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▸ How many .directory domains are registered?

16,216

active .directory domains as of .

# rank #385 of all TLDs ▼ 10 in 30d# all records held: 26,535# snapshots: 60
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16,216
active .directory domains on 2026-10-15 · ▲ +4,897 (+43.26%) since 2025-06-30
10.7K12.3K13.9K15.4K17.0K2025-06-30: 11,319 active2025-07-31: 12,135 active2025-08-31: 12,205 active2025-09-30: 12,207 active2025-10-31: 12,207 active2025-11-30: 12,207 active2025-12-31: 13,120 active2026-01-31: 13,493 active2026-02-28: 13,493 active2026-03-31: 13,493 active2026-04-30: 15,425 active2026-05-31: 15,736 active2026-06-30: 16,011 active2026-07-31: 16,418 active2026-08-31: 16,418 active2026-09-01: 16,370 active2026-09-02: 16,320 active2026-09-03: 16,118 active2026-09-04: 16,064 active2026-09-05: 16,075 active2026-09-06: 16,064 active2026-09-07: 16,059 active2026-09-08: 16,048 active2026-09-09: 16,050 active2026-09-10: 16,045 active2026-09-11: 16,059 active2026-09-12: 16,060 active2026-09-13: 16,060 active2026-09-14: 16,043 active2026-09-15: 16,056 active2026-09-16: 16,056 active2026-09-17: 16,055 active2026-09-18: 16,047 active2026-09-19: 16,035 active2026-09-20: 16,040 active2026-09-21: 16,059 active2026-09-22: 16,066 active2026-09-23: 16,021 active2026-09-24: 16,127 active2026-09-25: 16,114 active2026-09-26: 16,136 active2026-09-27: 16,123 active2026-09-28: 16,116 active2026-09-29: 16,135 active2026-09-30: 16,165 active2026-10-01: 16,147 active2026-10-02: 16,183 active2026-10-03: 16,171 active2026-10-04: 16,222 active2026-10-05: 16,195 active2026-10-06: 16,208 active2026-10-07: 16,233 active2026-10-08: 16,207 active2026-10-09: 16,231 active2026-10-10: 16,234 active2026-10-11: 16,228 active2026-10-12: 16,228 active2026-10-13: 16,218 active2026-10-14: 16,221 active2026-10-15: 16,216 active2025-06-302026-10-15

# y-axis starts at 10.7K, 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
▲ +1.00%
+160 domains
90 days
▲ +1.28%
+205 domains
1 year
▲ +32.84%
+4,009 domains
# faq
? How many .directory domains are registered?
There are 16,216 active .directory domains as of October 15, 2026, according to DNSniffer’s daily count of zone-file and certificate-transparency records.
? Is .directory growing or shrinking?
.directory has grown by 32.84% over the last year (+4,009 domains).
? Where does the .directory 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 .directory 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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