 | 1,623 | 2.84B | 550.83k | 297 | 209 | 308 | 13 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 1,620 | 2.32B | 521.84k | 330 | 302 | 328 | 13 | 0 |
| Apr 2025 | 1,618 | 1.88B | 597.27k | 863 | 217 | 309 | 22 | 4 |
| Mar 2025 | 1,615 | 1.89B | 489.04k | 409 | 176 | 370 | 16 | 0 |
| Feb 2025 | 1,614 | 1.70B | 496.21k | 219 | 199 | 325 | 15 | 1 |
| Jan 2025 | 1,610 | 1.66B | 449.30k | 198 | 187 | 348 | 17 | 0 |
| Dec 2024 | 1,607 | 1.71B | 464.04k | 229 | 165 | 400 | 11 | 0 |
| Nov 2024 | 1,605 | 1.39B | 428.16k | 333 | 275 | 276 | 8 | 2 |
| Oct 2024 | 1,603 | 1.39B | 262.75k | 17,175 | 180 | 320 | 21 | 9 |
| Sep 2024 | 1,600 | 1.28B | 84.70k | 347 | 265 | 808 | 14 | 1 |
| Aug 2024 | 1,599 | 1.29B | 90.79k | 3,886 | 218 | 432 | 31 | 0 |
| Jul 2024 | 1,599 | 1.29B | 75.50k | 3,376 | 196 | 416 | 7 | 0 |
| Jun 2024 | 1,597 | 1.32B | 74.14k | 1,990 | 248 | 309 | 18 | 2 |
| May 2024 | 1,597 | 1.37B | 51.07k | 366 | 266 | 311 | 16 | 0 |
| Apr 2024 | 1,597 | 1.41B | 46.13k | 235 | 269 | 272 | 18 | 3 |
| Mar 2024 | 1,596 | 1.46B | 60.00k | 9,726 | 198 | 321 | 51 | 3 |
| Feb 2024 | 1,594 | 1.31B | 52.05k | 1,906 | 246 | 260 | 31 | 3 |
| Jan 2024 | 1,595 | 1.30B | 60.87k | 441 | 196 | 256 | 18 | 1 |
| Dec 2023 | 1,595 | 1.28B | 66.60k | 3,175 | 304 | 340 | 18 | 4 |
| Nov 2023 | 1,594 | 1.28B | 75.42k | 204 | 219 | 289 | 17 | 0 |
| Oct 2023 | 1,339 | 1.36B | 46.75k | 282 | 235 | 322 | 14 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 337 | 1.30B | 0 | 179 | 199 | 781 | 12 | 1 |
| Aug 2023 | 336 | 1.38B | 0 | 346 | 243 | 424 | 18 | 2 |
| Jul 2023 | 335 | 1.39B | 0 | 328 | 374 | 371 | 5 | 0 |
| Jun 2023 | 335 | 1.45B | 0 | 244 | 310 | 330 | 29 | 1 |
| May 2023 | 334 | 1.41B | 0 | 259 | 983 | 351 | 10 | 0 |
| Apr 2023 | 334 | 1.51B | 0 | 174 | 273 | 326 | 7 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 331 | 1.51B | 0 | 242 | 202 | 297 | 22 | 0 |
| Feb 2023 | 331 | 1.31B | 0 | 174 | 286 | 313 | 14 | 0 |
| Jan 2023 | 330 | 1.53B | 0 | 252 | 212 | 327 | 27 | 2 |
| Dec 2022 | 329 | 2.33B | 0 | 487 | 280 | 354 | 257 | 0 |
| Nov 2022 | 324 | 3.78B | 0 | 362 | 240 | 320 | 351 | 0 |
| Oct 2022 | 324 | 3.30B | 0 | 358 | 242 | 334 | 339 | 1 |
| Sep 2022 | 325 | 2.85B | 0 | 266 | 368 | 765 | 115 | 1 |
| Aug 2022 | 325 | 2.63B | 0 | 268 | 216 | 427 | 123 | 5 |
| Jul 2022 | 323 | 2.25B | 0 | 352 | 219 | 389 | 112 | 0 |
| Jun 2022 | 323 | 2.00B | 0 | 445 | 321 | 296 | 90 | 1 |
| May 2022 | 318 | 1.33B | 0 | 443 | 325 | 353 | 141 | 4 |
| Apr 2022 | 317 | 1.26B | 0 | 15,963 | 277 | 287 | 80 | 1 |
| Mar 2022 | 315 | 1.23B | 0 | 150,533 | 266 | 340 | 29 | 2 |
| Feb 2022 | 312 | 1.12B | 0 | 102,383 | 176 | 323 | 72 | 1 |
| Jan 2022 | 308 | 1.21B | 0 | 4,154 | 284 | 319 | 61 | 0 |
| Dec 2021 | 306 | 1.16B | 0 | 7,612 | 210 | 324 | 91 | 2 |
| Nov 2021 | 294 | 1.12B | 0 | 2,478 | 212 | 337 | 24 | 0 |
| Oct 2021 | 263 | 905.10M | 0 | 7,626 | 180 | 304 | 24 | 5 |
| Sep 2021 | 236 | 586.38M | 0 | 8,412 | 199 | 737 | 15 | 0 |
| Aug 2021 | 237 | 542.51M | 0 | 11,861 | 259 | 381 | 11 | 2 |
| Jul 2021 | 233 | 579.68M | 0 | 314,355 | 221 | 338 | 14 | 0 |
| Jun 2021 | 245 | 524.73M | 0 | 82,993 | 246 | 513 | 8 | 3 |
| May 2021 | 245 | 579.49M | 0 | 77,708 | 230 | 329 | 57 | 0 |
| Apr 2021 | 245 | 613.23M | 0 | 96,665 | 266 | 261 | 18 | 0 |
| Mar 2021 | 245 | 534.97M | 0 | 113,003 | 211 | 350 | 5 | 1 |
| Feb 2021 | 242 | 485.45M | 0 | 286,731 | 199 | 302 | 7 | 1 |
| Jan 2021 | 239 | 532.85M | 0 | 6,146 | 156 | 335 | 16 | 0 |
| Dec 2020 | 238 | 506.78M | 0 | 121,517 | 135 | 297 | 10 | 0 |
| Nov 2020 | 238 | 475.96M | 0 | 64,994 | 174 | 263 | 11 | 0 |
| Oct 2020 | 238 | 540.24M | 0 | 102,592 | 796 | 288 | 19 | 1 |
| Sep 2020 | 236 | 477.35M | 0 | 195 | 294 | 401 | 5 | 0 |
| Aug 2020 | 236 | 449.62M | 0 | 259 | 232 | 688 | 12 | 2 |
| Jul 2020 | 236 | 446.80M | 0 | 318 | 198 | 377 | 5 | 0 |
| Jun 2020 | 236 | 425.54M | 0 | 244 | 224 | 331 | 7 | 0 |
| May 2020 | 233 | 443.35M | 0 | 468 | 242 | 331 | 4 | 1 |
| Apr 2020 | 233 | 408.71M | 0 | 276 | 673 | 222 | 10 | 1 |
| Mar 2020 | 231 | 401.51M | 0 | 236 | 279 | 401 | 6 | 2 |
| Feb 2020 | 231 | 359.56M | 0 | 262 | 154 | 327 | 5 | 1 |
| Jan 2020 | 230 | 378.29M | 0 | 276 | 403 | 325 | 9 | 1 |
| Dec 2019 | 230 | 402.65M | 0 | 188 | 284 | 264 | 7 | 1 |
| Nov 2019 | 230 | 337.95M | 0 | 141 | 282 | 295 | 18 | 0 |
| Oct 2019 | 215 | 338.52M | 0 | 173 | 272 | 303 | 9 | 1 |
| Sep 2019 | 215 | 296.89M | 0 | 185 | 179 | 394 | 8 | 1 |
| Aug 2019 | 214 | 275.74M | 0 | 231 | 230 | 765 | 12 | 2 |
| Jul 2019 | 213 | 256.29M | 0 | 553 | 196 | 348 | 6 | 0 |
| Jun 2019 | 212 | 249.07M | 0 | 205 | 198 | 263 | 5 | 0 |
| May 2019 | 213 | 251.00M | 0 | 182 | 214 | 311 | 4 | 0 |
| Apr 2019 | 212 | 231.34M | 0 | 202 | 213 | 387 | 10 | 0 |
| Mar 2019 | 211 | 218.94M | 0 | 452 | 197 | 367 | 38 | 0 |
| Feb 2019 | 210 | 184.28M | 0 | 251 | 233 | 225 | 13 | 1 |
| Jan 2019 | 208 | 204.39M | 0 | 283 | 232 | 273 | 21 | 0 |
| Dec 2018 | 207 | 185.86M | 0 | 248 | 230 | 237 | 5 | 0 |
| Nov 2018 | 207 | 168.13M | 0 | 120,577 | 299 | 295 | 5 | 0 |
| Oct 2018 | 205 | 166.60M | 0 | 39,413 | 301 | 308 | 9 | 0 |
| Sep 2018 | 204 | 157.79M | 0 | 166 | 234 | 485 | 15 | 0 |
| Aug 2018 | 203 | 170.61M | 0 | 232 | 334 | 444 | 4 | 0 |
| Jul 2018 | 203 | 165.03M | 0 | 249 | 226 | 368 | 6 | 0 |
| Jun 2018 | 199 | 157.03M | 0 | 296 | 234 | 264 | 5 | 4 |
| May 2018 | 198 | 152.36M | 0 | 323 | 212 | 318 | 12 | 0 |
| Apr 2018 | 198 | 145.15M | 0 | 342 | 142 | 259 | 6 | 0 |
| Mar 2018 | 198 | 146.24M | 0 | 825 | 182 | 296 | 10 | 2 |
| Feb 2018 | 196 | 132.81M | 0 | 213 | 154 | 210 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 2018 | 195 | 163.46M | 0 | 239 | 176 | 226 | 7 | 0 |
Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated 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.