New gTLD · delegated 2022-04 · DotKids Foundation Limited

.kids TLD stats

.kids held 6,501 names in February 2026, as DotKids Foundation Limited reported to ICANN; its zone file on 23 Oct 2026 carried 7,866. 55 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, GoDaddy.com, LLC, held 31.2%.

6,501
names, February 2026, reported to ICANN
7,866
in the zone file, 23 Oct 2026
55
registrars holding names

Names since general availability, November 2022

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 October 2023, 36 registrars held 10 or more .kids names and the largest held 28%; by its third, to October 2025, 41 did and the largest held 31%.

  1. 1 · to Oct 20234,3233628%
  2. 2 · to Oct 20245,1573929%
  3. 3 · to Oct 20256,0834131%

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

GoDaddy.com, LLC held 31.2% of .kids names in February 2026; the largest five together held 64.4%.

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 .kids 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 6,501 names for Feb 2026; the zone on Oct 23, 2026 held 1,365 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 23, 2026
What moved · on Oct 23, 2026
entered the zone
+39
left it
−5
changed nameservers
7
Net
+34
Sep 16, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero
How the zone is used · 7,866 names
  • Listed for salemarketplace nameservers1421.8%
  • Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers260.3%
  • In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers6,75485.9%
  • Not classifiednameservers we can’t name94412.0%

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: 0.6%. 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

to
Feb 2026 to Feb 2026

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly. Sunrise Aug 2022 to Sep 2022; general registration Nov 2022.

everything else