The .ist top-level domain has 7,644 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-07-28 · 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

7,644

~0.0% active web presence

Registered domains (official)

7,830

as of 2026-02· +186 vs live

Domain growth · last 39 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

-1/ day

30-day avg

+2/ day

Momentum

▼decelerating

-2/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 .ist. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN

Sunrise· Start Date Sunrise
Jan 27, 2016 → Feb 26, 2016
closed
Trademark Claims
May 10, 2016 → Aug 08, 2016
closed
Limited Registration· Turkey Limited Registration Period
Mar 01, 2016 → Mar 31, 2016
closed
Limited Registration· Landrush
Apr 05, 2016 → May 05, 2016
closed
General Availability(estimated)
May 06, 2016 → onwards
live

#	Date	Domains live	Creates	Expiry	DNSSEC
1	2026-07-28	7,644	+19	−22	120
2	2026-07-23	7,647	+5	−9	119
3	2026-07-22	7,651	+8	−4	118
4	2026-07-21	7,647	+6	−5	118
5	2026-07-20	7,646	+5	−8	118
6	2026-07-19	7,649	+4	−5	118
7	2026-07-18	7,650	+9	−7	118
8	2026-07-17	7,648	+8	−7	118
9	2026-07-16	7,647	+2	−3	118
10	2026-07-15	7,648	+7	−6	118
11	2026-07-14	7,647	+0	—	118
12	2026-07-13	7,647	+4	−12	118
13	2026-07-12	7,655	+2	−1	119
14	2026-07-11	7,654	+3	−4	119
15	2026-07-10	7,655	+5	−8	119
16	2026-07-09	7,658	+1	−2	120
17	2026-07-08	7,659	+7	−5	120
18	2026-07-07	7,657	+10	−5	120
19	2026-07-06	7,652	+4	−5	121
20	2026-07-05	7,653	+2	−11	120
21	2026-07-04	7,662	+75	−2	120
22	2026-07-03	7,589	+7	−7	119
23	2026-07-02	7,589	+7	−4	120
24	2026-07-01	7,586	+4	−4	120
25	2026-06-30	7,586	+5	−4	120
26	2026-06-29	7,585	+0	—	120
27	2026-06-28	7,596	+2	−6	120
28	2026-06-27	7,600	+0	−2	120
29	2026-06-26	7,602	+11	−6	120
30	2026-06-25	7,597	+7	−9	119
31	2026-06-24	7,599	+3	−9	119
32	2026-06-23	7,605	+4	−11	119
33	2026-06-22	7,612	+4	−5	119
34	2026-06-21	7,613	+6	−18	120
35	2026-06-20	7,625	+5	−32	120
36	2026-06-19	7,652	+14	−27	121
37	2026-06-18	7,648	+6,653	−5	121
38	2026-06-12	7,637	+7,637	—	122
39	2026-06-11	7,632	+7,632	—	122