.boston TLD stats
.boston held 5,046 names in October 2024, as GoDaddy Registry reported to ICANN; its zone file on 24 Oct 2026 carried 4,296. 59 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, GoDaddy.com, LLC, held 47.8%. .boston fell by about half in its third year, from 13,764 to 3,936.
- 5,046
- 4,296
- 59
Names since general availability, October 2017
Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it
In its first year, to September 2018, 29 registrars held 10 or more .boston names and the largest held 77%; by its eighth, to September 2025, 36 did and the largest held 42%.
Who sells it
October 2024GoDaddy.com, LLC held 47.8% of .boston names in October 2024; the largest five together held 70.3%.
2026 strings our model compared with it
When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .boston 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 5,046 names for Oct 2024; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 750 fewer. 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
- +8
- left it
- −1
- changed nameservers
- 1
- Net
- +7
- Listed for sale1944.5%
- Parked240.6%
- In use3,66985.4%
- Not classified4099.5%