The .news top-level domain has 76,135 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-07-28 · operated by Dog Beach, LLC on the Identity Digital backend · general availability began 2015-07-05.
.news
New GenericIn GA- Registry
- Dog Beach, LLCIdentity Digital Group
- Technical Operator
- Identity Digital
- Delegated
- 2015-01-15
- General availability
- 2015-07-05
Domains live today
76,135
Registered domains (official)
88,786
as of 2026-02· +12,651 vs live
Domain growth · last 39 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
+110/ day
30-day avg
+57/ day
Momentum
▲accelerating
+53/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 .news. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.
Launch phases
Source: ICANN- closedSunrise· End Date SunriseMay 05, 2015 → Jul 04, 2015
- closedTrademark ClaimsJul 08, 2015 → Oct 06, 2015
- liveGeneral Availability(estimated)Jul 05, 2015 → onwards
| # | Date | Domains live | Creates | Expiry | DNSSEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-07-28 | 76,135 | +621 | −531 | 3,810 |
| 2 | 2026-07-23 | 76,045 | +175 | −61 | 3,778 |
| 3 | 2026-07-22 | 75,931 | +134 | −109 | 3,748 |
| 4 | 2026-07-21 | 75,906 | +162 | −109 | 3,743 |
| 5 | 2026-07-20 | 75,853 | +106 | −87 | 3,744 |
| 6 | 2026-07-19 | 75,834 | +128 | −106 | 3,728 |
| 7 | 2026-07-18 | 75,812 | +524 | −76 | 3,728 |
| 8 | 2026-07-17 | 75,364 | +139 | −107 | 3,347 |
| 9 | 2026-07-16 | 75,332 | +140 | −125 | 3,339 |
| 10 | 2026-07-15 | 75,317 | +317 | −181 | 3,401 |
| 11 | 2026-07-14 | 75,181 | +0 | — | 3,342 |
| 12 | 2026-07-13 | 75,181 | +91 | −86 | 3,342 |
| 13 | 2026-07-12 | 75,176 | +92 | −108 | 3,344 |
| 14 | 2026-07-11 | 75,192 | +150 | −103 | 3,340 |
| 15 | 2026-07-10 | 75,145 | +128 | −107 | 3,340 |
| 16 | 2026-07-09 | 75,124 | +147 | −76 | 3,335 |
| 17 | 2026-07-08 | 75,053 | +217 | −125 | 3,338 |
| 18 | 2026-07-07 | 74,961 | +250 | −102 | 3,343 |
| 19 | 2026-07-06 | 74,813 | +176 | −115 | 3,343 |
| 20 | 2026-07-05 | 74,752 | +112 | −86 | 3,341 |
| 21 | 2026-07-04 | 74,726 | +122 | −96 | 3,337 |
| 22 | 2026-07-03 | 74,700 | +195 | −77 | 3,330 |
| 23 | 2026-07-02 | 74,582 | +132 | −100 | 3,329 |
| 24 | 2026-07-01 | 74,550 | +114 | −101 | 3,323 |
| 25 | 2026-06-30 | 74,537 | +186 | −88 | 3,318 |
| 26 | 2026-06-29 | 74,439 | +0 | — | 3,306 |
| 27 | 2026-06-28 | 74,458 | +90 | −142 | 3,300 |
| 28 | 2026-06-27 | 74,510 | +100 | −104 | 3,294 |
| 29 | 2026-06-26 | 74,514 | +131 | −97 | 3,289 |
| 30 | 2026-06-25 | 74,480 | +127 | −89 | 3,282 |
| 31 | 2026-06-24 | 74,442 | +130 | −103 | 3,275 |
| 32 | 2026-06-23 | 74,415 | +139 | −113 | 3,275 |
| 33 | 2026-06-22 | 74,389 | +93 | −103 | 3,275 |
| 34 | 2026-06-21 | 74,399 | +93 | −90 | 3,278 |
| 35 | 2026-06-20 | 74,396 | +148 | −103 | 3,280 |
| 36 | 2026-06-19 | 74,351 | +127 | −568 | 3,273 |
| 37 | 2026-06-18 | 74,303 | +73,310 | −7 | 3,238 |
| 38 | 2026-06-12 | 74,068 | +74,068 | — | 3,227 |
| 39 | 2026-06-11 | 74,048 | +74,048 | — | 3,224 |