The .gay top-level domain has 18,949 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-09-12 · operated by Registry Services, LLC on the GoDaddy Registry backend · general availability began 2020-05-07.

.gay

New GenericIn GA
Registry
Registry Services, LLC
Technical Operator
GoDaddy Registry
Delegated
2019-08-09
General availability
2020-05-07
Domains live today
18,949

Domain growth · last 83 days

2026-06-182026-09-12

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

Growth momentum

7-day vs 30-day average
7-day avg
-0/ day
30-day avg
+13/ day
Momentum
decelerating
-13/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 .gay. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN
  1. Sunrise· Start Date Sunrise
    Feb 10, 2020Mar 31, 2020
    closed
  2. Trademark Claims
    May 11, 2020Dec 07, 2020
    closed
  3. Limited Registration· ''Sunrise II''
    Apr 06, 2020May 06, 2020
    closed
  4. General Availability(estimated)
    May 07, 2020 → onwards
    live
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12026-09-1218,949+22−262,128
22026-09-1118,953+11−182,127
32026-09-1018,960+15−362,126
42026-09-0918,981+20−252,125
52026-09-0818,986+30−172,124
62026-09-0718,973+30−212,121
72026-09-0618,964+33−192,125
82026-09-0518,950+22−262,119
92026-09-0418,954+16−222,117
102026-09-0318,960+26−182,117
112026-09-0218,952+24−172,114
122026-09-0118,945+24−212,112
132026-08-3118,942+24−112,110
142026-08-3018,929+14−192,108
152026-08-2918,934+23−362,112
162026-08-2818,947+18−282,114
172026-08-2718,957+31−292,116
182026-08-2618,955+43−352,113
192026-08-2518,947+02,114
202026-08-2418,947+20−132,114
212026-08-2318,940+20−262,111
222026-08-2218,946+35−212,114
232026-08-2118,932+25−122,107
242026-08-2018,919+16−212,103
252026-08-1918,924+20−192,100
262026-08-1818,923+13−322,103
272026-08-1718,942+34−262,106
282026-08-1618,934+24−482,105
292026-08-1518,958+28−192,116
302026-08-1418,949+428−322,110
312026-08-1318,553+216−201,716
322026-08-1218,357+20−221,519
332026-08-1118,359+65−921,512
342026-08-1018,386+30−191,461
352026-08-0918,375+249−201,454
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372026-08-0718,043+22−291,453
382026-08-0618,050+30−431,454
392026-08-0518,063+29−221,448
402026-08-0418,056+21−231,441
412026-08-0318,058+19−151,437
422026-08-0218,054+13−201,426
432026-08-0118,061+27−251,424
442026-07-3118,059+63−171,422
452026-07-3018,013+23−261,410
462026-07-2918,016+27−341,407
472026-07-2818,023+119−1411,398
482026-07-2318,045+21−361,354
492026-07-2218,060+34−211,352
502026-07-2118,047+14−171,361
512026-07-2018,050+17−321,360
522026-07-1918,065+36−251,359
532026-07-1818,054+25−221,359
542026-07-1718,051+17−261,353
552026-07-1618,060+17−331,351
562026-07-1518,076+56−591,349
572026-07-1418,079+01,355
582026-07-1318,079+21−331,355
592026-07-1218,091+13−251,352
602026-07-1118,103+18−241,351