The .fail top-level domain has 4,288 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 2014-07-27.
.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
4,288
Registered domains (official)
4,355
as of 2026-02· +67 vs live
Domain growth · last 38 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
+2/ day
30-day avg
+1/ day
Momentum
▲accelerating
+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 .fail. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.
Launch phases
Source: ICANN- closedSunrise· End Date SunriseMay 27, 2014 → Jul 26, 2014
- closedTrademark ClaimsJul 28, 2014 → Oct 28, 2014
- liveGeneral Availability(estimated)Jul 27, 2014 → onwards
| # | Date | Domains live | Creates | Expiry | DNSSEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-07-28 | 4,288 | +11 | −11 | 417 |
| 2 | 2026-07-23 | 4,288 | +3 | −4 | 416 |
| 3 | 2026-07-22 | 4,289 | +4 | — | 413 |
| 4 | 2026-07-21 | 4,285 | +7 | −1 | 412 |
| 5 | 2026-07-20 | 4,279 | +1 | — | 412 |
| 6 | 2026-07-19 | 4,278 | +6 | −1 | 412 |
| 7 | 2026-07-18 | 4,273 | +1 | −1 | 412 |
| 8 | 2026-07-17 | 4,273 | +3 | −2 | 412 |
| 9 | 2026-07-16 | 4,272 | +3 | −5 | 414 |
| 10 | 2026-07-15 | 4,274 | +6 | −5 | 414 |
| 11 | 2026-07-14 | 4,273 | +0 | — | 414 |
| 12 | 2026-07-13 | 4,273 | +2 | −2 | 414 |
| 13 | 2026-07-12 | 4,273 | +5 | −2 | 415 |
| 14 | 2026-07-11 | 4,270 | +15 | −3 | 416 |
| 15 | 2026-07-10 | 4,258 | +2 | −5 | 408 |
| 16 | 2026-07-09 | 4,261 | +3 | −1 | 408 |
| 17 | 2026-07-08 | 4,259 | +5 | −5 | 408 |
| 18 | 2026-07-07 | 4,259 | +2 | −1 | 410 |
| 19 | 2026-07-06 | 4,258 | +2 | −3 | 411 |
| 20 | 2026-07-05 | 4,259 | +2 | −4 | 411 |
| 21 | 2026-07-04 | 4,261 | +2 | −7 | 410 |
| 22 | 2026-07-03 | 4,266 | +6 | −4 | 412 |
| 23 | 2026-07-02 | 4,264 | +2 | −8 | 412 |
| 24 | 2026-07-01 | 4,270 | +1 | −8 | 414 |
| 25 | 2026-06-30 | 4,277 | +5 | −2 | 414 |
| 26 | 2026-06-29 | 4,274 | +0 | — | 413 |
| 27 | 2026-06-28 | 4,270 | +5 | −1 | 413 |
| 28 | 2026-06-27 | 4,266 | +3 | −4 | 413 |
| 29 | 2026-06-26 | 4,267 | +3 | −3 | 413 |
| 30 | 2026-06-25 | 4,267 | +2 | — | 414 |
| 31 | 2026-06-24 | 4,265 | +2 | −2 | 413 |
| 32 | 2026-06-23 | 4,265 | +14 | −5 | 412 |
| 33 | 2026-06-22 | 4,256 | +9 | — | 407 |
| 34 | 2026-06-21 | 4,247 | +1 | −2 | 404 |
| 35 | 2026-06-20 | 4,248 | +16 | −2 | 404 |
| 36 | 2026-06-19 | 4,234 | +2 | −7 | 388 |
| 37 | 2026-06-18 | 4,239 | +4,239 | — | 387 |
| 38 | 2026-06-11 | 4,226 | +4,226 | — | 386 |