The .gay top-level domain has 19,673 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-10-27 · 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
19,673

Domain growth · last 127 days

2026-06-18 → 2026-10-27

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
+18/ day
30-day avg
+24/ day
Momentum
▼decelerating
-5/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, 2020 → Mar 31, 2020
    closed
  2. Trademark Claims
    May 11, 2020 → Dec 07, 2020
    closed
  3. Limited Registration· ''Sunrise II''
    Apr 06, 2020 → May 06, 2020
    closed
  4. General Availability(estimated)
    May 07, 2020 → onwards
    live
#DateDomains liveCreatesExpiryDNSSEC
12026-10-2719,673+39−202,430
22026-10-2619,654+33−142,419
32026-10-2519,635+32−142,404
42026-10-2419,617+35−152,405
52026-10-2319,597+49−202,392
62026-10-2219,568+27−222,384
72026-10-2119,563+28−92,382
82026-10-2019,544+26−142,339
92026-10-1919,532+32−142,312
102026-10-1819,514+29−192,270
112026-10-1719,504+36−142,263
122026-10-1619,482+31−252,250
132026-10-1519,476+56−152,248
142026-10-1419,435+59−152,240
152026-10-1319,391+67−92,234
162026-10-1219,333+29−202,214
172026-10-1119,324+44−242,212
182026-10-1019,304+136−132,205
192026-10-0919,181+68−222,207
202026-10-0819,135+39−172,200
212026-10-0719,113+27−192,199
222026-10-0619,105+32−182,194
232026-10-0519,091+23−202,191
242026-10-0419,088+17−152,185
252026-10-0319,086+31−172,181
262026-10-0219,072+35−192,179
272026-10-0119,056+38−182,179
282026-09-3019,036+63−112,179
292026-09-2918,984+25−252,177
302026-09-2818,984+38−182,177
312026-09-2718,964+19−492,176
322026-09-2618,994+30−272,174
332026-09-2518,991+34−252,174
342026-09-2418,982+25−332,172
352026-09-2318,990+35−242,154
362026-09-2218,979+66−372,145
372026-09-2018,950+18−232,134
382026-09-1918,955+30−242,135
392026-09-1818,949+33−202,128
402026-09-1718,936+16−142,132
412026-09-1618,934+24−302,129
422026-09-1518,940+27−452,128
432026-09-1418,958+24−172,130
442026-09-1318,951+27−252,131
452026-09-1218,949+22−262,128
462026-09-1118,953+11−182,127
472026-09-1018,960+15−362,126
482026-09-0918,981+20−252,125
492026-09-0818,986+30−172,124
502026-09-0718,973+30−212,121
512026-09-0618,964+33−192,125
522026-09-0518,950+22−262,119
532026-09-0418,954+16−222,117
542026-09-0318,960+26−182,117
552026-09-0218,952+24−172,114
562026-09-0118,945+24−212,112
572026-08-3118,942+24−112,110
582026-08-3018,929+14−192,108
592026-08-2918,934+23−362,112
602026-08-2818,947+18−282,114