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New gTLD · live since 2017-06 · Google Registry

.phd domains

.phd is a generic TLD, run by Google Registry, open to the public since May 2023.

Is .phd a good domain?

Owners renew .phd domains more often than .com domains. From July 2025 to June 2026, owners renewed 78% of expiring .phd domains; .com owners renewed 74%. On 4 November 2026, 0.3% of .phd domains were listed for sale.

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The registry reported 2,536 .phd domains for June 2026. 2,670 were built on 4 November 2026.

.phd, day by day

4 November 2026
How .phd is used · 2,670 built domains
  • Listed for saleon a domain marketplace80.3%
  • Parkedshowing ads or an expiry page100.4%
  • Hostedon a web host, or with a registrar or DNS service2,51494.2%
  • Not known yet1385.2%
What moved · on 4 November 2026
newly built
0
no longer built
0
changed nameservers
0
Net
0
16 September 2026 to 4 November 2026

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

How many .phd domains are there?

.phd had 2,536 domains in June 2026, according to Google Registry. That is up 10.3% on June 2025. 40 registrars sold it that month. Squarespace held the most: 18.5%.

2,536
domains, June 2026
+10.3%
on June 2025
40
registrars selling it

Domains since launch, May 2023

Year by year since launch

In its first year, to April 2024, 13 registrars held 10 or more .phd domains and the largest held 34%; by its third, to April 2026, 16 did and the largest held 20%.

  1. 1 · to Apr 20241,9701334%
  2. 2 · to Apr 20252,2051524%
  3. 3 · to Apr 20262,3961620%

Who sells it

June 2026

Squarespace held 18.5% of .phd domains in June 2026; the largest five together held 69.3%.

  1. Squarespace18.5%
  2. Namecheap15.5%
  3. Cloudflare13.8%
  4. GoDaddy12.3%
  5. Porkbun9.2%
  6. everyone else30.7%

Every registrar’s share of .phd →

2026 applications most like .phd

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

.phd domains, month by month

Jun 2017 to Oct 2026

Dashed months are estimates.

every month and every registrar