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▸ How many .gov domains are registered?

17,835

active .gov domains as of .

# rank #369 of all TLDs ▼ 11 in 30d# all records held: 18,332# snapshots: 60
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17,835
active .gov domains on 2026-10-15 · ▲ +3,636 (+25.61%) since 2025-06-30
13.8K14.9K16.0K17.1K18.3K2025-06-30: 14,199 active2025-07-31: 14,332 active2025-08-31: 14,357 active2025-09-30: 14,360 active2025-10-31: 14,360 active2025-11-30: 14,360 active2025-12-31: 14,920 active2026-01-31: 15,221 active2026-02-28: 15,221 active2026-03-31: 15,221 active2026-04-30: 16,766 active2026-05-31: 17,029 active2026-06-30: 17,277 active2026-07-31: 17,496 active2026-08-31: 17,496 active2026-09-01: 17,500 active2026-09-02: 17,515 active2026-09-03: 17,518 active2026-09-04: 17,533 active2026-09-05: 17,540 active2026-09-06: 17,538 active2026-09-07: 17,540 active2026-09-08: 17,541 active2026-09-09: 17,543 active2026-09-10: 17,553 active2026-09-11: 17,560 active2026-09-12: 17,567 active2026-09-13: 17,571 active2026-09-14: 17,571 active2026-09-15: 17,572 active2026-09-16: 17,582 active2026-09-17: 17,591 active2026-09-18: 17,600 active2026-09-19: 17,604 active2026-09-20: 17,613 active2026-09-21: 17,600 active2026-09-22: 17,601 active2026-09-23: 17,619 active2026-09-24: 17,690 active2026-09-25: 17,694 active2026-09-26: 17,710 active2026-09-27: 17,716 active2026-09-28: 17,711 active2026-09-29: 17,714 active2026-09-30: 17,729 active2026-10-01: 17,741 active2026-10-02: 17,751 active2026-10-03: 17,760 active2026-10-04: 17,766 active2026-10-05: 17,766 active2026-10-06: 17,771 active2026-10-07: 17,781 active2026-10-08: 17,785 active2026-10-09: 17,797 active2026-10-10: 17,807 active2026-10-11: 17,822 active2026-10-12: 17,823 active2026-10-13: 17,824 active2026-10-14: 17,832 active2026-10-15: 17,835 active2025-06-302026-10-15

# y-axis starts at 13.8K, 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
▲ +1.50%
+263 domains
90 days
▲ +3.23%
+558 domains
1 year
▲ +24.20%
+3,475 domains
# faq
? How many .gov domains are registered?
There are 17,835 active .gov domains as of October 15, 2026, according to DNSniffer’s daily count of zone-file and certificate-transparency records.
? Is .gov growing or shrinking?
.gov has grown by 24.20% over the last year (+3,475 domains).
? Where does the .gov 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 .gov 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.
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