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The .ist top-level domain has 7,698 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-09-12 · operated by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on the Identity Digital backend · general availability began 2016-05-06.

.ist

New GenericIn GA
Registry
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Technical Operator
Identity Digital
Delegated
2015-07-11
General availability
2016-05-06
Domains live today
7,698
~0.0% active web presence
Registered domains (official)
7,838
as of 2026-05· +140 vs live

Domain growth · last 85 days

2026-06-11 → 2026-09-12

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
-0/ day
30-day avg
+1/ 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 .ist. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN
  1. Sunrise· Start Date Sunrise
    Jan 27, 2016 → Feb 26, 2016
    closed
  2. Trademark Claims
    May 10, 2016 → Aug 08, 2016
    closed
  3. Limited Registration· Turkey Limited Registration Period
    Mar 01, 2016 → Mar 31, 2016
    closed
  4. Limited Registration· Landrush
    Apr 05, 2016 → May 05, 2016
    closed
  5. General Availability(estimated)
    May 06, 2016 → onwards
    live
#DateDomains liveCreatesExpiryDNSSEC
12026-09-127,698+2−2129
22026-09-117,698+5−4129
32026-09-107,697+8−13129
42026-09-097,702+3−1129
52026-09-087,700+4−2129
62026-09-077,698+1−7129
72026-09-067,704+9−5128
82026-09-057,700+5−3128
92026-09-047,698+5−4128
102026-09-037,697+10−4127
112026-09-027,691+5−6127
122026-09-017,692+4—126
132026-08-317,688+2−1126
142026-08-307,687+3−2126
152026-08-297,686+10−3126
162026-08-287,679+7−6126
172026-08-277,678+6−1126
182026-08-267,673+7−7126
192026-08-257,673+0—126
202026-08-247,673+2−6126
212026-08-237,677+2−2124
222026-08-227,677+7−7124
232026-08-217,677+5−2123
242026-08-207,674+1−6123
252026-08-197,679+7−4123
262026-08-187,676+3−1123
272026-08-177,674+3—123
282026-08-167,671+2−4123
292026-08-157,673+6−5123
302026-08-147,672+9−7123
312026-08-137,670+5−3123
322026-08-127,668+14−5123
332026-08-117,659+3−5123
342026-08-107,661+8−5123
352026-08-097,658+6−5123
362026-08-087,657+5−10123
372026-08-077,662+10−2123
382026-08-067,654+3−5121
392026-08-057,656+7−4121
402026-08-047,653+4−6121
412026-08-037,655+5−2122
422026-08-027,652+4−7120
432026-08-017,655+7−5120
442026-07-317,653+5—120
452026-07-307,648+6−2120
462026-07-297,644+3−3120
472026-07-287,644+19−22120
482026-07-237,647+5−9119
492026-07-227,651+8−4118
502026-07-217,647+6−5118
512026-07-207,646+5−8118
522026-07-197,649+4−5118
532026-07-187,650+9−7118
542026-07-177,648+8−7118
552026-07-167,647+2−3118
562026-07-157,648+7−6118
572026-07-147,647+0—118
582026-07-137,647+4−12118
592026-07-127,655+2−1119
602026-07-117,654+3−4119