.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 2,298 .phd domains for January 2026. 2,670 were built on 4 November 2026.
.phd, day by day
4 November 2026- Listed for sale80.3%
- Parked100.4%
- Hosted2,51494.2%
- Not known yet1385.2%
- newly built
- 0
- no longer built
- 0
- changed nameservers
- 0
- Net
- 0
How many .phd domains are there?
.phd had 2,298 domains in January 2026, according to Google Registry. 38 registrars sold it that month. Squarespace held the most: 20.2%.
- 2,298
- 38
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%.
Who sells it
January 2026Squarespace held 20.2% of .phd domains in January 2026; the largest five together held 71.2%.
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.