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New gTLD · live since 2013-12 · Binky Moon, LLC

.institute domains

.institute is a generic TLD, run by Binky Moon, open to the public since March 2014.

Is .institute a good domain?

Most expiring .institute domains are renewed. From July 2025 to June 2026, owners renewed 70% of expiring .institute domains; .com owners renewed 74%. On 4 November 2026, 1.9% of .institute domains were listed for sale.

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The registry reported 21,484 .institute domains for June 2026. 23,069 were built on 4 November 2026.

.institute, day by day

4 November 2026
How .institute is used · 23,069 built domains
  • Listed for saleon a domain marketplace4391.9%
  • Parkedshowing ads or an expiry page1260.5%
  • Hostedon a web host, or with a registrar or DNS service20,85790.4%
  • Not known yet1,6477.1%
What moved · on 4 November 2026
newly built
+22
no longer built
−11
changed nameservers
15
Net
+11
16 September 2026 to 4 November 2026

Built .institute domains on 4 November 2026. The registry’s own figure is the full count.

How many .institute domains are there?

.institute had 21,484 domains in June 2026, according to Binky Moon. That is up 25.7% on June 2025. 181 registrars sold it that month. GoDaddy held the most: 26.7%.

21,484
domains, June 2026
+25.7%
on June 2025
181
registrars selling it

Domains since launch, March 2014

Year by year since launch

In its first year, to February 2015, 47 registrars held 10 or more .institute domains and the largest held 26%; by its twelfth, to February 2026, 76 did and the largest held 30%.

  1. 1 · to Feb 20157,0424726%
  2. 2 · to Feb 20167,8295532%
  3. 3 · to Feb 20178,5965832%
  4. 4 · to Feb 201810,3356232%
  5. 5 · to Feb 201911,8486731%
  6. 6 · to Feb 202013,0436432%
  7. 7 · to Feb 202113,9446833%
  8. 8 · to Feb 202215,2946632%
  9. 9 · to Feb 202316,6417030%
  10. 10 · to Feb 202416,1237228%
  11. 11 · to Feb 202516,8367230%
  12. 12 · to Feb 202618,7847630%

Who sells it

June 2026

GoDaddy held 26.7% of .institute domains in June 2026; the largest five together held 62.3%.

  1. GoDaddy26.7%
  2. Namecheap24.1%
  3. Squarespace5.0%
  4. Domain Robot4.0%
  5. Porkbun2.7%
  6. everyone else37.7%

Every registrar’s share of .institute →

2026 applications most like .institute

3 of the TLDs applied for in 2026 are closest to .institute. Each one has its own page and AI score.

.institute domains, month by month

Nov 2016 to Oct 2026

Dashed months are estimates.

every month and every registrar