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The .ist top-level domain has 7,808 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-10-27 · 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
7,808
~0.0% active web presence
Registered domains (official)
7,845
as of 2026-06· +37 vs live

Domain growth · last 129 days

2026-06-11 → 2026-10-27

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
-2/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
12026-10-277,808+3−2139
22026-10-267,807+5−2139
32026-10-257,804+2−4138
42026-10-247,806+4−2138
52026-10-237,804+3−5136
62026-10-227,806+2−6136
72026-10-217,810+4−4136
82026-10-207,810+6−3135
92026-10-197,807+3−3135
102026-10-187,807+4−4135
112026-10-177,807+6−4135
122026-10-167,805+9−2134
132026-10-157,798+7−1133
142026-10-147,792+6−3133
152026-10-137,789+3−1133
162026-10-127,787+2−5133
172026-10-117,790+0−7133
182026-10-107,797+2−2133
192026-10-097,797+4−2133
202026-10-087,795+5−4133
212026-10-077,794+8−7133
222026-10-067,793+3−3134
232026-10-057,793+6−4134
242026-10-047,791+3−4134
252026-10-037,792+5−2134
262026-10-027,789+14−6133
272026-10-017,781+5−7132
282026-09-307,783+3−1132
292026-09-297,781+10−1132
302026-09-287,772+5−4132
312026-09-277,771+20−3132
322026-09-267,754+6−5132
332026-09-257,753+8−2132
342026-09-247,747+11−1131
352026-09-237,737+11−3131
362026-09-227,729+5−4130
372026-09-207,728+0−8129
382026-09-197,736+4−4128
392026-09-187,736+4−3128
402026-09-177,735+3—127
412026-09-167,732+11−3127
422026-09-157,724+3−7128
432026-09-147,728+4−3128
442026-09-137,727+32−3128
452026-09-127,698+2−2129
462026-09-117,698+5−4129
472026-09-107,697+8−13129
482026-09-097,702+3−1129
492026-09-087,700+4−2129
502026-09-077,698+1−7129
512026-09-067,704+9−5128
522026-09-057,700+5−3128
532026-09-047,698+5−4128
542026-09-037,697+10−4127
552026-09-027,691+5−6127
562026-09-017,692+4—126
572026-08-317,688+2−1126
582026-08-307,687+3−2126
592026-08-297,686+10−3126
602026-08-287,679+7−6126