The .gay top-level domain has 18,023 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-07-28 · 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
18,023
Domain growth · last 37 days
2026-06-18 → 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
-4/ day
30-day avg
-9/ day
Momentum
▲accelerating
+5/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 .gay. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.
Launch phases
Source: ICANN- closedSunrise· Start Date SunriseFeb 10, 2020 → Mar 31, 2020
- closedTrademark ClaimsMay 11, 2020 → Dec 07, 2020
- closedLimited Registration· ''Sunrise II''Apr 06, 2020 → May 06, 2020
- liveGeneral Availability(estimated)May 07, 2020 → onwards
| # | Date | Domains live | Creates | Expiry | DNSSEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-07-28 | 18,023 | +119 | −141 | 1,398 |
| 2 | 2026-07-23 | 18,045 | +21 | −36 | 1,354 |
| 3 | 2026-07-22 | 18,060 | +34 | −21 | 1,352 |
| 4 | 2026-07-21 | 18,047 | +14 | −17 | 1,361 |
| 5 | 2026-07-20 | 18,050 | +17 | −32 | 1,360 |
| 6 | 2026-07-19 | 18,065 | +36 | −25 | 1,359 |
| 7 | 2026-07-18 | 18,054 | +25 | −22 | 1,359 |
| 8 | 2026-07-17 | 18,051 | +17 | −26 | 1,353 |
| 9 | 2026-07-16 | 18,060 | +17 | −33 | 1,351 |
| 10 | 2026-07-15 | 18,076 | +56 | −59 | 1,349 |
| 11 | 2026-07-14 | 18,079 | +0 | — | 1,355 |
| 12 | 2026-07-13 | 18,079 | +21 | −33 | 1,355 |
| 13 | 2026-07-12 | 18,091 | +13 | −25 | 1,352 |
| 14 | 2026-07-11 | 18,103 | +18 | −24 | 1,351 |
| 15 | 2026-07-10 | 18,109 | +36 | −37 | 1,348 |
| 16 | 2026-07-09 | 18,110 | +9 | −37 | 1,348 |
| 17 | 2026-07-08 | 18,138 | +28 | −92 | 1,350 |
| 18 | 2026-07-07 | 18,202 | +13 | −46 | 1,349 |
| 19 | 2026-07-06 | 18,235 | +22 | −45 | 1,350 |
| 20 | 2026-07-05 | 18,258 | +17 | −45 | 1,350 |
| 21 | 2026-07-04 | 18,286 | +45 | −36 | 1,351 |
| 22 | 2026-07-03 | 18,277 | +26 | −35 | 1,354 |
| 23 | 2026-07-02 | 18,286 | +20 | −20 | 1,352 |
| 24 | 2026-07-01 | 18,286 | +26 | −12 | 1,353 |
| 25 | 2026-06-30 | 18,272 | +25 | −21 | 1,352 |
| 26 | 2026-06-29 | 18,268 | +0 | — | 1,352 |
| 27 | 2026-06-28 | 18,262 | +28 | −33 | 1,348 |
| 28 | 2026-06-27 | 18,267 | +17 | −23 | 1,356 |
| 29 | 2026-06-26 | 18,273 | +30 | −26 | 1,353 |
| 30 | 2026-06-25 | 18,269 | +18 | −31 | 1,349 |
| 31 | 2026-06-24 | 18,282 | +28 | −20 | 1,342 |
| 32 | 2026-06-23 | 18,274 | +34 | −14 | 1,344 |
| 33 | 2026-06-22 | 18,254 | +25 | −20 | 1,342 |
| 34 | 2026-06-21 | 18,249 | +24 | −22 | 1,340 |
| 35 | 2026-06-20 | 18,247 | +28 | −23 | 1,339 |
| 36 | 2026-06-19 | 18,242 | +36 | −25 | 1,340 |
| 37 | 2026-06-18 | 18,231 | +18,231 | — | 1,341 |