New gTLD · delegated 2013-11 · Binky Moon, LLC

.directory TLD stats

.directory held 17,757 names in February 2025, as Binky Moon, LLC reported to ICANN; its zone file on 23 Oct 2026 carried 15,041. 156 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, GoDaddy.com, LLC, held 33.2%.

17,757
names, February 2025, reported to ICANN: 15,041
in the zone file, 23 Oct 2026: 156
registrars holding names

Names since general availability, February 2014

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 23 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 2015, 47 registrars held 10 or more .directory names and the largest held 53%; by its twelfth, to January 2026, 65 did and the largest held 33%.

YearNamesRegistrars with 10+Largest registrar
1 · to Jan 201521,6484753%
2 · to Jan 201619,5034755%
3 · to Jan 201719,4474854%
4 · to Jan 201819,2825355%
5 · to Jan 201917,3815251%
6 · to Jan 202015,8605052%
7 · to Jan 202118,0445350%
8 · to Jan 202218,2275643%
9 · to Jan 202318,6386138%
10 · to Jan 202416,9636638%
11 · to Jan 202517,0486535%
12 · to Jan 202617,1096533%

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 2025

GoDaddy.com, LLC held 33.2% of .directory names in February 2025; the largest five together held 64.3%.

Shares add to 100%. From the registry's report for February 2025.

2026 strings our model compared with it

When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .directory 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.

Strong (4):.index .list .catalog .finder

Cross-checkThe registry reported 17,757 names for Feb 2025; the zone on Oct 23, 2026 held 2,716 fewer. The two are counted differently and 20 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 23, 2026

What moved · on Oct 23, 2026

entered the zone: +19
left it: −13
changed nameservers: 21
Net: +6

Sep 16, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero

How the zone is used · 15,041 names

Listed for salemarketplace nameservers6314.2%
Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers2191.5%
In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers12,79785.1%
Not classifiednameservers we can’t name1,3949.3%

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: 0.3%. List 2026.09.7+psl4b673689.

Counted from the registry’s own zone file on the night of Oct 23, 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 2025 to Feb 2025

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly. Sunrise Dec 2013 to Feb 2014; general registration Feb 2014.