The .istanbul top-level domain has 4,878 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.
.istanbul
New GenericIn GA- Registry
- Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
- Technical Operator
- Identity Digital
- Delegated
- 2015-07-11
- General availability
- 2016-05-06
Domains live today
4,878
Registered domains (official)
5,044
as of 2026-06· +166 vs live
Domain growth · last 128 days
2026-06-11 → 2026-10-27Hover any day for exact counts. Drag the timeline below the chart to scroll between dates.
Growth momentum
7-day vs 30-day average7-day avg
-3/ day
30-day avg
+0/ day
Momentum
▼decelerating
-3/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 .istanbul. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.
Launch phases
Source: ICANN- closedSunrise· Start Date SunriseJan 27, 2016 → Feb 26, 2016
- closedTrademark ClaimsMay 10, 2016 → Aug 08, 2016
- closedLimited Registration· Turkey Limited Registration PeriodMar 01, 2016 → Mar 31, 2016
- closedLimited Registration· LandrushApr 05, 2016 → May 05, 2016
- liveGeneral Availability(estimated)May 06, 2016 → onwards
| # | Date | Domains live | Creates | Expiry | DNSSEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-10-27 | 4,878 | +2 | −3 | 34 |
| 2 | 2026-10-26 | 4,879 | +0 | −4 | 34 |
| 3 | 2026-10-25 | 4,883 | +1 | −4 | 34 |
| 4 | 2026-10-24 | 4,886 | +0 | −2 | 34 |
| 5 | 2026-10-23 | 4,888 | +0 | −2 | 34 |
| 6 | 2026-10-22 | 4,890 | +0 | −6 | 34 |
| 7 | 2026-10-21 | 4,896 | +1 | −4 | 34 |
| 8 | 2026-10-20 | 4,899 | +5 | — | 34 |
| 9 | 2026-10-19 | 4,894 | +4 | −1 | 34 |
| 10 | 2026-10-18 | 4,891 | +1 | — | 34 |
| 11 | 2026-10-17 | 4,890 | +2 | −4 | 34 |
| 12 | 2026-10-16 | 4,892 | +8 | −3 | 34 |
| 13 | 2026-10-15 | 4,887 | +2 | −1 | 34 |
| 14 | 2026-10-14 | 4,886 | +3 | — | 34 |
| 15 | 2026-10-13 | 4,883 | +4 | — | 34 |
| 16 | 2026-10-12 | 4,879 | +2 | −1 | 34 |
| 17 | 2026-10-11 | 4,878 | +1 | −1 | 33 |
| 18 | 2026-10-10 | 4,878 | +3 | — | 33 |
| 19 | 2026-10-09 | 4,875 | +3 | −6 | 33 |
| 20 | 2026-10-08 | 4,878 | +3 | −4 | 33 |
| 21 | 2026-10-07 | 4,879 | +5 | −2 | 33 |
| 22 | 2026-10-06 | 4,876 | +2 | −1 | 33 |
| 23 | 2026-10-05 | 4,875 | +3 | — | 33 |
| 24 | 2026-10-04 | 4,872 | +9 | −4 | 31 |
| 25 | 2026-10-03 | 4,867 | +3 | −1 | 31 |
| 26 | 2026-10-02 | 4,865 | +6 | −5 | 31 |
| 27 | 2026-10-01 | 4,864 | +1 | −5 | 31 |
| 28 | 2026-09-30 | 4,868 | +1 | −1 | 31 |
| 29 | 2026-09-29 | 4,868 | +1 | −4 | 31 |
| 30 | 2026-09-28 | 4,871 | +1 | −1 | 31 |
| 31 | 2026-09-27 | 4,871 | +3 | −1 | 31 |
| 32 | 2026-09-26 | 4,869 | +2 | −5 | 31 |
| 33 | 2026-09-25 | 4,872 | +0 | −1 | 31 |
| 34 | 2026-09-24 | 4,873 | +2 | −3 | 31 |
| 35 | 2026-09-23 | 4,874 | +2 | — | 30 |
| 36 | 2026-09-22 | 4,872 | +4 | −3 | 30 |
| 37 | 2026-09-20 | 4,871 | +0 | −1 | 30 |
| 38 | 2026-09-19 | 4,872 | +2 | −1 | 30 |
| 39 | 2026-09-18 | 4,871 | +6 | −1 | 30 |
| 40 | 2026-09-17 | 4,866 | +3 | — | 30 |
| 41 | 2026-09-16 | 4,863 | +8 | −6 | 30 |
| 42 | 2026-09-15 | 4,861 | +4 | −2 | 30 |
| 43 | 2026-09-14 | 4,859 | +1 | −4 | 30 |
| 44 | 2026-09-13 | 4,862 | +1 | −1 | 30 |
| 45 | 2026-09-12 | 4,862 | +0 | −2 | 29 |
| 46 | 2026-09-11 | 4,864 | +4 | — | 29 |
| 47 | 2026-09-10 | 4,860 | +0 | −1 | 29 |
| 48 | 2026-09-09 | 4,861 | +0 | — | 29 |
| 49 | 2026-09-08 | 4,861 | +5 | −1 | 29 |
| 50 | 2026-09-07 | 4,857 | +1 | — | 29 |
| 51 | 2026-09-06 | 4,856 | +2 | −1 | 29 |
| 52 | 2026-09-05 | 4,855 | +0 | — | 29 |
| 53 | 2026-09-04 | 4,855 | +1 | — | 29 |
| 54 | 2026-09-03 | 4,854 | +1 | −5 | 29 |
| 55 | 2026-09-02 | 4,858 | +4 | −1 | 29 |
| 56 | 2026-09-01 | 4,855 | +2 | −2 | 29 |
| 57 | 2026-08-31 | 4,855 | +2 | −2 | 29 |
| 58 | 2026-08-30 | 4,855 | +3 | −2 | 29 |
| 59 | 2026-08-29 | 4,854 | +2 | −3 | 29 |
| 60 | 2026-08-28 | 4,855 | +1 | — | 29 |