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The .phd top-level domain has 2,508 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-09-12 · operated by Charleston Road Registry Inc. on the Google Inc. backend · general availability began 2023-05-03.

.phd

New GenericIn GA
Registry
Charleston Road Registry Inc.Google Group
Technical Operator
Google Inc.
Delegated
2017-06-29
General availability
2023-05-03
Domains live today
2,508
Registered domains (official)
2,458
as of 2026-05· -50 vs live

Domain growth · last 85 days

2026-06-11 → 2026-09-12

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
+2/ day
30-day avg
+2/ day
Momentum
▲accelerating
+0/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 .phd. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN
  1. Sunrise· Start Date Sunrise
    Apr 02, 2023 → May 02, 2023
    closed
  2. Trademark Claims
    May 03, 2023
    in progress
  3. General Availability(estimated)
    May 03, 2023 → onwards
    live
#DateDomains liveCreatesExpiryDNSSEC
12026-09-122,508+6−1612
22026-09-112,503+0—609
32026-09-102,503+7−2609
42026-09-092,498+0—609
52026-09-082,498+3—609
62026-09-072,495+3—608
72026-09-062,492+2−5608
82026-09-052,495+6—610
92026-09-042,489+1−1609
102026-09-032,489+3—609
112026-09-022,486+1—608
122026-09-012,485+3−1608
132026-08-312,483+3—607
142026-08-302,480+1—607
152026-08-292,479+3—606
162026-08-282,476+0—605
172026-08-272,476+6—605
182026-08-262,470+4−3604
192026-08-252,469+0—604
202026-08-242,469+0—604
212026-08-232,469+3—604
222026-08-222,466+4—604
232026-08-212,462+4−2603
242026-08-202,460+2−2602
252026-08-192,460+1−1602
262026-08-182,460+0—602
272026-08-172,460+2−1602
282026-08-162,459+4−4601
292026-08-152,459+0—601
302026-08-142,459+3−1601
312026-08-132,457+0—601
322026-08-122,457+6−2601
332026-08-112,453+0—598
342026-08-102,453+0−1598
352026-08-092,454+1−1597
362026-08-082,454+1−2597
372026-08-072,455+2−1597
382026-08-062,454+3−2596
392026-08-052,453+6−3595
402026-08-042,450+0—592
412026-08-032,450+4−2592
422026-08-022,448+2−8593
432026-08-012,454+0—592
442026-07-312,454+1−5592
452026-07-302,458+0−1593
462026-07-292,459+0—594
472026-07-282,459+8−9594
482026-07-232,460+0—596
492026-07-222,460+0−4596
502026-07-212,464+0—596
512026-07-202,464+3−3596
522026-07-192,464+0—597
532026-07-182,464+10−3597
542026-07-172,457+1—599
552026-07-162,456+3−1599
562026-07-152,454+5−3598
572026-07-142,452+0—598
582026-07-132,452+9−6598
592026-07-122,449+0—595
602026-07-112,449+0—595