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The .best top-level domain has 71,068 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-09-12 · operated by BestTLD Pty Ltd on the CentralNic backend · general availability began 2014-05-18.

.best

New GenericIn GA
Registry
BestTLD Pty Ltd
Technical Operator
CentralNic
Delegated
2014-02-27
General availability
2014-05-18
Domains live today
71,068
~0.0% active web presence
Registered domains (official)
46,740
as of 2026-05· -24,328 vs live

Domain growth · last 84 days

2026-06-11 → 2026-09-12

Hover any day for exact counts. Drag the timeline below the chart to scroll between dates.

Growth momentum

7-day vs 30-day average
7-day avg
+673/ day
30-day avg
+384/ day
Momentum
▲accelerating
+288/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 .best. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN
  1. Sunrise· Start Date Sunrise
    Apr 17, 2014 → May 17, 2014
    closed
  2. Trademark Claims
    May 19, 2014 → Aug 17, 2014
    closed
  3. General Availability(estimated)
    May 18, 2014 → onwards
    live
#DateDomains liveCreatesExpiryDNSSEC
12026-09-1271,068+476−696,279
22026-09-1170,661+399−346,275
32026-09-1070,296+2,645−356,289
42026-09-0967,686+592−596,236
52026-09-0867,153+291−466,218
62026-09-0766,908+307−226,206
72026-09-0666,623+312−486,187
82026-09-0566,359+287−516,166
92026-09-0466,123+479−796,134
102026-09-0365,723+424−366,102
112026-09-0265,335+559−536,069
122026-09-0164,829+400−356,041
132026-08-3164,464+153−246,011
142026-08-3064,335+438−305,999
152026-08-2963,927+166−495,969
162026-08-2863,810+198−305,957
172026-08-2763,642+196−285,915
182026-08-2663,474+983−845,903
192026-08-2562,575+0—5,850
202026-08-2462,575+393−125,850
212026-08-2362,194+187−275,832
222026-08-2262,034+195−245,805
232026-08-2161,863+304−695,784
242026-08-2061,628+403−745,763
252026-08-1961,299+390−855,742
262026-08-1860,994+213−565,712
272026-08-1760,837+339−295,701
282026-08-1660,527+587−275,688
292026-08-1559,967+353−1465,677
302026-08-1459,760+261−375,696
312026-08-1359,536+193−355,650
322026-08-1259,378+253−615,636
332026-08-1159,186+283−295,615
342026-08-1058,932+410−155,588
352026-08-0958,537+273−385,581
362026-08-0858,302+275−765,529
372026-08-0758,103+323−875,464
382026-08-0657,867+252−325,452
392026-08-0557,647+204−995,449
402026-08-0457,542+133−455,415
412026-08-0357,454+238−375,408
422026-08-0257,253+217−275,393
432026-08-0157,063+484−245,385
442026-07-3156,603+374−365,371
452026-07-3056,265+236−325,361
462026-07-2956,061+129−415,338
472026-07-2855,973+1,613−1765,322
482026-07-2354,536+113−575,214
492026-07-2254,480+233−345,221
502026-07-2154,281+137−215,218
512026-07-2054,165+169−255,208
522026-07-1954,021+110−615,182
532026-07-1853,972+157−555,209
542026-07-1753,870+305−585,164
552026-07-1653,623+222−285,164
562026-07-1553,429+796−915,144
572026-07-1452,724+0—5,140
582026-07-1352,724+101−365,140
592026-07-1252,659+129−425,148
602026-07-1152,572+163−355,145