~/dnsniffer/tlds/news·rank #159
$ dnsniffer count --tld news --active
▸ How many .news domains are registered?
83,563
active .news domains as of .
# rank #159 of all TLDs# all records held: 131,663# snapshots: 15
~/tlds/news/history·active domains
83,563
active news domains on 2026-08-31 · ▲ +29,281 (+53.94%) since 2025-06-30
# y-axis starts at 51K, 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
▲ +7.64%
+5,932 domains
1 year
▲ +45.02%
+25,940 domains
# faq
- ? How many .news domains are registered?
- There are 83,563 active .news domains as of August 31, 2026, according to DNSniffer's daily count of zone-file and certificate-transparency records.
- ? Is .news growing or shrinking?
- .news has grown by 45.02% over the last year (+25,940 domains).
- ? Where does the .news 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 .news 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.