New gTLD · delegated 2014-12 · ICM Registry AD LLC

.adult TLD stats

.adult held about 6,130 names in August 2026, by a third-party estimate; its zone file on 24 Oct 2026 carried 6,159.

6,130
names, August 2026, third-party estimate
6,159
in the zone file, 24 Oct 2026

Names since general availability, June 2015

Names on the books at the end of each year since general availability, from the registry's monthly reports to ICANN, through May 2026. The marked point is the zone count of 24 Oct 2026, a different count taken on one night.

Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it

In its first year, to May 2016, 56 registrars held 10 or more .adult names and the largest held 13%; by its eleventh, to May 2026, 54 did and the largest held 14%.

  1. 1 · to May 201610,8115613%
  2. 2 · to May 20179,7915413%
  3. 3 · to May 20189,3565614%
  4. 4 · to May 20199,1725322%
  5. 5 · to May 20208,7515322%
  6. 6 · to May 20218,6455320%
  7. 7 · to May 20228,0915116%
  8. 8 · to May 20237,1965115%
  9. 9 · to May 20246,7905115%
  10. 10 · to May 20256,8485313%
  11. 11 · to May 20266,7095414%

Year 1 starts at general availability and each year is labelled by the month it ends. Registrars with 10 or more names and the largest registrar's share are read at that month. A year with fewer than nine monthly reports is left blank.

Who sells it

May 2026

GoDaddy.com, LLC held 14.0% of .adult names in May 2026; the largest five together held 50.3%.

Shares add to 100%. From the registry's report for May 2026.

2026 strings our model compared with it

When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .adult among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 2 applied-for strings. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.

last night, in detail

Oct 24, 2026
What moved · on Oct 24, 2026
entered the zone
+2
left it
0
changed nameservers
1
Net
+2
Sep 16, 2026 to Oct 24, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero
How the zone is used · 6,159 names
  • Listed for salemarketplace nameservers841.4%
  • Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers2454.0%
  • In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers3,97164.5%
  • Not classifiednameservers we can’t name1,85930.2%

Read from each name’s nameservers on the night shown. Listed and parked are counted separately.

How we classify
A name takes the row its nameservers match on our provider list. Verification nameservers sit beside a name’s other nameservers, so they overlap the rows above: 0.4%. List 2026.09.7+psl4b673689.

Counted from the registry’s own zone file on the night of Oct 24, 2026. A zone count is not domains under management: a registered name that is not delegated never appears in the zone, and a name on hold leaves the zone while it stays registered. The two numbers will not agree, and neither is wrong.

Aug 2026: 6,130 — third-party estimate; the registry has not published that month yet.

how many names, month by month

to
Aug 2026 to Aug 2026

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Dashed months are third-party estimates. Sunrise Mar 2015 to Apr 2015; general registration Jun 2015.

everything else