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The .black top-level domain has 5,927 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-09-12 · operated by Identity Digital Domains Limited on the Identity Digital backend · general availability began 2014-08-22.

.black

New GenericIn GA
Registry
Identity Digital Domains LimitedIdentity Digital Group
Technical Operator
Identity Digital
Delegated
2014-03-27
General availability
2014-08-22
Domains live today
5,927
~0.0% active web presence
Registered domains (official)
6,920
as of 2026-05· +993 vs live

Domain growth · last 85 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
+1/ day
30-day avg
+2/ day
Momentum
▼decelerating
-1/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 .black. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN
  1. Sunrise· Start Date Sunrise
    Jul 22, 2014 → Aug 21, 2014
    closed
  2. Trademark Claims
    Aug 26, 2014 → Nov 24, 2014
    closed
  3. General Availability(estimated)
    Aug 22, 2014 → onwards
    live
  4. Other· Exclusive Registration
    Mar 10, 2015 → Apr 09, 2015
    closed
#DateDomains liveCreatesExpiryDNSSEC
12026-09-125,927+4−7405
22026-09-115,930+2−6405
32026-09-105,934+9−7405
42026-09-095,932+7−4404
52026-09-085,929+5−4401
62026-09-075,928+9−5401
72026-09-065,924+7−6398
82026-09-055,923+4−12398
92026-09-045,931+12−14396
102026-09-035,933+4−39392
112026-09-025,968+8−8392
122026-09-015,968+8−6391
132026-08-315,966+4−3391
142026-08-305,965+5−13390
152026-08-295,973+4−5389
162026-08-285,974+8−6388
172026-08-275,972+5−5389
182026-08-265,972+13−9388
192026-08-255,968+0—389
202026-08-245,968+3−6389
212026-08-235,971+3−3390
222026-08-225,971+5−9390
232026-08-215,975+5−8391
242026-08-205,978+5−8389
252026-08-195,981+5−2388
262026-08-185,978+13−4389
272026-08-175,969+14−5389
282026-08-165,960+42−13389
292026-08-155,931+48−5387
302026-08-145,888+21−7387
312026-08-135,874+13−4387
322026-08-125,865+5−4391
332026-08-115,864+4−5392
342026-08-105,865+9−9391
352026-08-095,865+11−9391
362026-08-085,863+6−7390
372026-08-075,864+9−4390
382026-08-065,859+10−7391
392026-08-055,856+10−5389
402026-08-045,851+4−5388
412026-08-035,852+9−9390
422026-08-025,852+4−11389
432026-08-015,859+4−18388
442026-07-315,873+7−5387
452026-07-305,871+6−1384
462026-07-295,866+9−7385
472026-07-285,864+24−32385
482026-07-235,872+8−6377
492026-07-225,870+5−17375
502026-07-215,882+4−2376
512026-07-205,880+7−8376
522026-07-195,881+5−6375
532026-07-185,882+1−5375
542026-07-175,886+8−7375
552026-07-165,885+11−10375
562026-07-155,884+11−13374
572026-07-145,886+0—373
582026-07-135,886+0−10373
592026-07-125,896+29−7376
602026-07-115,874+2−6374