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 → 2026-10-27Hover 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
+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- 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 | 2026-10-27 | 19,673 | +39 | −20 | 2,430 |
| 2 | 2026-10-26 | 19,654 | +33 | −14 | 2,419 |
| 3 | 2026-10-25 | 19,635 | +32 | −14 | 2,404 |
| 4 | 2026-10-24 | 19,617 | +35 | −15 | 2,405 |
| 5 | 2026-10-23 | 19,597 | +49 | −20 | 2,392 |
| 6 | 2026-10-22 | 19,568 | +27 | −22 | 2,384 |
| 7 | 2026-10-21 | 19,563 | +28 | −9 | 2,382 |
| 8 | 2026-10-20 | 19,544 | +26 | −14 | 2,339 |
| 9 | 2026-10-19 | 19,532 | +32 | −14 | 2,312 |
| 10 | 2026-10-18 | 19,514 | +29 | −19 | 2,270 |
| 11 | 2026-10-17 | 19,504 | +36 | −14 | 2,263 |
| 12 | 2026-10-16 | 19,482 | +31 | −25 | 2,250 |
| 13 | 2026-10-15 | 19,476 | +56 | −15 | 2,248 |
| 14 | 2026-10-14 | 19,435 | +59 | −15 | 2,240 |
| 15 | 2026-10-13 | 19,391 | +67 | −9 | 2,234 |
| 16 | 2026-10-12 | 19,333 | +29 | −20 | 2,214 |
| 17 | 2026-10-11 | 19,324 | +44 | −24 | 2,212 |
| 18 | 2026-10-10 | 19,304 | +136 | −13 | 2,205 |
| 19 | 2026-10-09 | 19,181 | +68 | −22 | 2,207 |
| 20 | 2026-10-08 | 19,135 | +39 | −17 | 2,200 |
| 21 | 2026-10-07 | 19,113 | +27 | −19 | 2,199 |
| 22 | 2026-10-06 | 19,105 | +32 | −18 | 2,194 |
| 23 | 2026-10-05 | 19,091 | +23 | −20 | 2,191 |
| 24 | 2026-10-04 | 19,088 | +17 | −15 | 2,185 |
| 25 | 2026-10-03 | 19,086 | +31 | −17 | 2,181 |
| 26 | 2026-10-02 | 19,072 | +35 | −19 | 2,179 |
| 27 | 2026-10-01 | 19,056 | +38 | −18 | 2,179 |
| 28 | 2026-09-30 | 19,036 | +63 | −11 | 2,179 |
| 29 | 2026-09-29 | 18,984 | +25 | −25 | 2,177 |
| 30 | 2026-09-28 | 18,984 | +38 | −18 | 2,177 |
| 31 | 2026-09-27 | 18,964 | +19 | −49 | 2,176 |
| 32 | 2026-09-26 | 18,994 | +30 | −27 | 2,174 |
| 33 | 2026-09-25 | 18,991 | +34 | −25 | 2,174 |
| 34 | 2026-09-24 | 18,982 | +25 | −33 | 2,172 |
| 35 | 2026-09-23 | 18,990 | +35 | −24 | 2,154 |
| 36 | 2026-09-22 | 18,979 | +66 | −37 | 2,145 |
| 37 | 2026-09-20 | 18,950 | +18 | −23 | 2,134 |
| 38 | 2026-09-19 | 18,955 | +30 | −24 | 2,135 |
| 39 | 2026-09-18 | 18,949 | +33 | −20 | 2,128 |
| 40 | 2026-09-17 | 18,936 | +16 | −14 | 2,132 |
| 41 | 2026-09-16 | 18,934 | +24 | −30 | 2,129 |
| 42 | 2026-09-15 | 18,940 | +27 | −45 | 2,128 |
| 43 | 2026-09-14 | 18,958 | +24 | −17 | 2,130 |
| 44 | 2026-09-13 | 18,951 | +27 | −25 | 2,131 |
| 45 | 2026-09-12 | 18,949 | +22 | −26 | 2,128 |
| 46 | 2026-09-11 | 18,953 | +11 | −18 | 2,127 |
| 47 | 2026-09-10 | 18,960 | +15 | −36 | 2,126 |
| 48 | 2026-09-09 | 18,981 | +20 | −25 | 2,125 |
| 49 | 2026-09-08 | 18,986 | +30 | −17 | 2,124 |
| 50 | 2026-09-07 | 18,973 | +30 | −21 | 2,121 |
| 51 | 2026-09-06 | 18,964 | +33 | −19 | 2,125 |
| 52 | 2026-09-05 | 18,950 | +22 | −26 | 2,119 |
| 53 | 2026-09-04 | 18,954 | +16 | −22 | 2,117 |
| 54 | 2026-09-03 | 18,960 | +26 | −18 | 2,117 |
| 55 | 2026-09-02 | 18,952 | +24 | −17 | 2,114 |
| 56 | 2026-09-01 | 18,945 | +24 | −21 | 2,112 |
| 57 | 2026-08-31 | 18,942 | +24 | −11 | 2,110 |
| 58 | 2026-08-30 | 18,929 | +14 | −19 | 2,108 |
| 59 | 2026-08-29 | 18,934 | +23 | −36 | 2,112 |
| 60 | 2026-08-28 | 18,947 | +18 | −28 | 2,114 |