The .istanbul top-level domain has 4,855 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.
.istanbul
New GenericIn GA- Registry
- Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
- Technical Operator
- Identity Digital
- Delegated
- 2015-07-11
- General availability
- 2016-05-06
Domains live today
4,855
Registered domains (official)
5,069
as of 2026-01· +214 vs live
Domain growth · last 38 days
2026-06-11 → 2026-07-28Hover 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
+1/ day
30-day avg
-1/ day
Momentum
▲accelerating
+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 .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 | 2026-07-28 | 4,855 | +11 | −10 | 28 |
| 2 | 2026-07-23 | 4,854 | +3 | −1 | 27 |
| 3 | 2026-07-22 | 4,852 | +2 | −1 | 27 |
| 4 | 2026-07-21 | 4,851 | +2 | — | 27 |
| 5 | 2026-07-20 | 4,849 | +4 | −2 | 27 |
| 6 | 2026-07-19 | 4,847 | +2 | −7 | 27 |
| 7 | 2026-07-18 | 4,852 | +3 | — | 27 |
| 8 | 2026-07-17 | 4,849 | +4 | −1 | 27 |
| 9 | 2026-07-16 | 4,846 | +4 | −1 | 27 |
| 10 | 2026-07-15 | 4,843 | +4 | −7 | 27 |
| 11 | 2026-07-14 | 4,846 | +0 | — | 27 |
| 12 | 2026-07-13 | 4,846 | +0 | −4 | 27 |
| 13 | 2026-07-12 | 4,850 | +1 | −2 | 27 |
| 14 | 2026-07-11 | 4,851 | +2 | −2 | 27 |
| 15 | 2026-07-10 | 4,851 | +2 | −8 | 27 |
| 16 | 2026-07-09 | 4,857 | +2 | −4 | 27 |
| 17 | 2026-07-08 | 4,859 | +0 | −1 | 27 |
| 18 | 2026-07-07 | 4,860 | +1 | −2 | 27 |
| 19 | 2026-07-06 | 4,861 | +1 | −1 | 27 |
| 20 | 2026-07-05 | 4,861 | +1 | −8 | 27 |
| 21 | 2026-07-04 | 4,868 | +3 | −5 | 26 |
| 22 | 2026-07-03 | 4,870 | +2 | −1 | 26 |
| 23 | 2026-07-02 | 4,869 | +3 | −2 | 26 |
| 24 | 2026-07-01 | 4,868 | +3 | −2 | 26 |
| 25 | 2026-06-30 | 4,867 | +1 | −5 | 26 |
| 26 | 2026-06-29 | 4,871 | +0 | — | 26 |
| 27 | 2026-06-28 | 4,866 | +4 | −3 | 26 |
| 28 | 2026-06-27 | 4,865 | +2 | −2 | 26 |
| 29 | 2026-06-26 | 4,865 | +0 | −7 | 26 |
| 30 | 2026-06-25 | 4,872 | +5 | −6 | 27 |
| 31 | 2026-06-24 | 4,873 | +1 | −6 | 26 |
| 32 | 2026-06-23 | 4,878 | +1 | −5 | 26 |
| 33 | 2026-06-22 | 4,882 | +1 | −7 | 26 |
| 34 | 2026-06-21 | 4,888 | +0 | −13 | 26 |
| 35 | 2026-06-20 | 4,901 | +0 | −32 | 26 |
| 36 | 2026-06-19 | 4,933 | +5 | −5 | 26 |
| 37 | 2026-06-18 | 4,933 | +4,933 | — | 26 |
| 38 | 2026-06-11 | 4,916 | +4,916 | — | 25 |