The .com top-level domain has 166,437,027 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-09-12 · operated by VeriSign, Inc. on the Verisign backend.
.com
Legacy Generic- Registry
- VeriSign, Inc.
- Technical Operator
- Verisign
- Delegated
- 1985-01-01
- General availability
- —
Domains live today
166,437,027
Registered domains (official)
169,209,254
as of 2026-05· +2,772,227 vs live
Domain growth · last 81 days
2026-06-20 → 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
+40,275/ day
30-day avg
+37,288/ day
Momentum
▲accelerating
+2,987/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 .com. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.
Launch phases
Source: ICANNNo launch-phase data published. ICANN's TLD Startup Information only covers 2012-round new gTLDs that filed a Sunrise period; legacy gTLDs, ccTLDs, and brand TLDs that opted out are not listed.
| # | Date | Domains live | Creates | Expiry | DNSSEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-09-12 | 166,437,027 | +27,087 | — | 8,148,073 |
| 2 | 2026-09-11 | 166,409,940 | +47,065 | — | 8,137,227 |
| 3 | 2026-09-10 | 166,362,875 | +57,333 | — | 8,125,634 |
| 4 | 2026-09-09 | 166,305,542 | +62,840 | — | 8,112,120 |
| 5 | 2026-09-08 | 166,242,702 | +58,273 | — | 8,099,833 |
| 6 | 2026-09-07 | 166,184,429 | +11,598 | — | 8,098,447 |
| 7 | 2026-09-06 | 166,172,831 | +17,729 | — | 8,089,806 |
| 8 | 2026-09-05 | 166,155,102 | +43,495 | — | 8,083,131 |
| 9 | 2026-09-04 | 166,111,607 | +46,336 | — | 8,081,573 |
| 10 | 2026-09-03 | 166,065,271 | +64,003 | — | 8,069,990 |
| 11 | 2026-09-02 | 166,001,268 | +59,263 | — | 8,058,393 |
| 12 | 2026-09-01 | 165,942,005 | +54,642 | — | 8,047,966 |
| 13 | 2026-08-31 | 165,887,363 | +6,070 | — | 8,037,018 |
| 14 | 2026-08-30 | 165,881,293 | +2,913 | — | 8,031,454 |
| 15 | 2026-08-29 | 165,878,380 | +35,507 | — | 8,024,531 |
| 16 | 2026-08-28 | 165,842,873 | +40,707 | — | 8,016,156 |
| 17 | 2026-08-27 | 165,802,166 | +111,734 | — | 8,004,594 |
| 18 | 2026-08-26 | 165,690,432 | +45,064 | — | 7,982,633 |
| 19 | 2026-08-25 | 165,645,368 | +13,117 | — | 7,971,901 |
| 20 | 2026-08-24 | 165,632,251 | +1,189 | — | 7,967,741 |
| 21 | 2026-08-23 | 165,631,062 | +29,241 | — | 7,959,305 |
| 22 | 2026-08-22 | 165,601,821 | +35,770 | — | 7,951,008 |
| 23 | 2026-08-21 | 165,566,051 | +37,698 | — | 7,938,235 |
| 24 | 2026-08-20 | 165,528,353 | +51,691 | — | 7,936,937 |
| 25 | 2026-08-19 | 165,476,662 | +56,834 | — | 7,926,307 |
| 26 | 2026-08-18 | 165,419,828 | +15,971 | — | 7,916,996 |
| 27 | 2026-08-17 | 165,403,857 | +14,377 | — | 7,910,268 |
| 28 | 2026-08-16 | 165,389,480 | +24,585 | — | 7,904,999 |
| 29 | 2026-08-15 | 165,364,895 | +24,443 | — | 7,897,390 |
| 30 | 2026-08-14 | 165,340,452 | +22,052 | — | 7,887,529 |
| 31 | 2026-08-13 | 165,318,400 | +42,937 | — | 7,878,113 |
| 32 | 2026-08-12 | 165,275,463 | +47,470 | — | 7,867,628 |
| 33 | 2026-08-11 | 165,227,993 | +6,115 | — | 7,857,168 |
| 34 | 2026-08-10 | 165,221,878 | +6,661 | — | 7,853,112 |
| 35 | 2026-08-09 | 165,215,217 | +21,768 | — | 7,847,807 |
| 36 | 2026-08-08 | 165,193,449 | +42,014 | — | 7,838,401 |
| 37 | 2026-08-07 | 165,151,435 | +0 | — | 7,831,216 |
| 38 | 2026-08-06 | 165,151,435 | +35,212 | — | 7,831,216 |
| 39 | 2026-08-05 | 165,116,223 | +40,537 | — | 7,824,517 |
| 40 | 2026-08-04 | 165,075,686 | +34,940 | — | 7,814,316 |
| 41 | 2026-08-03 | 165,040,746 | +5,715 | — | 7,801,285 |
| 42 | 2026-08-02 | 165,035,031 | +1,029 | — | 7,797,899 |
| 43 | 2026-08-01 | 165,034,002 | +2,295 | — | 7,789,371 |
| 44 | 2026-07-31 | 165,031,707 | +16,251 | — | 7,781,493 |
| 45 | 2026-07-30 | 165,015,456 | +39,194 | — | 7,772,138 |
| 46 | 2026-07-29 | 164,976,262 | +50,361 | — | 7,762,604 |
| 47 | 2026-07-28 | 164,925,901 | +128,525 | — | 7,752,835 |
| 48 | 2026-07-23 | 164,797,376 | +36,358 | — | 7,683,900 |
| 49 | 2026-07-22 | 164,761,018 | +46,597 | — | 7,675,381 |
| 50 | 2026-07-21 | 164,714,421 | +47,187 | — | 7,672,505 |
| 51 | 2026-07-20 | 164,667,234 | +11,136 | — | 7,658,756 |
| 52 | 2026-07-19 | 164,656,098 | +8,937 | — | 7,656,557 |
| 53 | 2026-07-18 | 164,647,161 | +9,052 | — | 7,650,924 |
| 54 | 2026-07-17 | 164,638,109 | +37,626 | — | 7,646,797 |
| 55 | 2026-07-16 | 164,600,483 | +44,466 | — | 7,640,546 |
| 56 | 2026-07-15 | 164,556,017 | +45,533 | — | 7,634,226 |
| 57 | 2026-07-14 | 164,510,484 | +63,175 | — | 7,627,937 |
| 58 | 2026-07-13 | 164,447,309 | +19,313 | — | 7,619,449 |
| 59 | 2026-07-12 | 164,427,996 | +18,753 | — | 7,618,004 |
| 60 | 2026-07-11 | 164,409,243 | +26,493 | — | 7,614,293 |