The .gov top-level domain has 16,367 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-07-28 on the Cloudflare, Inc. backend.
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Domains live today
16,367
Domain growth · last 37 days
2026-06-11 → 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
+10/ day
30-day avg
+8/ day
Momentum
▲accelerating
+3/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 .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 | 2026-07-28 | 16,367 | +32 | −2 | 2,058 |
| 2 | 2026-07-23 | 16,337 | +28 | — | 2,057 |
| 3 | 2026-07-22 | 16,309 | +0 | −9 | 2,046 |
| 4 | 2026-07-21 | 16,318 | +9 | — | 2,055 |
| 5 | 2026-07-20 | 16,309 | +2 | — | 2,046 |
| 6 | 2026-07-19 | 16,307 | +1 | — | 2,046 |
| 7 | 2026-07-18 | 16,306 | +13 | −1 | 2,045 |
| 8 | 2026-07-17 | 16,294 | +17 | −1 | 2,046 |
| 9 | 2026-07-16 | 16,278 | +24 | −3 | 2,048 |
| 10 | 2026-07-13 | 16,257 | +1 | — | 2,042 |
| 11 | 2026-07-12 | 16,256 | +3 | — | 2,042 |
| 12 | 2026-07-11 | 16,253 | +14 | −2 | 2,042 |
| 13 | 2026-07-10 | 16,241 | +12 | −3 | 2,042 |
| 14 | 2026-07-09 | 16,232 | +7 | −4 | 2,041 |
| 15 | 2026-07-08 | 16,229 | +11 | −2 | 2,040 |
| 16 | 2026-07-07 | 16,220 | +6 | −1 | 2,039 |
| 17 | 2026-07-06 | 16,215 | +2 | — | 2,039 |
| 18 | 2026-07-05 | 16,213 | +0 | — | 2,038 |
| 19 | 2026-07-04 | 16,213 | +1 | — | 2,038 |
| 20 | 2026-07-03 | 16,212 | +7 | — | 2,038 |
| 21 | 2026-07-02 | 16,205 | +5 | — | 2,037 |
| 22 | 2026-07-01 | 16,200 | +13 | — | 2,036 |
| 23 | 2026-06-30 | 16,187 | +9 | — | 2,036 |
| 24 | 2026-06-29 | 16,178 | +0 | — | 2,036 |
| 25 | 2026-06-28 | 16,175 | +3 | — | 2,036 |
| 26 | 2026-06-27 | 16,172 | +6 | −6 | 2,036 |
| 27 | 2026-06-26 | 16,172 | +16 | −1 | 2,037 |
| 28 | 2026-06-25 | 16,157 | +6 | — | 2,038 |
| 29 | 2026-06-24 | 16,151 | +9 | −2 | 2,037 |
| 30 | 2026-06-23 | 16,144 | +9 | −2 | 2,034 |
| 31 | 2026-06-22 | 16,137 | +0 | — | 2,036 |
| 32 | 2026-06-21 | 16,137 | +2 | — | 2,033 |
| 33 | 2026-06-20 | 16,135 | +6 | −1 | 2,032 |
| 34 | 2026-06-19 | 16,130 | +10 | — | 2,040 |
| 35 | 2026-06-18 | 16,120 | +15,120 | — | 2,048 |
| 36 | 2026-06-12 | 16,065 | +16,065 | — | 2,049 |
| 37 | 2026-06-11 | 16,056 | +16,056 | — | 2,050 |