.bid TLD stats
.bid held 42,889 names in April 2026, as dot Bid Limited reported to ICANN; its zone file on 24 Oct 2026 carried 54,172. 117 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, Dynadot, LLC, held 52.0%. .bid fell by about half in its sixth year, from 125,523 to 25,323.
- 42,889
- 54,172
- 117
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
April 2026Dynadot, LLC held 52.0% of .bid names in April 2026; the largest five together held 82.2%.
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 42,889 names for Apr 2026; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 11,283 more. The two are counted differently and 6 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%