The .gov top-level domain has 16,663 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-09-12 on the Cloudflare, Inc. backend.
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Domains live today
16,663
Domain growth · last 83 days
2026-06-11 → 2026-09-12Hover 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
+5/ day
30-day avg
+6/ day
Momentum
▼decelerating
-1/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: ICANNNo 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.
| # | Date | Domains live | Creates | Expiry | DNSSEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-09-12 | 16,663 | +7 | — | 2,140 |
| 2 | 2026-09-11 | 16,656 | +12 | — | 2,139 |
| 3 | 2026-09-10 | 16,644 | +9 | — | 2,138 |
| 4 | 2026-09-09 | 16,635 | +9 | −5 | 2,137 |
| 5 | 2026-09-08 | 16,631 | +2 | — | 2,135 |
| 6 | 2026-09-07 | 16,629 | +2 | — | 2,135 |
| 7 | 2026-09-06 | 16,627 | +0 | — | 2,133 |
| 8 | 2026-09-05 | 16,627 | +5 | −1 | 2,133 |
| 9 | 2026-09-04 | 16,623 | +10 | −6 | 2,134 |
| 10 | 2026-09-03 | 16,619 | +13 | −4 | 2,130 |
| 11 | 2026-09-02 | 16,610 | +12 | −2 | 2,132 |
| 12 | 2026-09-01 | 16,600 | +15 | −2 | 2,131 |
| 13 | 2026-08-31 | 16,587 | +1 | — | 2,129 |
| 14 | 2026-08-30 | 16,586 | +0 | — | 2,129 |
| 15 | 2026-08-29 | 16,586 | +10 | −1 | 2,129 |
| 16 | 2026-08-28 | 16,577 | +12 | −1 | 2,105 |
| 17 | 2026-08-27 | 16,566 | +8 | −1 | 2,103 |
| 18 | 2026-08-26 | 16,559 | +23 | −2 | 2,103 |
| 19 | 2026-08-25 | 16,538 | +0 | — | 2,071 |
| 20 | 2026-08-24 | 16,538 | +0 | — | 2,071 |
| 21 | 2026-08-23 | 16,538 | +2 | — | 2,071 |
| 22 | 2026-08-22 | 16,536 | +5 | — | 2,069 |
| 23 | 2026-08-21 | 16,531 | +8 | — | 2,068 |
| 24 | 2026-08-20 | 16,523 | +7 | −1 | 2,067 |
| 25 | 2026-08-19 | 16,517 | +8 | — | 2,065 |
| 26 | 2026-08-18 | 16,509 | +11 | −1 | 2,065 |
| 27 | 2026-08-17 | 16,499 | +3 | — | 2,060 |
| 28 | 2026-08-16 | 16,496 | +1 | — | 2,059 |
| 29 | 2026-08-15 | 16,495 | +6 | −1 | 2,059 |
| 30 | 2026-08-14 | 16,490 | +8 | — | 2,059 |
| 31 | 2026-08-13 | 16,482 | +6 | — | 2,060 |
| 32 | 2026-08-12 | 16,476 | +17 | −3 | 2,059 |
| 33 | 2026-08-11 | 16,462 | +11 | — | 2,059 |
| 34 | 2026-08-10 | 16,451 | +2 | — | 2,058 |
| 35 | 2026-08-09 | 16,449 | +0 | — | 2,058 |
| 36 | 2026-08-08 | 16,449 | +5 | — | 2,058 |
| 37 | 2026-08-07 | 16,444 | +10 | −2 | 2,059 |
| 38 | 2026-08-06 | 16,436 | +8 | −1 | 2,058 |
| 39 | 2026-08-05 | 16,429 | +13 | −2 | 2,055 |
| 40 | 2026-08-04 | 16,418 | +12 | — | 2,055 |
| 41 | 2026-08-03 | 16,406 | +1 | — | 2,056 |
| 42 | 2026-08-02 | 16,405 | +0 | — | 2,056 |
| 43 | 2026-08-01 | 16,405 | +10 | −1 | 2,055 |
| 44 | 2026-07-31 | 16,396 | +13 | −1 | 2,056 |
| 45 | 2026-07-30 | 16,384 | +16 | −16 | 2,054 |
| 46 | 2026-07-29 | 16,384 | +19 | −2 | 2,064 |
| 47 | 2026-07-28 | 16,367 | +32 | −2 | 2,058 |
| 48 | 2026-07-23 | 16,337 | +28 | — | 2,057 |
| 49 | 2026-07-22 | 16,309 | +0 | −9 | 2,046 |
| 50 | 2026-07-21 | 16,318 | +9 | — | 2,055 |
| 51 | 2026-07-20 | 16,309 | +2 | — | 2,046 |
| 52 | 2026-07-19 | 16,307 | +1 | — | 2,046 |
| 53 | 2026-07-18 | 16,306 | +13 | −1 | 2,045 |
| 54 | 2026-07-17 | 16,294 | +17 | −1 | 2,046 |
| 55 | 2026-07-16 | 16,278 | +24 | −3 | 2,048 |
| 56 | 2026-07-13 | 16,257 | +1 | — | 2,042 |
| 57 | 2026-07-12 | 16,256 | +3 | — | 2,042 |
| 58 | 2026-07-11 | 16,253 | +14 | −2 | 2,042 |
| 59 | 2026-07-10 | 16,241 | +12 | −3 | 2,042 |
| 60 | 2026-07-09 | 16,232 | +7 | −4 | 2,041 |