The .rugby top-level domain has 523 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-07-28 · operated by World Rugby Strategic Developments Limited on the GoDaddy Registry backend · general availability began 2021-07-01.
.rugby
New GenericIn GA- Registry
- World Rugby Strategic Developments Limited
- Technical Operator
- GoDaddy Registry
- Delegated
- 2017-04-07
- General availability
- 2021-07-01
Domains live today
523
Registered domains (official)
792
as of 2026-02· +269 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
-0/ day
30-day avg
+1/ day
Momentum
▼decelerating
-1/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 .rugby. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.
Launch phases
Source: ICANN- closedSunrise· End Date SunriseNov 15, 2017 → Jan 16, 2018
- in progressTrademark ClaimsJul 01, 2021
- closedLimited Registration· Invitation Priority AccessJan 17, 2018 → Nov 04, 2019
- closedLimited Registration· Community Priority PeriodNov 05, 2019 → Jun 30, 2021
- liveGeneral Availability(estimated)Jul 01, 2021 → onwards
| # | Date | Domains live | Creates | Expiry | DNSSEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-07-28 | 523 | +1 | −1 | 5 |
| 2 | 2026-07-23 | 523 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | 2026-07-22 | 523 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | 2026-07-21 | 523 | +1 | — | 5 |
| 5 | 2026-07-20 | 522 | +0 | −5 | 5 |
| 6 | 2026-07-19 | 527 | +1 | — | 5 |
| 7 | 2026-07-18 | 526 | +1 | — | 5 |
| 8 | 2026-07-17 | 525 | +19 | — | 5 |
| 9 | 2026-07-16 | 506 | +0 | −1 | 5 |
| 10 | 2026-07-15 | 507 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 11 | 2026-07-14 | 507 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 12 | 2026-07-13 | 507 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 13 | 2026-07-12 | 507 | +1 | — | 5 |
| 14 | 2026-07-11 | 506 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 15 | 2026-07-10 | 506 | +1 | — | 5 |
| 16 | 2026-07-09 | 505 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 17 | 2026-07-08 | 505 | +1 | — | 5 |
| 18 | 2026-07-07 | 504 | +1 | — | 5 |
| 19 | 2026-07-06 | 503 | +0 | −1 | 5 |
| 20 | 2026-07-05 | 504 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 21 | 2026-07-04 | 504 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 22 | 2026-07-03 | 504 | +1 | — | 5 |
| 23 | 2026-07-02 | 503 | +0 | −1 | 5 |
| 24 | 2026-07-01 | 504 | +2 | — | 5 |
| 25 | 2026-06-30 | 502 | +1 | — | 5 |
| 26 | 2026-06-29 | 501 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 27 | 2026-06-28 | 501 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 28 | 2026-06-27 | 501 | +0 | −1 | 5 |
| 29 | 2026-06-26 | 502 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 30 | 2026-06-25 | 502 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 31 | 2026-06-24 | 502 | +2 | — | 5 |
| 32 | 2026-06-23 | 500 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 33 | 2026-06-22 | 500 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 34 | 2026-06-21 | 500 | +0 | −1 | 5 |
| 35 | 2026-06-20 | 501 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 36 | 2026-06-19 | 501 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 37 | 2026-06-18 | 501 | +2 | — | 5 |
| 38 | 2026-06-12 | 499 | +0 | — | 5 |
| 39 | 2026-06-11 | 499 | +499 | — | 5 |