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The .direct top-level domain has 12,311 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-10-27 · operated by Binky Moon, LLC on the Identity Digital backend · general availability began 2014-09-14.

.direct

New GenericIn GA
Registry
Binky Moon, LLCIdentity Digital Group
Technical Operator
Identity Digital
Delegated
2014-07-02
General availability
2014-09-14
Domains live today
12,311
Registered domains (official)
13,048
as of 2026-06· +737 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
+7/ day
30-day avg
+2/ day
Momentum
▲accelerating
+5/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 .direct. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN
  1. Sunrise· End Date Sunrise
    Jul 15, 2014 → Sep 13, 2014
    closed
  2. Trademark Claims
    Sep 15, 2014 → Dec 16, 2014
    closed
  3. General Availability(estimated)
    Sep 14, 2014 → onwards
    live
#DateDomains liveCreatesExpiryDNSSEC
12026-10-2712,311+8−8776
22026-10-2612,311+2−6777
32026-10-2512,315+7−4776
42026-10-2412,312+21−6774
52026-10-2312,297+16−5775
62026-10-2212,286+19−7774
72026-10-2112,274+13−2775
82026-10-2012,263+1−8772
92026-10-1912,270+4−6768
102026-10-1812,272+9−8770
112026-10-1712,271+9−7771
122026-10-1612,269+7−8770
132026-10-1512,270+7−28772
142026-10-1412,291+10−6774
152026-10-1312,287+9−3775
162026-10-1212,281+9−9773
172026-10-1112,281+7−4773
182026-10-1012,278+11−12772
192026-10-0912,279+9−7771
202026-10-0812,277+8−7768
212026-10-0712,276+4−9767
222026-10-0612,281+14−7768
232026-10-0512,274+8−8769
242026-10-0412,274+4−2770
252026-10-0312,272+13−11769
262026-10-0212,270+12−8768
272026-10-0112,266+19−13766
282026-09-3012,260+8−7766
292026-09-2912,259+4−7766
302026-09-2812,262+8−8767
312026-09-2712,262+8−12768
322026-09-2612,266+7−11765
332026-09-2512,270+13−30765
342026-09-2412,287+9−15765
352026-09-2312,293+9−8765
362026-09-2212,292+16−10766
372026-09-2012,286+13−8764
382026-09-1912,281+6−6765
392026-09-1812,281+11−93763
402026-09-1712,363+8−10763
412026-09-1612,365+9−6764
422026-09-1512,362+10−5765
432026-09-1412,357+4−5764
442026-09-1312,358+16−7764
452026-09-1212,349+3−10765
462026-09-1112,356+2−16764
472026-09-1012,370+12−10765
482026-09-0912,368+17−5761
492026-09-0812,356+19−4759
502026-09-0712,341+8−12761
512026-09-0612,345+7−7760
522026-09-0512,345+9−17761
532026-09-0412,353+14−16759
542026-09-0312,355+23−23752
552026-09-0212,355+17−9749
562026-09-0112,347+12−3751
572026-08-3112,338+4−3751
582026-08-3012,337+4−6750
592026-08-2912,339+14−5751
602026-08-2812,330+10−7751