The .auction top-level domain has 5,631 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-09-12 · operated by Dog Beach, LLC on the Identity Digital backend · general availability began 2014-11-30.
.auction
New GenericIn GA- Registry
- Dog Beach, LLCIdentity Digital Group
- Technical Operator
- Identity Digital
- Delegated
- 2014-07-18
- General availability
- 2014-11-30
Domains live today
5,631
Registered domains (official)
10,625
as of 2026-02· +4,994 vs live
Domain growth · last 84 days
2026-06-11 → 2026-09-12Hover 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
-2/ day
30-day avg
+3/ day
Momentum
▼decelerating
-5/day vs 30-day
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 .auction. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.
Launch phases
Source: ICANN- closedSunrise· End Date SunriseSep 30, 2014 → Nov 29, 2014
- closedTrademark ClaimsDec 03, 2014 → Mar 03, 2015
- liveGeneral Availability(estimated)Nov 30, 2014 → onwards
| # | Date | Domains live | Creates | Expiry | DNSSEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-09-12 | 5,631 | +2 | −7 | 365 |
| 2 | 2026-09-11 | 5,636 | +5 | −8 | 365 |
| 3 | 2026-09-10 | 5,639 | +10 | −13 | 365 |
| 4 | 2026-09-09 | 5,642 | +9 | −7 | 366 |
| 5 | 2026-09-08 | 5,640 | +9 | −4 | 366 |
| 6 | 2026-09-07 | 5,635 | +7 | −5 | 366 |
| 7 | 2026-09-06 | 5,633 | +4 | −13 | 365 |
| 8 | 2026-09-05 | 5,642 | +3 | −2 | 363 |
| 9 | 2026-09-04 | 5,641 | +4 | −4 | 363 |
| 10 | 2026-09-03 | 5,641 | +6 | −5 | 365 |
| 11 | 2026-09-02 | 5,640 | +3 | −2 | 365 |
| 12 | 2026-09-01 | 5,639 | +3 | −5 | 366 |
| 13 | 2026-08-31 | 5,641 | +9 | −2 | 366 |
| 14 | 2026-08-30 | 5,634 | +2 | −5 | 366 |
| 15 | 2026-08-29 | 5,637 | +4 | −4 | 366 |
| 16 | 2026-08-28 | 5,637 | +8 | −3 | 366 |
| 17 | 2026-08-27 | 5,632 | +8 | −3 | 365 |
| 18 | 2026-08-26 | 5,627 | +16 | −6 | 365 |
| 19 | 2026-08-25 | 5,617 | +0 | — | 363 |
| 20 | 2026-08-24 | 5,617 | +14 | −3 | 363 |
| 21 | 2026-08-23 | 5,606 | +7 | −1 | 363 |
| 22 | 2026-08-22 | 5,600 | +6 | −2 | 363 |
| 23 | 2026-08-21 | 5,596 | +6 | −9 | 363 |
| 24 | 2026-08-20 | 5,599 | +3 | −11 | 365 |
| 25 | 2026-08-19 | 5,607 | +70 | −13 | 365 |
| 26 | 2026-08-18 | 5,550 | +11 | −6 | 365 |
| 27 | 2026-08-17 | 5,545 | +9 | −3 | 365 |
| 28 | 2026-08-16 | 5,539 | +7 | −3 | 365 |
| 29 | 2026-08-15 | 5,535 | +6 | −6 | 365 |
| 30 | 2026-08-14 | 5,535 | +6 | −2 | 365 |
| 31 | 2026-08-13 | 5,531 | +5 | −6 | 365 |
| 32 | 2026-08-12 | 5,532 | +9 | −4 | 364 |
| 33 | 2026-08-11 | 5,527 | +4 | −1 | 365 |
| 34 | 2026-08-10 | 5,524 | +5 | −7 | 365 |
| 35 | 2026-08-09 | 5,526 | +11 | −5 | 365 |
| 36 | 2026-08-08 | 5,520 | +6 | −2 | 365 |
| 37 | 2026-08-07 | 5,516 | +0 | −6 | 366 |
| 38 | 2026-08-06 | 5,522 | +4 | −6 | 366 |
| 39 | 2026-08-05 | 5,524 | +6 | −3 | 365 |
| 40 | 2026-08-04 | 5,521 | +5 | −3 | 364 |
| 41 | 2026-08-03 | 5,519 | +3 | −14 | 365 |
| 42 | 2026-08-02 | 5,530 | +5 | −7 | 365 |
| 43 | 2026-08-01 | 5,532 | +11 | −17 | 365 |
| 44 | 2026-07-31 | 5,538 | +13 | −6 | 364 |
| 45 | 2026-07-30 | 5,531 | +8 | −4 | 363 |
| 46 | 2026-07-29 | 5,527 | +7 | −6 | 360 |
| 47 | 2026-07-28 | 5,526 | +19 | −24 | 360 |
| 48 | 2026-07-23 | 5,531 | +7 | −1 | 357 |
| 49 | 2026-07-22 | 5,525 | +5 | −5 | 356 |
| 50 | 2026-07-21 | 5,525 | +2 | −8 | 356 |
| 51 | 2026-07-20 | 5,531 | +4 | −5 | 357 |
| 52 | 2026-07-19 | 5,532 | +8 | −5 | 357 |
| 53 | 2026-07-18 | 5,529 | +3 | −6 | 357 |
| 54 | 2026-07-17 | 5,532 | +7 | −5 | 360 |
| 55 | 2026-07-16 | 5,530 | +4 | −5 | 360 |
| 56 | 2026-07-15 | 5,531 | +13 | −4 | 360 |
| 57 | 2026-07-14 | 5,522 | +0 | — | 360 |
| 58 | 2026-07-13 | 5,522 | +13 | −4 | 360 |
| 59 | 2026-07-12 | 5,513 | +3 | −1 | 360 |
| 60 | 2026-07-11 | 5,511 | +1 | −2 | 360 |