The .phd top-level domain has 2,459 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-07-28 · 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

2,459

Registered domains (official)

2,326

as of 2026-02· -133 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

+0/ day

30-day avg

+1/ day

Momentum

▼decelerating

-0/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 .phd. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN

Sunrise· Start Date Sunrise
Apr 02, 2023 → May 02, 2023
closed
Trademark Claims
May 03, 2023
in progress
General Availability(estimated)
May 03, 2023 → onwards
live

#	Date	Domains live	Creates	Expiry	DNSSEC
1	2026-07-28	2,459	+8	−9	594
2	2026-07-23	2,460	+0	—	596
3	2026-07-22	2,460	+0	−4	596
4	2026-07-21	2,464	+0	—	596
5	2026-07-20	2,464	+3	−3	596
6	2026-07-19	2,464	+0	—	597
7	2026-07-18	2,464	+10	−3	597
8	2026-07-17	2,457	+1	—	599
9	2026-07-16	2,456	+3	−1	599
10	2026-07-15	2,454	+5	−3	598
11	2026-07-14	2,452	+0	—	598
12	2026-07-13	2,452	+9	−6	598
13	2026-07-12	2,449	+0	—	595
14	2026-07-11	2,449	+0	—	595
15	2026-07-10	2,449	+3	−1	595
16	2026-07-09	2,447	+2	—	595
17	2026-07-08	2,445	+3	−3	595
18	2026-07-07	2,445	+2	−3	595
19	2026-07-06	2,446	+2	—	595
20	2026-07-05	2,444	+4	−2	595
21	2026-07-04	2,442	+6	—	594
22	2026-07-03	2,436	+1	−4	591
23	2026-07-02	2,439	+2	−2	592
24	2026-07-01	2,439	+4	−1	592
25	2026-06-30	2,436	+0	—	592
26	2026-06-29	2,436	+0	—	592
27	2026-06-28	2,435	+3	−1	592
28	2026-06-27	2,433	+2	−8	589
29	2026-06-26	2,439	+2	−3	589
30	2026-06-25	2,440	+0	−3	590
31	2026-06-24	2,443	+0	—	591
32	2026-06-23	2,443	+2	−4	591
33	2026-06-22	2,445	+2	—	595
34	2026-06-21	2,443	+0	—	595
35	2026-06-20	2,443	+5	−3	595
36	2026-06-19	2,441	+4	−11	595
37	2026-06-18	2,443	+1,444	−1	597
38	2026-06-12	2,384	+2,384	—	544
39	2026-06-11	2,384	+2,384	—	544