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The .phd top-level domain has 2,620 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-10-27 · 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
2,620
Registered domains (official)
2,536
as of 2026-06· -84 vs live

Domain growth · last 129 days

2026-06-11 → 2026-10-27

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
+6/ day
30-day avg
+3/ day
Momentum
▲accelerating
+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 .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
12026-10-272,620+2−2619
22026-10-262,620+1—619
32026-10-252,619+10−2619
42026-10-242,611+0—618
52026-10-232,611+0—618
62026-10-222,611+8—618
72026-10-212,603+24—618
82026-10-202,579+0—617
92026-10-192,579+7−1617
102026-10-182,573+1—616
112026-10-172,572+2−3616
122026-10-162,573+5—616
132026-10-152,568+3—616
142026-10-142,565+2—616
152026-10-132,563+1−1616
162026-10-122,563+0—616
172026-10-112,563+7−2616
182026-10-102,558+0—615
192026-10-092,558+2−2615
202026-10-082,558+1—615
212026-10-072,557+10−1616
222026-10-062,548+8−2616
232026-10-052,542+0—614
242026-10-042,542+0—614
252026-10-032,542+2—614
262026-10-022,540+3−1614
272026-10-012,538+5—614
282026-09-302,533+3−2614
292026-09-292,532+2—613
302026-09-282,530+3—615
312026-09-272,527+1−1614
322026-09-262,527+3−1616
332026-09-252,525+2−1615
342026-09-242,524+3−1615
352026-09-232,522+2−1615
362026-09-222,521+4−3615
372026-09-202,520+0—616
382026-09-192,520+5−1616
392026-09-182,516+1—615
402026-09-172,515+0—615
412026-09-162,515+8−1615
422026-09-152,508+1−1613
432026-09-142,508+0−2613
442026-09-132,510+3−1613
452026-09-122,508+6−1612
462026-09-112,503+0—609
472026-09-102,503+7−2609
482026-09-092,498+0—609
492026-09-082,498+3—609
502026-09-072,495+3—608
512026-09-062,492+2−5608
522026-09-052,495+6—610
532026-09-042,489+1−1609
542026-09-032,489+3—609
552026-09-022,486+1—608
562026-09-012,485+3−1608
572026-08-312,483+3—607
582026-08-302,480+1—607
592026-08-292,479+3—606
602026-08-282,476+0—605