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The .gov top-level domain has 16,957 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-10-27 on the Cloudflare, Inc. backend.

.gov

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Registry
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Technical Operator
Cloudflare, Inc.
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General availability
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Domains live today
16,957

Domain growth · last 127 days

2026-06-11 → 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
+6/ day
30-day avg
+7/ day
Momentum
▼decelerating
-0/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 .gov. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN
No launch-phase data published. ICANN's TLD Startup Information only covers 2012-round new gTLDs that filed a Sunrise period; legacy gTLDs, ccTLDs, and brand TLDs that opted out are not listed.
#DateDomains liveCreatesExpiryDNSSEC
12026-10-2716,957+10−32,251
22026-10-2616,950+0—2,250
32026-10-2516,950+3—2,249
42026-10-2416,947+8—2,249
52026-10-2316,939+9—2,245
62026-10-2216,930+12−22,246
72026-10-2116,920+8—2,245
82026-10-2016,912+6—2,245
92026-10-1916,906+2—2,243
102026-10-1816,904+1—2,243
112026-10-1716,903+3−32,243
122026-10-1616,903+9—2,244
132026-10-1516,894+11—2,242
142026-10-1416,883+6—2,237
152026-10-1316,877+3—2,235
162026-10-1216,874+1—2,229
172026-10-1116,873+3—2,229
182026-10-1016,870+18−12,228
192026-10-0916,853+10—2,223
202026-10-0816,843+14—2,220
212026-10-0716,829+10—2,216
222026-10-0616,819+10—2,214
232026-10-0516,809+0—2,213
242026-10-0416,809+0—2,214
252026-10-0316,809+8−12,213
262026-10-0216,802+13−12,210
272026-10-0116,790+5−22,208
282026-09-3016,787+13—2,207
292026-09-2916,774+15—2,205
302026-09-2816,759+2—2,205
312026-09-2716,757+2—2,204
322026-09-2616,755+6−22,204
332026-09-2516,751+17−22,204
342026-09-2416,736+11−32,202
352026-09-2316,728+19−42,148
362026-09-2216,713+13−12,148
372026-09-2016,701+2—2,147
382026-09-1916,699+9−32,146
392026-09-1816,693+9−12,145
402026-09-1716,685+10−22,144
412026-09-1616,677+7−22,144
422026-09-1516,672+9—2,148
432026-09-1416,663+0—2,147
442026-09-1316,663+0—2,140
452026-09-1216,663+7—2,140
462026-09-1116,656+12—2,139
472026-09-1016,644+9—2,138
482026-09-0916,635+9−52,137
492026-09-0816,631+2—2,135
502026-09-0716,629+2—2,135
512026-09-0616,627+0—2,133
522026-09-0516,627+5−12,133
532026-09-0416,623+10−62,134
542026-09-0316,619+13−42,130
552026-09-0216,610+12−22,132
562026-09-0116,600+15−22,131
572026-08-3116,587+1—2,129
582026-08-3016,586+0—2,129
592026-08-2916,586+10−12,129
602026-08-2816,577+12−12,105