.pics TLD stats
.pics held 82,488 names in December 2024, as XYZ Registry reported to ICANN; its zone file on 23 Oct 2026 carried 123,593. 121 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, NameCheap, Inc., held 21.3%. .pics fell by about half in its third year, from 32,330 to 16,222 and has since grown back to 82,488.
- 82,488
- 123,593
- 121
Names since general availability, April 2014
Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it
In its first year, to March 2015, 40 registrars held 10 or more .pics names and the largest held 35%; by its twelfth, to March 2026, 67 did and the largest held 32%.
Who sells it
December 2024NameCheap, Inc. held 21.3% of .pics names in December 2024; the largest five together held 76.4%.
2026 strings our model compared with it
When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .pics among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 4 applied-for strings. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.
Cross-checkThe registry reported 82,488 names for Dec 2024; the zone on Oct 23, 2026 held 41,105 more. The two are counted differently and 22 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- entered the zone
- +538
- left it
- −526
- changed nameservers
- 321
- Net
- +12
- Listed for sale1,0590.9%
- Parked8,3096.7%
- In use112,32090.9%
- Not classified1,9051.5%