The .help top-level domain has 200,026 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-07-28 · operated by Innovation service Limited on the CentralNIC backend · general availability began 2014-11-04.

.help

New GenericIn GA

Registry: Innovation service Limited
Technical Operator: CentralNIC
Delegated: 2014-08-16
General availability: 2014-11-04

Domains live today

200,026

Registered domains (official)

160,012

as of 2026-01· -40,014 vs live

Domain growth · last 38 days

2026-06-11 → 2026-07-28

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

+233/ day

30-day avg

+259/ day

Momentum

▼decelerating

-25/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 .help. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN

Sunrise· End Date Sunrise
Sep 03, 2014 → Nov 03, 2014
closed
Trademark Claims
Nov 25, 2014 → Feb 23, 2015
closed
Limited Registration· Sunrise B
Sep 03, 2014 → Nov 03, 2014
closed
General Availability(estimated)
Nov 04, 2014 → onwards
live

#	Date	Domains live	Creates	Expiry	DNSSEC
1	2026-07-28	200,026	+0	−357	2,688
2	2026-07-23	200,383	+925	—	2,592
3	2026-07-22	199,458	+1,074	−1,033	2,610
4	2026-07-21	199,417	+1,597	−431	2,596
5	2026-07-20	198,251	+590	−230	2,583
6	2026-07-19	197,891	+750	−334	2,577
7	2026-07-18	197,475	+379	−1,296	2,577
8	2026-07-17	198,392	+1,418	−537	2,578
9	2026-07-16	197,511	+927	−175	2,536
10	2026-07-15	196,759	+3,043	−1,366	2,535
11	2026-07-14	195,082	+0	—	2,522
12	2026-07-13	195,082	+2,593	−226	2,522
13	2026-07-12	192,715	+226	−1,543	2,517
14	2026-07-11	194,032	+424	−2,302	2,515
15	2026-07-10	195,910	+405	−351	2,510
16	2026-07-09	195,856	+1,851	−159	2,514
17	2026-07-08	194,164	+583	−344	2,517
18	2026-07-07	193,925	+332	−347	2,517
19	2026-07-06	193,940	+249	−625	2,507
20	2026-07-05	194,316	+172	−553	2,505
21	2026-07-04	194,697	+1,231	−198	2,507
22	2026-07-03	193,664	+663	−218	2,508
23	2026-07-02	193,219	+337	−243	2,518
24	2026-07-01	193,125	+595	−249	2,520
25	2026-06-30	192,779	+376	−453	2,525
26	2026-06-29	192,856	+0	—	2,519
27	2026-06-28	193,132	+454	−258	2,523
28	2026-06-27	192,936	+387	−229	2,512
29	2026-06-26	192,778	+527	−557	2,506
30	2026-06-25	192,808	+616	−344	2,495
31	2026-06-24	192,536	+499	−238	2,492
32	2026-06-23	192,275	+791	−341	2,483
33	2026-06-22	191,825	+360	−387	2,472
34	2026-06-21	191,852	+425	−1,121	2,470
35	2026-06-20	192,548	+601	−176	2,468
36	2026-06-19	192,123	+450	−228	3,423
37	2026-06-18	191,901	+17,901	—	3,420
38	2026-06-11	192,043	+192,043	—	2,411