The .fail top-level domain has 4,278 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-09-12 · operated by Binky Moon, LLC on the Identity Digital backend · general availability began 2014-07-27.

.fail

New GenericIn GA
Registry
Binky Moon, LLCIdentity Digital Group
Technical Operator
Identity Digital
Delegated
2014-04-23
General availability
2014-07-27
Domains live today
4,278
Registered domains (official)
4,652
as of 2026-05· +374 vs live

Domain growth · last 84 days

2026-06-112026-09-12

Hover any day for exact counts. Drag the timeline below the chart to scroll between dates.

Growth momentum

7-day vs 30-day average
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30-day avg
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Momentum
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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 .fail. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN
  1. Sunrise· End Date Sunrise
    May 27, 2014Jul 26, 2014
    closed
  2. Trademark Claims
    Jul 28, 2014Oct 28, 2014
    closed
  3. General Availability(estimated)
    Jul 27, 2014 → onwards
    live
#DateDomains liveCreatesExpiryDNSSEC
12026-09-124,278+3−2440
22026-09-114,277+3−2440
32026-09-104,276+5−6440
42026-09-094,277+4−3439
52026-09-084,276+3−3438
62026-09-074,276+2−3438
72026-09-064,277+0−2437
82026-09-054,279+3−8437
92026-09-044,284+1−1436
102026-09-034,284+4−25436
112026-09-024,305+6−2436
122026-09-014,301+5−3436
132026-08-314,299+0−2436
142026-08-304,301+0−1436
152026-08-294,302+5−1435
162026-08-284,298+1−2434
172026-08-274,299+5−2434
182026-08-264,296+4−6431
192026-08-254,298+0431
202026-08-244,298+4−2431
212026-08-234,296+8−3430
222026-08-224,291+5−2430
232026-08-214,288+6−1430
242026-08-204,283+1−2426
252026-08-194,284+5−8425
262026-08-184,287+2−4425
272026-08-174,289+0−3425
282026-08-164,292+8−2425
292026-08-154,286+3−1425
302026-08-144,284+5−1425
312026-08-134,280+4−7426
322026-08-124,283+8−2425
332026-08-114,277+4−2421
342026-08-104,275+3−2422
352026-08-094,274+5−2423
362026-08-084,271+4−3422
372026-08-074,270+3−3423
382026-08-064,270+5−2423
392026-08-054,267+1−6424
402026-08-044,272+3−2424
412026-08-034,271+3−1424
422026-08-024,269+3−3422
432026-08-014,269+4−22421
442026-07-314,287+1−3421
452026-07-304,289+3−3420
462026-07-294,289+3−2419
472026-07-284,288+11−11417
482026-07-234,288+3−4416
492026-07-224,289+4413
502026-07-214,285+7−1412
512026-07-204,279+1412
522026-07-194,278+6−1412
532026-07-184,273+1−1412
542026-07-174,273+3−2412
552026-07-164,272+3−5414
562026-07-154,274+6−5414
572026-07-144,273+0414
582026-07-134,273+2−2414
592026-07-124,273+5−2415
602026-07-114,270+15−3416