.phd

2,460 domains as of 19 Aug 2026

Domains

2,460

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: Charleston Road Registry Inc.
Technical backend: Google Registry via ns suffix
Delegated: 29 Jun 2017
Nameservers: ns-tld1.charlestonroadregistry.com, ns-tld2.charlestonroadregistry.com, ns-tld3.charlestonroadregistry.com, ns-tld4.charlestonroadregistry.com, ns-tld5.charlestonroadregistry.com
RDAP: https://pubapi.registry.google/rdap
Zone data: CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Of the 1,906 domains that came up for renewal between May 2025 and Apr 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate

77.96%

above .com/.net/.org

Renewed

1,486

in twelve months

Deleted

420

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 7 of the 37 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

2.40kreported Apr 2026

Share of .phd by registrar
Squarespace Domains II LLC	470	19.62%
Namecheap2 accreditations	444	18.53%
Cloudflare, Inc.	328	13.69%
GoDaddy3 accreditations	307	12.81%
Porkbun LLC	229	9.56%
Tucows2 accreditations	135	5.63%
Automattic Inc.	116	4.84%
Dynadot Inc	60	2.5%
MarkMonitor Inc.	59	2.46%
Name.com, Inc.	58	2.42%
Other27 more	190	7.93%

2,396 attributed to registrars in Apr 2026, against 2,460 in 19 Aug 2026’s zone — the zone is 64 larger. 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, Jun 2017 – 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.

Jun 2017 – Apr 2026 1y 3y 5y All

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Month	Domains	Change	Registrars	Net adds	Deletes
Apr 2026	2,396	▲ +33	41	45	22
Mar 2026	2,363	▲ +37	40	59	25
Feb 2026	2,326	▲ +28	40	55	25
Jan 2026	2,298	▲ +26	40	48	26
Dec 2025	2,272	▼ -3	40	38	43
Nov 2025	2,275	▲ +16	40	36	20
Oct 2025	2,259	▲ +44	40	54	17
Sep 2025	2,215	▼ -25	40	36	63
Aug 2025	2,240	▼ -34	39	45	78
Jul 2025	2,274	▼ -25	39	44	79
Jun 2025	2,299	▲ +40	40	58	12
May 2025	2,259	▲ +54	40	69	10
Apr 2025	2,205	▲ +65	39	65	10
Mar 2025	2,140	▼ -9	39	46	56
Feb 2025	2,149	▲ +17	39	48	24
Jan 2025	2,132	▲ +47	39	52	12
Dec 2024	2,085	▲ +45	39	55	13
Nov 2024	2,040	▲ +42	39	62	11
Oct 2024	1,998	▲ +71	39	83	19
Sep 2024	1,927	▲ +20	39	47	32
Aug 2024	1,907	▼ -89	39	31	131
Jul 2024	1,996	▼ -144	39	49	184
Jun 2024	2,140	▲ +134	41	151	13
May 2024	2,006	▲ +36	40	48	7
Apr 2024	1,970	▲ +57	40	47	2
Mar 2024	1,913	▲ +44	40	49	2
Feb 2024	1,869	▲ +32	39	29	2
Jan 2024	1,837	▲ +96	39	99	2
Dec 2023	1,741	▲ +81	39	85	2
Nov 2023	1,660	▲ +53	39	53	1
Oct 2023	1,607	▲ +42	39	49	4
Sep 2023	1,565	▲ +60	37	65	2
Aug 2023	1,505	▲ +99	37	100	2
Jul 2023	1,406	▲ +91	35	115	13
Jun 2023	1,315	▲ +172	33	300	1
May 2023	1,143	▲ +1,075	32	917	39
Apr 2023	68	▲ +66	9	62	0
Mar 2023	2	0	2	0	0
Feb 2023	2	▲ +1	2	1	0
Jan 2023	1	0	1	0	0
Dec 2022	1	0	1	0	0
Nov 2022	1	0	1	0	0
Oct 2022	1	0	1	0	0
Sep 2022	1	0	1	0	0
Aug 2022	1	0	1	0	0
Jul 2022	1	0	1	0	0
Jun 2022	1	0	1	0	0
May 2022	1	0	1	0	0
Apr 2022	1	0	1	0	0
Mar 2022	1	0	1	0	0
Feb 2022	1	0	1	0	0
Jan 2022	1	0	1	0	0
Dec 2021	1	0	1	0	0
Nov 2021	1	0	1	0	0
Oct 2021	1	0	1	0	0
Sep 2021	1	0	1	0	0
Aug 2021	1	0	1	0	0
Jul 2021	1	0	1	0	0
Jun 2021	1	0	1	0	0
May 2021	1	0	1	0	0
Apr 2021	1	0	1	0	0
Mar 2021	1	0	1	0	0
Feb 2021	1	0	1	0	0
Jan 2021	1	0	1	0	0
Dec 2020	1	0	1	0	0
Nov 2020	1	0	1	0	0
Oct 2020	1	0	1	0	0
Sep 2020	1	0	1	0	0
Aug 2020	1	0	1	0	0
Jul 2020	1	0	1	0	0
Jun 2020	1	0	1	0	0
May 2020	1	0	1	0	0
Apr 2020	1	0	1	0	0
Mar 2020	1	0	1	0	0
Feb 2020	1	0	1	0	0
Jan 2020	1	0	1	0	0
Dec 2019	1	0	1	0	0
Nov 2019	1	0	1	0	0
Oct 2019	1	0	1	0	0
Sep 2019	1	0	1	0	0
Aug 2019	1	0	1	0	0
Jul 2019	1	0	1	0	0
Jun 2019	1	0	1	0	0
May 2019	1	0	1	0	0
Apr 2019	1	0	1	0	0
Mar 2019	1	0	1	0	0
Feb 2019	1	0	1	0	0
Jan 2019	1	0	1	0	0
Dec 2018	1	0	1	0	0
Nov 2018	1	0	1	0	0
Oct 2018	1	0	1	0	0
Sep 2018	1	0	1	0	0
Aug 2018	1	0	1	0	0
Jul 2018	1	0	1	0	0
Jun 2018	1	0	1	0	0
May 2018	1	0	1	0	0
Apr 2018	1	0	1	0	0
Mar 2018	1	0	1	0	0
Feb 2018	1	0	1	0	0
Jan 2018	1	0	1	0	0
Dec 2017	1	0	1	0	0
Nov 2017	1	0	1	0	0
Oct 2017	1	0	1	0	0
Sep 2017	1	0	1	0	0
Aug 2017	1	0	1	0	0
Jul 2017	1	0	1	0	0
Jun 2017	1	–	1	0	0

Showing all 107 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
Squarespace Domains II LLC	470	19.6%	▲ +3	0	4
NameCheap, Inc.	369	15.4%	▲ +1	0	6
Cloudflare, Inc.	328	13.7%	▲ +14	1	1
GoDaddy.com, LLC	304	12.7%	▲ +4	0	0
Porkbun LLC	229	9.6%	▲ +10	0	1
Tucows Domains Inc.	129	5.4%	0	0	2
Automattic Inc.	116	4.8%	▲ +4	0	0
Spaceship, Inc.	75	3.1%	▲ +1	0	1
Dynadot Inc	60	2.5%	▲ +1	0	4
MarkMonitor Inc.	59	2.5%	0	0	0
Name.com, Inc.	58	2.4%	▲ +4	1	0
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.	49	2%	0	0	0
101domain GRS Limited	23	1%	0	0	1
NETIM SAS	18	0.8%	0	0	0
Gandi SAS	15	0.6%	0	0	1
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE	14	0.6%	0	0	0
CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH d/b/a joker.com	8	0.3%	0	0	0
Domeneshop AS dba domainnameshop.com	8	0.3%	0	0	0
Key-Systems, LLC	7	0.3%	0	0	0
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA	6	0.3%	0	0	0
Marcaria International LLC	6	0.3%	0	0	0
EnCirca, Inc.	5	0.2%	0	0	0
Soluciones Corporativas IP, SL	5	0.2%	0	0	0
united-domains GmbH	4	0.2%	0	0	0
INWX GmbH	4	0.2%	0	0	0
Sav.com, LLC	3	0.1%	0	0	0
Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu	3	0.1%	0	0	0
Devexpanse Ltd	3	0.1%	▲ +3	0	0
COREhub, S.R.L.	2	0.1%	0	0	0
InterNetX GmbH	2	0.1%	0	0	0
Wild West Domains, LLC	2	0.1%	0	0	0
Nameshield SAS	2	0.1%	0	0	0
Variomedia AG	2	0.1%	0	0	0
eNom, LLC	1	0%	0	0	0
Secura GmbH	1	0%	0	0	0
EuroDNS S.A.	1	0%	0	0	0
Lexsynergy Limited	1	0%	0	0	0
Gransy, s.r.o.	1	0%	0	0	0
GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC	1	0%	0	0	0
Reserved for billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	1	0%	0	0	0
Reserved for non-billable transactions where Registry Operator acts as Registrar	1	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)	RDAP queries	Creates	Deletes	Renews
Apr 2026	233	255.08M	3.11B	66	18	362
Mar 2026	230	264.19M	2.67B	78	16	111
Feb 2026	228	237.64M	2.00B	65	14	64
Jan 2026	227	249.87M	1.93B	65	39	50
Dec 2025	224	222.78M	1.84B	49	27	66
Nov 2025	224	161.45M	1.79B	51	40	53
Oct 2025	222	173.06M	1.76B	72	22	59
Sep 2025	219	187.62M	1.37B	51	16	45
Aug 2025	219	192.93M	1.21B	1,978	49	70
Jul 2025	218	194.61M	1.08B	64	73	74
Jun 2025	217	204.67M	949.80M	65	99	94
May 2025	217	157.70M	749.35M	79	14	255
Apr 2025	215	109.98M	554.68M	69	12	362
Mar 2025	215	139.92M	499.85M	47	5	95
Feb 2025	214	121.19M	67.96M	45	60	34
Jan 2025	214	137.62M	45.26M	58	24	31
Dec 2024	214	174.35M	68.75M	57	15	43
Nov 2024	214	167.01M	34.75M	53	11	23
Oct 2024	213	159.75M	25.27M	86	13	29
Sep 2024	213	152.20M	17.88M	58	18	26
Aug 2024	213	150.84M	22.34M	33	30	46
Jul 2024	212	154.88M	18.72M	0	0	0
Jun 2024	211	151.75M	17.65M	0	0	0
May 2024	208	144.57M	16.44M	0	0	0
Apr 2024	208	195.34M	17.96M	0	0	0
Mar 2024	208	140.86M	19.71M	0	0	0
Feb 2024	207	130.29M	14.18M	0	0	0
Jan 2024	207	148.23M	14.74M	94	1	0
Dec 2023	206	166.47M	12.84M	87	4	4
Nov 2023	206	134.46M	13.06M	53	0	5
Oct 2023	206	124.40M	14.06M	44	2	2
Sep 2023	202	98.33M	12.19M	65	5	3
Aug 2023	201	99.37M	13.40M	105	2	2
Jul 2023	176	95.36M	12.29M	108	13	1
Jun 2023	174	96.43M	0	198	1	2
May 2023	173	76.41M	0	10,487	39	7
Apr 2023	173	69.06M	0	79	0	0
Mar 2023	173	55.73M	0	0	0	0
Feb 2023	172	85.66M	0	1	0	0
Jan 2023	172	122.62M	0	0	0	0
Dec 2022	172	116.45M	0	0	0	0
Nov 2022	172	93.79M	0	0	0	0
Oct 2022	122	120.17M	0	0	0	0
Sep 2022	122	107.90M	0	0	0	0
Aug 2022	122	109.07M	0	0	0	0
Jul 2022	122	123.83M	0	0	0	0
Jun 2022	122	124.39M	0	0	0	0
May 2022	121	114.17M	0	0	0	0
Apr 2022	121	99.20M	0	0	0	0
Mar 2022	121	83.34M	0	0	0	0
Feb 2022	120	74.19M	0	0	0	0
Jan 2022	119	79.44M	0	0	0	0
Dec 2021	118	75.89M	0	0	0	0
Nov 2021	117	72.07M	0	0	0	0
Oct 2021	117	72.15M	0	0	0	0
Sep 2021	115	62.43M	0	0	0	0
Aug 2021	115	68.64M	0	0	0	0
Jul 2021	115	58.65M	0	0	0	0
Jun 2021	115	32.75M	0	0	0	0
May 2021	115	55.87M	0	0	0	0
Apr 2021	115	56.71M	0	0	0	0
Mar 2021	113	3.40M	0	0	0	0
Feb 2021	112	23.57M	0	0	0	0
Jan 2021	112	71.31M	0	0	0	0
Dec 2020	112	65.50M	0	0	0	0
Nov 2020	112	66.58M	0	0	0	0
Oct 2020	112	97.90M	0	0	0	0
Sep 2020	112	52.20M	0	0	0	0
Aug 2020	112	47.70M	0	0	0	0
Jul 2020	109	45.13M	0	0	0	0
Jun 2020	109	41.38M	0	0	0	0
May 2020	105	40.09M	0	0	0	0
Apr 2020	104	35.92M	0	0	0	0
Mar 2020	104	45.97M	0	0	0	0
Feb 2020	104	47.07M	0	0	0	0
Jan 2020	104	33.97M	0	0	0	0
Dec 2019	104	32.95M	0	0	0	0
Nov 2019	103	32.61M	0	0	0	0
Oct 2019	103	33.24M	0	0	0	0
Sep 2019	103	31.87M	0	0	0	0
Aug 2019	103	31.75M	0	0	0	0
Jul 2019	103	33.38M	0	0	0	0
Jun 2019	102	29.76M	0	0	0	0
May 2019	102	30.82M	0	0	0	0
Apr 2019	101	31.53M	0	0	0	0
Mar 2019	100	34.14M	0	0	0	0
Feb 2019	98	30.54M	0	0	0	0
Jan 2019	96	38.08M	0	0	0	0
Dec 2018	96	42.51M	0	0	0	0
Nov 2018	94	28.99M	0	0	0	0
Oct 2018	94	28.18M	0	0	0	0
Sep 2018	92	28.62M	0	0	0	0
Aug 2018	92	29.97M	0	0	0	0
Jul 2018	90	19.30M	0	0	0	0
Jun 2018	88	19.96M	0	0	0	0
May 2018	87	20.90M	0	0	0	0
Apr 2018	77	19.34M	0	0	0	0
Mar 2018	54	19.27M	0	0	0	0
Feb 2018	52	17.33M	0	0	0	0
Jan 2018	52	19.06M	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.