Stats
New gTLD · delegated 2014-03 · Identity Digital Domains Limited

.black TLD stats

.black held 8,138 names in January 2026, as Identity Digital Domains Limited reported to ICANN; its zone file on 13 Oct 2026 carried 5,907. 139 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd., held 22.9%. .black fell by about half in its third year, from 23,039 to 5,435.

8,138
names, January 2026, registry-reported
5,907
in the zone file, 13 Oct 2026
139
registrars holding names

Names since general availability, August 2014

Names on the books at the end of each year since general availability, from the registry's monthly reports to ICANN, through May 2026. The marked point is the zone count of 13 Oct 2026, a different count taken on one night.

Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it

In its first year, to July 2015, 28 registrars held 10 or more .black names and the largest held 58%; by its eleventh, to July 2025, 58 did and the largest held 22%.

  1. 1 · to Jul 20155,1192858%
  2. 2 · to Jul 201623,0394076%
  3. 3 · to Jul 20175,4354521%
  4. 4 · to Jul 20184,1624122%
  5. 5 · to Jul 20194,1754621%
  6. 6 · to Jul 20205,4945023%
  7. 7 · to Jul 20216,9564922%
  8. 8 · to Jul 20227,2675024%
  9. 9 · to Jul 20236,9995325%
  10. 10 · to Jul 20246,6145721%
  11. 11 · to Jul 20258,2365822%

Year 1 starts at general availability and each year is labelled by the month it ends. Registrars with 10 or more names and the largest registrar's share are read at that month. A year with fewer than nine monthly reports is left blank.

Who sells it

January 2026

Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd. held 22.9% of .black names in January 2026; the largest five together held 59.4%.

Shares add to 100%. From the registry's report for January 2026.

2026 strings our model compared with it

When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .black among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 1 applied-for string. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.

Cross-checkThe registry reported 8,138 names for Jan 2026; the zone on Oct 13, 2026 held 2,231 fewer. The two are counted differently and 9 months apart: a registered name that is not delegated never appears in the zone, and a zone file is read on one night, a report at a month's end.

last night, in detail

Oct 13, 2026
What moved · on Oct 13, 2026
entered the zone
+6
left it
−5
changed nameservers
5
Net
+1
Sep 15, 2026 to Oct 13, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero
How the zone is used · 5,907 names
  • Listed for salemarketplace nameservers2374.0%
  • Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers320.5%
  • In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers5,17987.7%
  • Not classifiednameservers we can’t name4597.8%

Read from each name’s nameservers on the night shown. Listed and parked are counted separately.

How we classify
A name takes the row its nameservers match on our provider list. Verification nameservers sit beside a name’s other nameservers, so they overlap the rows above: 0.6%. List 2026.09.7+psl4b673689.

Counted from the registry’s own zone file on the night of Oct 13, 2026. A zone count is not domains under management: a registered name that is not delegated never appears in the zone, and a name on hold leaves the zone while it stays registered. The two numbers will not agree, and neither is wrong.

how many names, month by month

to
Jan 2026 to Jan 2026

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly. Sunrise Jul 2014 to Aug 2014; general registration Aug 2014.

everything else