.education

29,480 domains as of 2 Sep 2026

Domains

29,480

2 Sep 2026

30-day change

–

Signed in root

✔ Yes

DS record present

Type

Generic

ASCII

Registrar figures are for July 2015. 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: Binky Moon, LLC
Technical backend: Identity Digital via rdap host
Delegated: 28 Dec 2013
Nameservers: v0n0.nic.education, v0n1.nic.education, v0n2.nic.education, v0n3.nic.education, v2n0.nic.education, v2n1.nic.education
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 27,602 domains that came up for renewal between Jun 2025 and May 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate

77.36%

above .com/.net/.org

Renewed

21,352

in twelve months

Deleted

6,250

in twelve months

For comparison, the median gTLD keeps 68.71% and .com, .net and .org together keep 73.23%.

Registrar share

individual · combined

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Related accreditations combined into corporate families, folding 7 of the 93 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

16.43kreported Jul 2015

Share of .education by registrar
GoDaddy3 accreditations	6,274	38.19%
eNom, LLC	1,785	10.86%
IONOS SE	1,402	8.53%
Tucows2 accreditations	921	5.61%
Gandi SAS	580	3.53%
Key-Systems	510	3.1%
Mesh Digital Limited	496	3.02%
Newfold Digital2 accreditations	477	2.9%
Name.com, Inc.	392	2.39%
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com	356	2.17%
Other83 more	3,237	19.7%

Domains by month, May 2023 – May 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.

May 2023 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y 10y All

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Month	Domains	Change	Registrars	Net adds	Deletes
May 2026	31,444	▼ -95	234	523	589
Apr 2026	31,539	▼ -53	234	1,005	528
Mar 2026	31,592	▲ +564	232	492	494
Feb 2026	31,028	▼ -100	232	419	507
Jan 2026	31,128	▼ -41	228	421	499
Dec 2025	31,169	▲ +5	230	433	440

Showing the latest 6 of 37 months in this range. Show all 37.

Domains by day, 12 Aug 2026 – 2 Sep 2026

Source: Daily zone files

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

12 Aug 2026 – 2 Sep 2026

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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

Registrar figures are for May 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.

Registrar	Domains	Share	Net adds	Transfers in	Deletes
GoDaddy.com, LLC	8,381	51%	▲ +134	11	126
Squarespace Domains II LLC	3,760	22.9%	▲ +47	0	28
NameCheap, Inc.	1,819	11.1%	▲ +46	1	63
IONOS SE	1,421	8.6%	▲ +8	0	23
Tucows Domains Inc.	1,213	7.4%	▲ +16	0	21
Gandi SAS	895	5.4%	▲ +3	0	6
InterNetX GmbH	807	4.9%	0	0	2
Key-Systems, LLC	794	4.8%	▲ +14	0	11
HOSTINGER operations, UAB	767	4.7%	▲ +38	3	22
Cloudflare, Inc.	607	3.7%	▲ +32	18	6
OVH sas	581	3.5%	▲ +11	0	5
Domain Science Kutatási Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság	548	3.3%	▲ +28	0	108
eNom, LLC	540	3.3%	▲ +2	1	11
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com	533	3.2%	▲ +1	0	15
Porkbun LLC	525	3.2%	▲ +20	0	12
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	490	3%	▲ +5	0	18
Mesh Digital Limited	464	2.8%	▲ +17	1	3
Amazon Registrar, Inc.	430	2.6%	▲ +9	0	3
Name.com, Inc.	428	2.6%	▲ +20	1	10
Network Solutions, LLC	418	2.5%	▲ +5	1	3
Automattic Inc.	352	2.1%	▲ +2	0	11
Cronon GmbH	291	1.8%	0	0	3
Dynadot Inc	289	1.8%	▲ +5	0	13
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA	274	1.7%	▲ +4	0	4
MarkMonitor Inc.	260	1.6%	▲ +1	2	0
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.	251	1.5%	0	0	1
GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com	163	1%	▲ +2	0	1
Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC	159	1%	▲ +1	0	4
Wild West Domains, LLC	157	1%	▲ +1	0	3
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE	154	0.9%	▲ +2	2	0
Spaceship, Inc.	152	0.9%	▲ +3	6	1
united-domains GmbH	151	0.9%	▲ +3	0	1
1API GmbH	148	0.9%	0	0	0
Squarespace Domains LLC	133	0.8%	0	0	1
Synergy Wholesale Accreditations Pty Ltd	131	0.8%	▲ +3	0	1
Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd	128	0.8%	▲ +1	0	4
NameSilo, LLC	122	0.7%	▲ +3	2	2
Domain.com - Network Solutions, LLC	103	0.6%	0	0	3
Regional Network Information Center, JSC dba RU-CENTER	98	0.6%	0	0	0
NETIM SAS	88	0.5%	0	1	3
Hosting Ukraine LLC	80	0.5%	▲ +1	0	2
EuroDNS S.A.	76	0.5%	0	0	1
One.com A/S	74	0.5%	▲ +2	0	2
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC	74	0.5%	0	2	0
Register.com - Network Solutions, LLC	73	0.4%	0	0	0
101domain GRS Limited	73	0.4%	0	0	1
Gransy, s.r.o.	71	0.4%	▲ +3	0	3
Netregistry Wholesale Pty Ltd	66	0.4%	▲ +1	0	0
Nameshield SAS	59	0.4%	0	0	1
Scaleway SAS	58	0.4%	▲ +1	1	1
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com	58	0.4%	▲ +1	0	0
Marcaria International LLC	57	0.3%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC	53	0.3%	▲ +3	0	0
Realtime Register B.V.	53	0.3%	▲ +2	1	0
Internet Invest, Ltd. dba Imena.ua	53	0.3%	▲ +1	0	1
Safenames Ltd	48	0.3%	0	0	0
Metaregistrar BV	47	0.3%	0	4	1
Webnames.ca Inc.	40	0.2%	0	0	1
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL	38	0.2%	0	0	0
Vautron Rechenzentrum AG	36	0.2%	0	0	0
BigRock Solutions Ltd.	35	0.2%	▲ +3	0	0
Gabia, Inc.	30	0.2%	▲ +1	0	1
Dinahosting s.l.	30	0.2%	0	0	1
Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc	28	0.2%	0	0	1
INWX GmbH	28	0.2%	▲ +1	0	0
DNC Holdings, Inc.	26	0.2%	0	0	0
WEDOS Internet, a.s.	26	0.2%	▲ +1	0	0
Global Domain Group LLC	26	0.2%	▲ +1	0	0
LiquidNet Ltd.	25	0.2%	0	0	0
Super Registry Ltd	24	0.1%	0	0	0
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com	24	0.1%	0	0	1
OnlineNIC, Inc.	23	0.1%	0	1	1
Abion AB	22	0.1%	0	0	0
Global Domains International, Inc. DBA DomainCostClub.com	22	0.1%	0	0	0
PlanetHoster Inc.	22	0.1%	0	0	0
Go China Domains, LLC	20	0.1%	0	0	0
P.A. Viet Nam Company Limited	20	0.1%	0	0	1
Blue Razor Domains, LLC	19	0.1%	0	0	0
10dencehispahard SLU	19	0.1%	0	1	0
The Registrar Company B.V.	19	0.1%	0	0	0
Ligne Web Services SAS dba LWS	19	0.1%	▲ +2	0	0
Go Australia Domains, LLC	18	0.1%	0	0	0
Dominet (HK) Limited	18	0.1%	▲ +2	0	2
COREhub, S.R.L.	17	0.1%	0	0	0
SafeBrands SAS	17	0.1%	0	0	0
Name SRS AB	16	0.1%	0	0	1
RegistrarSEC LLC	16	0.1%	0	0	0
NicNames, Inc.	16	0.1%	0	1	1
GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd.	15	0.1%	0	0	1
Interdominios, Inc.	13	0.1%	0	0	1
WHC Online Solutions Inc.	13	0.1%	0	0	0
Go France Domains, LLC	13	0.1%	0	0	0
Easyspace Limited	12	0.1%	0	0	0
Go Canada Domains, LLC	12	0.1%	0	0	0
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.	12	0.1%	0	0	0
MAT BAO CORPORATION	12	0.1%	▲ +1	0	0
Atak Domain Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş.	12	0.1%	0	0	1
Whois Corp.	11	0.1%	0	0	1
Regtime Ltd.	11	0.1%	0	0	0
Server Plan Srl	11	0.1%	0	0	0

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
May 2026	1,648	3.22B	1.62M	947	741	1,073	34	4
Apr 2026	1,643	2.84B	1.65M	621	620	1,122	34	1
Mar 2026	1,644	2.69B	1.90M	1,460	609	2,298	22	4
Feb 2026	1,643	1.78B	1.61M	475	533	1,126	14	3
Jan 2026	1,642	1.58B	1.73M	493	607	1,085	20	1
Dec 2025	1,642	1.79B	1.61M	727	575	879	16	3
Nov 2025	1,641	1.68B	1.54M	578	493	896	22	0
Oct 2025	1,636	1.55B	1.30M	890	562	1,125	24	0
Sep 2025	1,635	1.46B	1.25M	1,458	518	2,595	39	0
Aug 2025	1,631	1.56B	999.03k	1,536	622	1,151	26	2
Jul 2025	1,628	1.52B	713.02k	1,505	503	1,073	20	6
Jun 2025	1,624	1.48B	727.90k	1,670	538	1,150	34	3
May 2025	1,621	1.52B	691.97k	1,211	615	1,112	28	1
Apr 2025	1,619	3.51B	790.21k	739	499	1,158	19	0
Mar 2025	1,616	9.43B	599.64k	827	561	1,579	20	0
Feb 2025	1,615	1.33B	510.76k	945	2,328	1,174	33	0
Jan 2025	1,611	1.37B	528.76k	557	3,784	1,186	39	1
Dec 2024	1,608	1.32B	631.28k	8,173	581	961	28	1
Nov 2024	1,606	1.18B	505.00k	29,245	631	907	18	2
Oct 2024	1,604	1.13B	364.78k	17,377	607	1,142	28	2
Sep 2024	1,601	1.07B	182.61k	9,523	522	1,112	37	8
Aug 2024	1,600	1.10B	213.71k	12,057	508	1,129	31	3
Jul 2024	1,600	1.08B	165.84k	477	492	1,110	15	9
Jun 2024	1,598	1.01B	176.52k	15,682	4,209	1,009	13	0
May 2024	1,598	1.07B	99.14k	9,101	2,329	882	68	3
Apr 2024	1,598	1.30B	95.21k	8,762	637	993	32	6
Mar 2024	1,597	1.04B	93.61k	14,250	575	1,180	52	2
Feb 2024	1,595	1.04B	88.35k	9,797	563	1,104	35	2
Jan 2024	1,596	12.46B	104.31k	10,886	543	925	22	3
Dec 2023	1,596	977.33M	110.93k	10,077	540	695	23	0
Nov 2023	1,595	849.18M	126.62k	32,700	523	698	13	3
Oct 2023	1,340	988.50M	85.25k	565	589	837	23	0
Sep 2023	338	1.29B	0	533	716	782	27	3
Aug 2023	337	906.75M	0	596	542	836	34	2
Jul 2023	336	908.10M	0	1,788	542	816	26	2
Jun 2023	336	1.26B	0	1,105	593	832	39	0
May 2023	335	902.40M	0	679	607	837	16	0
Apr 2023	335	850.50M	0	624	541	948	33	5
Mar 2023	332	959.80M	0	575	524	1,070	18	1
Feb 2023	332	785.56M	0	552	407	979	17	2
Jan 2023	331	896.40M	0	569	511	910	22	1
Dec 2022	331	857.38M	0	557	587	811	170	5
Nov 2022	326	918.74M	0	636	583	696	278	4
Oct 2022	326	1.17B	0	716	571	771	246	1
Sep 2022	327	1.04B	0	686	679	751	88	2
Aug 2022	327	864.18M	0	924	522	785	111	2
Jul 2022	325	878.45M	0	542	534	802	69	1
Jun 2022	325	893.02M	0	817	555	843	45	0
May 2022	320	893.73M	0	721	831	818	64	1
Apr 2022	319	863.63M	0	43,644	574	986	42	3
Mar 2022	317	837.22M	0	37,170	477	1,242	27	2
Feb 2022	314	719.02M	0	3,707	362	944	36	1
Jan 2022	309	737.78M	0	1,963	390	864	36	0
Dec 2021	307	709.11M	0	2,879	419	684	33	3
Nov 2021	295	801.89M	0	1,743	461	664	21	0
Oct 2021	264	723.85M	0	3,812	523	733	16	0
Sep 2021	237	554.13M	0	977	498	801	21	0
Aug 2021	238	549.02M	0	10,643	522	1,062	5	0
Jul 2021	234	532.93M	0	31,672	506	740	13	2
Jun 2021	246	473.59M	0	453,091	3,075	873	12	5
May 2021	246	483.74M	0	101,549	690	907	13	0
Apr 2021	246	516.67M	0	57,603	511	902	9	3
Mar 2021	246	476.08M	0	186,362	412	1,170	22	1
Feb 2021	243	408.22M	0	92,745	393	880	39	3
Jan 2021	240	426.94M	0	61,237	354	730	11	1
Dec 2020	239	396.11M	0	593	362	610	7	3
Nov 2020	239	395.50M	0	155,682	438	495	13	3
Oct 2020	240	463.20M	0	179,710	451	522	14	0
Sep 2020	238	406.34M	0	739	325	564	13	2
Aug 2020	238	356.63M	0	1,363	420	610	16	7
Jul 2020	238	354.91M	0	795	375	560	10	1
Jun 2020	238	334.24M	0	831	519	705	10	2
May 2020	235	350.45M	0	963	616	671	6	0
Apr 2020	235	335.98M	0	1,021	829	807	10	4
Mar 2020	233	333.26M	0	1,047	612	1,194	13	1
Feb 2020	232	300.31M	0	584	321	738	10	2
Jan 2020	231	286.94M	0	662	401	636	15	0
Dec 2019	231	285.67M	0	472	414	495	13	1
Nov 2019	231	293.20M	0	557	437	464	10	0
Oct 2019	216	282.39M	0	561	478	531	6	0
Sep 2019	216	250.44M	0	623	352	594	19	0
Aug 2019	215	228.50M	0	574	390	541	12	3
Jul 2019	214	224.10M	0	636	416	660	13	0
Jun 2019	213	211.93M	0	494	484	565	9	2
May 2019	214	226.31M	0	561	620	614	11	1
Apr 2019	212	213.17M	0	537	426	747	11	2
Mar 2019	212	227.16M	0	585	316	1,070	10	2
Feb 2019	211	185.21M	0	557	319	711	12	1
Jan 2019	209	205.94M	0	544	428	575	13	1
Dec 2018	208	184.33M	0	478	368	400	17	2
Nov 2018	208	172.48M	0	495	427	460	8	3
Oct 2018	206	178.14M	0	69,012	401	520	14	2
Sep 2018	205	165.71M	0	579	387	560	29	0
Aug 2018	204	171.12M	0	525	521	504	14	0
Jul 2018	204	165.17M	0	707	479	514	11	3
Jun 2018	201	159.64M	0	500	572	623	14	0
May 2018	200	158.48M	0	460	705	633	9	1
Apr 2018	198	148.36M	0	473	493	735	12	0
Mar 2018	198	155.39M	0	1,049	379	1,194	21	4
Feb 2018	196	138.85M	0	448	330	847	13	0

Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated 2 September 2026 and refresh daily. Registrar figures are from ICANN's monthly registry reports for May 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.