.lighting TLD stats
.lighting held 5,666 names in October 2025, as Binky Moon, LLC reported to ICANN; its zone file on 24 Oct 2026 carried 5,422. 127 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, GoDaddy.com, LLC, held 31.4%.
- 5,666
- 5,422
- 127
Names since general availability, February 2014
Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it
In its first year, to January 2015, 40 registrars held 10 or more .lighting names and the largest held 39%; by its twelfth, to January 2026, 57 did and the largest held 32%.
Who sells it
October 2025GoDaddy.com, LLC held 31.4% of .lighting names in October 2025; the largest five together held 50.7%.
2026 strings our model compared with it
When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .lighting among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 6 applied-for strings. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.
Cross-checkThe registry reported 5,666 names for Oct 2025; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 244 fewer. The two are counted differently and 12 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- entered the zone
- +1
- left it
- −1
- changed nameservers
- 0
- Net
- 0
- Listed for sale1062.0%
- Parked280.5%
- In use4,48482.7%
- Not classified80414.8%