The .directory top-level domain has 14,953 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-07-28 · operated by Binky Moon, LLC on the Identity Digital backend · general availability began 2014-02-09.

.directory

New GenericIn GA

Registry: Binky Moon, LLCIdentity Digital Group
Technical Operator: Identity Digital
Delegated: 2013-11-19
General availability: 2014-02-09

Domains live today

14,953

Registered domains (official)

17,073

as of 2026-02· +2,120 vs live

Domain growth · last 39 days

2026-06-11 → 2026-07-28

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

-6/ day

30-day avg

-4/ day

Momentum

▼decelerating

-2/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 .directory. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN

Sunrise· End Date Sunrise
Dec 10, 2013 → Feb 08, 2014
closed
Trademark Claims
Feb 10, 2014 → May 13, 2014
closed
General Availability(estimated)
Feb 09, 2014 → onwards
live

#	Date	Domains live	Creates	Expiry	DNSSEC
1	2026-07-28	14,953	+59	−70	772
2	2026-07-23	14,964	+11	−28	772
3	2026-07-22	14,981	+11	−12	775
4	2026-07-21	14,982	+7	−23	776
5	2026-07-20	14,998	+13	−26	776
6	2026-07-19	15,011	+17	−18	774
7	2026-07-18	15,012	+20	−5	774
8	2026-07-17	14,997	+17	−17	773
9	2026-07-16	14,997	+15	−15	776
10	2026-07-15	14,997	+9	−26	780
11	2026-07-14	15,014	+0	—	777
12	2026-07-13	15,014	+7	−39	777
13	2026-07-12	15,046	+12	−7	779
14	2026-07-11	15,041	+10	−19	778
15	2026-07-10	15,050	+12	−15	781
16	2026-07-09	15,053	+9	−9	779
17	2026-07-08	15,053	+10	−6	778
18	2026-07-07	15,049	+7	−15	777
19	2026-07-06	15,057	+9	−16	777
20	2026-07-05	15,064	+13	−16	778
21	2026-07-04	15,067	+14	−10	779
22	2026-07-03	15,063	+13	−21	779
23	2026-07-02	15,071	+13	−8	777
24	2026-07-01	15,066	+6	−11	777
25	2026-06-30	15,071	+8	−14	779
26	2026-06-29	15,077	+0	—	779
27	2026-06-28	15,113	+10	−11	777
28	2026-06-27	15,114	+14	−7	779
29	2026-06-26	15,107	+12	−12	779
30	2026-06-25	15,107	+13	−14	778
31	2026-06-24	15,108	+14	−8	780
32	2026-06-23	15,102	+18	−13	778
33	2026-06-22	15,097	+12	−9	775
34	2026-06-21	15,094	+8	−17	774
35	2026-06-20	15,103	+9	−13	772
36	2026-06-19	15,107	+15	−92	772
37	2026-06-18	15,104	+14,111	−7	769
38	2026-06-12	15,122	+15,122	—	767
39	2026-06-11	15,116	+15,116	—	767