Stats
New gTLD · delegated 2014-06 · ZA Central Registry NPC trading as ZA Central Registry

.joburg TLD stats

.joburg held 2,203 names in May 2026, as ZA Central Registry NPC trading as ZA Central Registry reported to ICANN; its zone file on 24 Oct 2026 carried 2,165. 28 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, Tucows Domains Inc., held 40.9%.

2,203
names, May 2026, reported to ICANN
2,165
in the zone file, 24 Oct 2026
28
registrars holding names

Names since general availability, November 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 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 October 2015, 14 registrars held 10 or more .joburg names and the largest held 46%; by its eleventh, to October 2025, 13 did and the largest held 38%.

  1. 1 · to Oct 20153,8861446%
  2. 2 · to Oct 20163,6091548%
  3. 3 · to Oct 20173,4261745%
  4. 4 · to Oct 20183,2661548%
  5. 5 · to Oct 20193,2211650%
  6. 6 · to Oct 20202,8531251%
  7. 7 · to Oct 20212,4501146%
  8. 8 · to Oct 20223,1661436%
  9. 9 · to Oct 20232,9551435%
  10. 10 · to Oct 20242,9361336%
  11. 11 · to Oct 20252,5411338%

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

May 2026

Tucows Domains Inc. held 40.9% of .joburg names in May 2026; the largest five together held 85.3%.

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

2026 strings our model compared with it

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

Cross-checkThe registry reported 2,203 names for May 2026; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 38 fewer. The two are counted differently and 5 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
+2
left it
−2
changed nameservers
0
Net
0
Oct 7, 2026 to Oct 24, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero
How the zone is used · 2,165 names
  • Listed for salemarketplace nameservers361.7%
  • Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers00.0%
  • In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers1,30860.4%
  • Not classifiednameservers we can’t name82137.9%

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: 0.0%. 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

to
May 2026 to May 2026

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly. Sunrise Jul 2014 to Oct 2014; general registration Nov 2014.

everything else