New gTLD · delegated 2014-01 · DotGift, LLC

.gift TLD stats

.gift held 5,524 names in February 2026, as DotGift, LLC reported to ICANN; its zone file on 23 Oct 2026 carried 5,181. 96 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, NameCheap, Inc., held 14.8%. .gift fell by about half in its fourth year, from 24,635 to 7,927.

5,524
names, February 2026, reported to ICANN: 5,181
in the zone file, 23 Oct 2026: 96
registrars holding names

Names since general availability, April 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 March 2015, 39 registrars held 10 or more .gift names and the largest held 51%; by its twelfth, to March 2026, 55 did and the largest held 15%.

YearNamesRegistrars with 10+Largest registrar
1 · to Mar 20158,2743951%
2 · to Mar 201626,7795545%
3 · to Mar 201724,6355549%
4 · to Mar 20187,9275228%
5 · to Mar 20196,4225316%
6 · to Mar 20205,8135212%
7 · to Mar 20215,7925513%
8 · to Mar 20226,2886114%
9 · to Mar 20235,9485714%
10 · to Mar 20246,1525714%
11 · to Mar 20256,4505716%
12 · to Mar 20265,2915515%

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 14.8% of .gift names in February 2026; the largest five together held 44.2%.

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 .gift among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 1 applied-for string. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.

Strong (1):.present

Cross-checkThe registry reported 5,524 names for Feb 2026; the zone on Oct 23, 2026 held 343 fewer. 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 23, 2026

What moved · on Oct 23, 2026

entered the zone: +7
left it: −4
changed nameservers: 1
Net: +3

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

How the zone is used · 5,181 names

Listed for salemarketplace nameservers911.8%
Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers320.6%
In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers4,15680.2%
Not classifiednameservers we can’t name90217.4%

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: 0.4%. 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 2026 to Feb 2026

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly. Sunrise Jan 2014 to Mar 2014; general registration Apr 2014.