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The .best top-level domain has 85,998 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-10-27 · 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
85,998
~0.0% active web presence
Registered domains (official)
54,475
as of 2026-06· -31,523 vs live

Domain growth · last 129 days

2026-06-11 → 2026-10-27

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
+460/ day
30-day avg
+348/ day
Momentum
▲accelerating
+112/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
12026-10-2785,998+180−497,940
22026-10-2685,867+110−287,927
32026-10-2585,785+150−207,913
42026-10-2485,655+365−747,901
52026-10-2385,364+498−457,851
62026-10-2284,911+1,345−647,796
72026-10-2183,630+886−377,781
82026-10-2082,781+362−497,755
92026-10-1982,468+1,191−1207,740
102026-10-1881,397+130−287,716
112026-10-1781,295+2,402−347,706
122026-10-1678,927+221−307,668
132026-10-1578,736+342−407,641
142026-10-1478,434+143−227,620
152026-10-1378,313+290−407,600
162026-10-1278,063+137−307,562
172026-10-1177,956+281−447,544
182026-10-1077,719+615−687,508
192026-10-0977,172+290−817,477
202026-10-0876,963+236−717,454
212026-10-0776,798+254−597,443
222026-10-0676,603+178−457,448
232026-10-0576,470+226−2077,443
242026-10-0476,451+112−1887,429
252026-10-0376,527+259−2257,405
262026-10-0276,493+203−677,397
272026-10-0176,357+294−3087,392
282026-09-3076,371+624−1217,478
292026-09-2975,868+305−737,375
302026-09-2875,636+92−257,330
312026-09-2775,569+307−1467,324
322026-09-2675,408+716−3457,309
332026-09-2575,037+154−347,314
342026-09-2474,917+247−1107,311
352026-09-2374,780+1,319−1567,296
362026-09-2273,617+905−4686,863
372026-09-2173,180+146−246,384
382026-09-2073,058+247−446,358
392026-09-1972,855+488−756,332
402026-09-1872,442+369−3166,315
412026-09-1772,389+281−526,278
422026-09-1672,160+374−356,263
432026-09-1571,821+717−516,238
442026-09-1471,155+189−686,215
452026-09-1371,034+86−1206,187
462026-09-1271,068+476−696,279
472026-09-1170,661+399−346,275
482026-09-1070,296+2,645−356,289
492026-09-0967,686+592−596,236
502026-09-0867,153+291−466,218
512026-09-0766,908+307−226,206
522026-09-0666,623+312−486,187
532026-09-0566,359+287−516,166
542026-09-0466,123+479−796,134
552026-09-0365,723+424−366,102
562026-09-0265,335+559−536,069
572026-09-0164,829+400−356,041
582026-08-3164,464+153−246,011
592026-08-3064,335+438−305,999
602026-08-2963,927+166−495,969