The .institute top-level domain has 22,427 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-09-12 · operated by Binky Moon, LLC on the Identity Digital backend · general availability began 2014-03-23.

.institute

New GenericIn GA
Registry
Binky Moon, LLCIdentity Digital Group
Technical Operator
Identity Digital
Delegated
2013-12-28
General availability
2014-03-23
Domains live today
22,427
Registered domains (official)
20,781
as of 2026-05· -1,646 vs live

Domain growth · last 85 days

2026-06-112026-09-12

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
+38/ day
30-day avg
+34/ day
Momentum
accelerating
+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 .institute. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN
  1. Sunrise· End Date Sunrise
    Jan 21, 2014Mar 22, 2014
    closed
  2. Trademark Claims
    Mar 24, 2014Jun 24, 2014
    closed
  3. General Availability(estimated)
    Mar 23, 2014 → onwards
    live
#DateDomains liveCreatesExpiryDNSSEC
12026-09-1222,427+54−141,260
22026-09-1122,387+85−121,260
32026-09-1022,314+32−131,258
42026-09-0922,295+66−101,256
52026-09-0822,239+74−91,251
62026-09-0722,174+20−161,247
72026-09-0622,170+23−121,246
82026-09-0522,159+58−171,244
92026-09-0422,118+44−141,239
102026-09-0322,088+39−111,237
112026-09-0222,060+66−101,237
122026-09-0122,004+58−111,236
132026-08-3121,957+16−111,234
142026-08-3021,952+10−191,233
152026-08-2921,961+52−301,230
162026-08-2821,939+67−91,232
172026-08-2721,881+78−181,230
182026-08-2621,821+79−291,228
192026-08-2521,771+01,229
202026-08-2421,771+19−141,229
212026-08-2321,766+9−141,227
222026-08-2221,771+62−171,228
232026-08-2121,726+19−91,223
242026-08-2021,716+62−101,222
252026-08-1921,664+78−151,218
262026-08-1821,601+97−121,221
272026-08-1721,516+28−141,222
282026-08-1621,502+17−111,220
292026-08-1521,496+60−211,220
302026-08-1421,457+45−61,219
312026-08-1321,418+57−111,213
322026-08-1221,372+39−221,215
332026-08-1121,355+70−91,215
342026-08-1021,294+11−161,212
352026-08-0921,299+8−111,212
362026-08-0821,302+47−231,211
372026-08-0721,278+48−171,210
382026-08-0621,247+20−171,207
392026-08-0521,244+24−121,208
402026-08-0421,232+47−141,208
412026-08-0321,199+13−151,213
422026-08-0221,201+15−171,214
432026-08-0121,203+42−171,215
442026-07-3121,178+62−211,212
452026-07-3021,137+40−171,208
462026-07-2921,114+63−151,206
472026-07-2821,066+137−651,206
482026-07-2320,994+22−131,213
492026-07-2220,985+59−181,213
502026-07-2120,944+106−131,213
512026-07-2020,851+18−151,212
522026-07-1920,848+10−161,207
532026-07-1820,854+19−171,207
542026-07-1720,852+70−121,206
552026-07-1620,794+42−151,204
562026-07-1520,767+95−201,203
572026-07-1420,692+01,204
582026-07-1320,692+15−151,204
592026-07-1220,692+15−111,202
602026-07-1120,688+35−71,200