~/dnsniffer/tlds/church·rank #245
$ dnsniffer count --tld church --active
▸ How many .church domains are registered?
36,472
active .church domains as of .
# rank #245 of all TLDs# all records held: 44,926# snapshots: 15
~/tlds/church/history·active domains
36,472
active church domains on 2026-08-31 · ▲ +6,795 (+22.90%) since 2025-06-30
# y-axis starts at 29K, 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
▲ +3.10%
+1,097 domains
1 year
▲ +19.40%
+5,926 domains
# faq
- ? How many .church domains are registered?
- There are 36,472 active .church domains as of August 31, 2026, according to DNSniffer's daily count of zone-file and certificate-transparency records.
- ? Is .church growing or shrinking?
- .church has grown by 19.40% over the last year (+5,926 domains).
- ? Where does the .church 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 .church 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.