The .africa top-level domain has 58,782 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-07-28 · operated by ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa on the DNS Africa Ltd backend · general availability began 2017-07-01.
.africa
New GenericIn GA- Registry
- ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa
- Technical Operator
- DNS Africa Ltd
- Delegated
- 2017-02-15
- General availability
- 2017-07-01
Domains live today
58,782
Domain growth · last 37 days
2026-06-18 → 2026-07-28Hover any day for exact counts. Drag the timeline below the chart to scroll between dates.
Growth momentum
7-day vs 30-day average7-day avg
+57/ day
30-day avg
+38/ day
Momentum
▲accelerating
+19/day vs 30-day
7-day avg 30-day avg
Daily net change (adds minus drops), smoothed into 7- and 30-day moving averages. When the 7-day line crosses above the 30-day, growth is accelerating; below, it's slowing. Zero line separates growth from contraction.
Apex label profile
Not yet computed for .africa. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.
Launch phases
Source: ICANN- closedSunrise· End Date SunriseApr 04, 2017 → Jun 03, 2017
- closedTrademark ClaimsJul 04, 2017 → Oct 02, 2017
- closedLimited Registration· MVS SunriseApr 04, 2017 → Jun 02, 2017
- closedLimited Registration· Landrush Application 1Jun 05, 2017 → Jun 09, 2017
- closedLimited Registration· Landrush Application 2Jun 12, 2017 → Jun 16, 2017
- closedLimited Registration· Landrush Application 3Jun 19, 2017 → Jun 23, 2017
- closedLimited Registration· Landrush Application 4Jun 26, 2017 → Jun 30, 2017
- liveGeneral Availability(estimated)Jul 01, 2017 → onwards
| # | Date | Domains live | Creates | Expiry | DNSSEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-07-28 | 58,782 | +389 | −200 | 731 |
| 2 | 2026-07-23 | 58,593 | +81 | −57 | 726 |
| 3 | 2026-07-22 | 58,569 | +113 | −42 | 724 |
| 4 | 2026-07-21 | 58,498 | +93 | −46 | 724 |
| 5 | 2026-07-20 | 58,451 | +48 | −38 | 725 |
| 6 | 2026-07-19 | 58,441 | +56 | −45 | 725 |
| 7 | 2026-07-18 | 58,430 | +77 | −32 | 725 |
| 8 | 2026-07-17 | 58,385 | +83 | −60 | 725 |
| 9 | 2026-07-16 | 58,362 | +81 | −40 | 723 |
| 10 | 2026-07-15 | 58,321 | +173 | −101 | 722 |
| 11 | 2026-07-14 | 58,249 | +0 | — | 721 |
| 12 | 2026-07-13 | 58,249 | +60 | −48 | 721 |
| 13 | 2026-07-12 | 58,237 | +61 | −48 | 720 |
| 14 | 2026-07-11 | 58,224 | +102 | −58 | 720 |
| 15 | 2026-07-10 | 58,180 | +97 | −50 | 720 |
| 16 | 2026-07-09 | 58,133 | +81 | −71 | 720 |
| 17 | 2026-07-08 | 58,123 | +123 | −52 | 719 |
| 18 | 2026-07-07 | 58,052 | +92 | −61 | 717 |
| 19 | 2026-07-06 | 58,021 | +62 | −56 | 690 |
| 20 | 2026-07-05 | 58,015 | +58 | −42 | 689 |
| 21 | 2026-07-04 | 57,999 | +72 | −36 | 688 |
| 22 | 2026-07-03 | 57,963 | +137 | −51 | 689 |
| 23 | 2026-07-02 | 57,877 | +93 | −95 | 690 |
| 24 | 2026-07-01 | 57,879 | +84 | −51 | 689 |
| 25 | 2026-06-30 | 57,846 | +74 | −45 | 689 |
| 26 | 2026-06-29 | 57,817 | +0 | — | 689 |
| 27 | 2026-06-28 | 57,853 | +70 | −47 | 687 |
| 28 | 2026-06-27 | 57,830 | +97 | −45 | 687 |
| 29 | 2026-06-26 | 57,778 | +95 | −44 | 687 |
| 30 | 2026-06-25 | 57,727 | +99 | −50 | 685 |
| 31 | 2026-06-24 | 57,678 | +102 | −49 | 681 |
| 32 | 2026-06-23 | 57,625 | +85 | −36 | 681 |
| 33 | 2026-06-22 | 57,576 | +0 | — | 680 |
| 34 | 2026-06-21 | 57,567 | +66 | −56 | 680 |
| 35 | 2026-06-20 | 57,557 | +0 | — | 679 |
| 36 | 2026-06-19 | 57,505 | +0 | — | 679 |
| 37 | 2026-06-18 | 57,462 | +57,462 | — | 678 |