New gTLD · delegated 2014-12 · Google Registry

.dev TLD stats

.dev held 613,557 names in February 2026, as Google Registry reported to ICANN; its zone file on 24 Oct 2026 carried 801,149. 165 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, NameCheap, Inc., held 21.1%.

613,557
names, February 2026, reported to ICANN: 801,149
in the zone file, 24 Oct 2026: 165
registrars holding names

Names since general availability, February 2019

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 January 2020, 68 registrars held 10 or more .dev names and the largest held 42%; by its seventh, to January 2026, 107 did and the largest held 22%.

YearNamesRegistrars with 10+Largest registrar
1 · to Jan 2020189,1456842%
2 · to Jan 2021289,5447640%
3 · to Jan 2022381,3637739%
4 · to Jan 2023353,3498342%
5 · to Jan 2024417,0008836%
6 · to Jan 2025463,4359326%
7 · to Jan 2026591,70210722%

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

February 2026

NameCheap, Inc. held 21.1% of .dev names in February 2026; the largest five together held 71.6%.

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

2026 strings our model compared with it

When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .dev among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 31 applied-for strings. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.

Strong (19):.algo .api .cli .config .ctrl .deploy .develop .development .exp .kernel .ops .oss .repo .sdk .beta .developer .proto .src .stack
Moderate (12):.ext .prototype .rev .demo .git .mem .php .source .auth .node .prompt .sys

Cross-checkThe registry reported 613,557 names for Feb 2026; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 187,592 more. The two are counted differently and 8 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: 0
left it: 0
changed nameservers: 0
Net: 0

Sep 15, 2026 to Oct 24, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero

How the zone is used · 801,149 names

Listed for salemarketplace nameservers6,4000.8%
Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers1,1680.1%
In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers763,44695.3%
Not classifiednameservers we can’t name30,1353.8%

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: 0.2%. 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

Feb 2026 to Feb 2026

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly. Sunrise Jan 2019 to Feb 2019; general registration Feb 2019.