~/dnsniffer/tlds/gay·rank #327
$ dnsniffer count --tld gay --active

How many .gay domains are registered?

21,437

active .gay domains as of .

# rank #327 of all TLDs# all records held: 35,228# snapshots: 15
~/tlds/gay/history·active domains
21,437
active gay domains on 2026-08-31 · +10,467 (+95.41%) since 2025-06-30
10K13K16K19K23K2025-06-30: 10,970 active2025-07-31: 11,610 active2025-08-31: 11,660 active2025-09-30: 11,661 active2025-10-31: 11,661 active2025-11-30: 11,661 active2025-12-31: 13,058 active2026-01-31: 13,675 active2026-02-28: 13,675 active2026-03-31: 13,675 active2026-04-30: 17,142 active2026-05-31: 18,523 active2026-06-30: 19,153 active2026-07-31: 21,438 active2026-08-31: 21,437 active2025-06-302026-08-31

# y-axis starts at 10K, not zero — domain counts move by fractions of a percent a day. Dashed segments are estimated: reconstructed from certificate first-seen dates before daily snapshots began, not measured on the day.

# change over time
30 days
-0.00%
-1 domains
90 days
+15.73%
+2,914 domains
1 year
+83.85%
+9,777 domains
# faq
? How many .gay domains are registered?
There are 21,437 active .gay domains as of August 31, 2026, according to DNSniffer's daily count of zone-file and certificate-transparency records.
? Is .gay growing or shrinking?
.gay has grown by 83.85% over the last year (+9,777 domains).
? Where does the .gay domain count come from?
We ingest ICANN CZDS zone files and Certificate Transparency logs continuously and snapshot the per-TLD count once a day. A .gay domain is counted as active if it appeared in a zone file in the last 2 days, or — where no zone file is published — if a certificate was issued for it in the last 12 months.