.bid TLD stats
.bid held 24,585 names in October 2024, as dot Bid Limited reported to ICANN; its zone file on 24 Oct 2026 carried 54,172. 114 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, Dynadot, LLC, held 20.8%. .bid fell by about half in its sixth year, from 125,523 to 25,323.
- 24,585
- 54,172
- 114
Names since general availability, June 2014
Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it
In its first year, to May 2015, 37 registrars held 10 or more .bid names and the largest held 33%; by its twelfth, to May 2026, 57 did and the largest held 56%.
Who sells it
October 2024Dynadot, LLC held 20.8% of .bid names in October 2024; the largest five together held 65.8%.
2026 strings our model compared with it
When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .bid 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.
Cross-checkThe registry reported 24,585 names for Oct 2024; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 29,587 more. The two are counted differently and 24 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- entered the zone
- +139
- left it
- −31
- changed nameservers
- 75
- Net
- +108
- Listed for sale7331.4%
- Parked6521.2%
- In use49,73891.8%
- Not classified3,0495.6%