The .black top-level domain has 5,864 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-07-28 · 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
5,864
~0.0% active web presence
Registered domains (official)
7,684
as of 2026-02· +1,820 vs live
Domain growth · last 39 days
2026-06-11 → 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
-3/ day
30-day avg
-1/ day
Momentum
▼decelerating
-3/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 .black. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.
Launch phases
Source: ICANN- closedSunrise· Start Date SunriseJul 22, 2014 → Aug 21, 2014
- closedTrademark ClaimsAug 26, 2014 → Nov 24, 2014
- liveGeneral Availability(estimated)Aug 22, 2014 → onwards
- closedOther· Exclusive RegistrationMar 10, 2015 → Apr 09, 2015
| # | Date | Domains live | Creates | Expiry | DNSSEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-07-28 | 5,864 | +24 | −32 | 385 |
| 2 | 2026-07-23 | 5,872 | +8 | −6 | 377 |
| 3 | 2026-07-22 | 5,870 | +5 | −17 | 375 |
| 4 | 2026-07-21 | 5,882 | +4 | −2 | 376 |
| 5 | 2026-07-20 | 5,880 | +7 | −8 | 376 |
| 6 | 2026-07-19 | 5,881 | +5 | −6 | 375 |
| 7 | 2026-07-18 | 5,882 | +1 | −5 | 375 |
| 8 | 2026-07-17 | 5,886 | +8 | −7 | 375 |
| 9 | 2026-07-16 | 5,885 | +11 | −10 | 375 |
| 10 | 2026-07-15 | 5,884 | +11 | −13 | 374 |
| 11 | 2026-07-14 | 5,886 | +0 | — | 373 |
| 12 | 2026-07-13 | 5,886 | +0 | −10 | 373 |
| 13 | 2026-07-12 | 5,896 | +29 | −7 | 376 |
| 14 | 2026-07-11 | 5,874 | +2 | −6 | 374 |
| 15 | 2026-07-10 | 5,878 | +6 | −4 | 374 |
| 16 | 2026-07-09 | 5,876 | +5 | −2 | 374 |
| 17 | 2026-07-08 | 5,873 | +7 | −12 | 373 |
| 18 | 2026-07-07 | 5,878 | +2 | −8 | 375 |
| 19 | 2026-07-06 | 5,884 | +1 | −1 | 375 |
| 20 | 2026-07-05 | 5,884 | +7 | −4 | 373 |
| 21 | 2026-07-04 | 5,881 | +6 | −3 | 375 |
| 22 | 2026-07-03 | 5,878 | +12 | −10 | 377 |
| 23 | 2026-07-02 | 5,876 | +2 | −8 | 376 |
| 24 | 2026-07-01 | 5,882 | +6 | −5 | 376 |
| 25 | 2026-06-30 | 5,881 | +7 | −4 | 376 |
| 26 | 2026-06-29 | 5,878 | +0 | — | 375 |
| 27 | 2026-06-28 | 5,883 | +4 | −5 | 373 |
| 28 | 2026-06-27 | 5,884 | +4 | −10 | 373 |
| 29 | 2026-06-26 | 5,890 | +9 | −4 | 373 |
| 30 | 2026-06-25 | 5,885 | +5 | −6 | 372 |
| 31 | 2026-06-24 | 5,886 | +13 | −10 | 373 |
| 32 | 2026-06-23 | 5,883 | +9 | −4 | 373 |
| 33 | 2026-06-22 | 5,878 | +10 | −8 | 373 |
| 34 | 2026-06-21 | 5,876 | +5 | −6 | 367 |
| 35 | 2026-06-20 | 5,877 | +0 | — | 367 |
| 36 | 2026-06-19 | 5,871 | +0 | — | 365 |
| 37 | 2026-06-18 | 5,875 | +4,882 | −7 | 367 |
| 38 | 2026-06-12 | 5,887 | +5,887 | — | 365 |
| 39 | 2026-06-11 | 5,874 | +5,874 | — | 364 |