New gTLD · delegated 2015-06 · American Bible Society

.bible TLD stats

.bible held 1,243 names in December 2024, as American Bible Society reported to ICANN; its zone file on 24 Oct 2026 carried 1,488. 31 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, Porkbun LLC, held 37.8%.

1,243
names, December 2024, reported to ICANN
1,488
in the zone file, 24 Oct 2026
31
registrars holding names

Names since general availability, March 2016

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 February 2017, 6 registrars held 10 or more .bible names and the largest held 72%; by its tenth, to February 2026, 13 did and the largest held 38%.

  1. 1 · to Feb 2017576672%
  2. 2 · to Feb 20181,192785%
  3. 3 · to Feb 20191,461788%
  4. 4 · to Feb 20201,7881085%
  5. 5 · to Feb 20211,9061080%
  6. 6 · to Feb 20221,4921174%
  7. 7 · to Feb 20231,2261163%
  8. 8 · to Feb 20241,4051540%
  9. 9 · to Feb 20251,2521339%
  10. 10 · to Feb 20261,4101338%

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

December 2024

Porkbun LLC held 37.8% of .bible names in December 2024; the largest five together held 81.6%.

Shares add to 100%. From the registry's report for December 2024.

2026 strings our model compared with it

When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .bible among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 4 applied-for strings. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.

Cross-checkThe registry reported 1,243 names for Dec 2024; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 245 more. The two are counted differently and 22 months apart: a registered name that is not delegated never appears in the zone, and a zone file is read on one night, a report at a month's end.

last night, in detail

Oct 24, 2026
What moved · on Oct 24, 2026
entered the zone
+1
left it
−2
changed nameservers
2
Net
−1
Sep 16, 2026 to Oct 24, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero
How the zone is used · 1,488 names
  • Listed for salemarketplace nameservers00.0%
  • Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers614.1%
  • In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers1,28986.6%
  • Not classifiednameservers we can’t name1389.3%

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: 0.0%. 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.

how many names, month by month

to
Dec 2024 to Dec 2024

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly. Sunrise Jan 2016 to Feb 2016; general registration Mar 2016.

everything else