webXtrend knows 7 .bbc domains as of 8 October 2026. That puts it at rank 1,117 of the 1,441 top-level domains in our data. It is a generic TLD, operated by British Broadcasting Corporation and in the root zone since 2015. The count is almost unchanged against twelve months ago. 28.6 % of them serve a website, against 64.6 % across all TLDs.

Top-level domain.bbc
TypeGeneric top-level domain (gTLD)
Registry operatorBritish Broadcasting Corporation
In the root zoneYes, delegated on 12 March 2015
DNSSECSigned
Registry websitewww.bbc.co.uk
Domains known to webXtrend7 (8 October 2026)
New domains, last 30 days0
Change over 12 months+0.0 %

How many .bbc domains does webXtrend know?

.bbc domains known to webXtrend at the start of each month, from January 2023 to October 2026.

.bbc domains known to webXtrend at the start of each month7820232024202520267
Lowest 7 (1 January 2023), highest 8 (1 June 2023).
DateKnown to webXtrendChange
1 January 20237
1 January 20247+0.0 %
1 January 20257+0.0 %
1 January 20267+0.0 %
8 October 20267+0.0 %

The count follows what webXtrend knows, not the registry's own books. Figures before 2023 are left out because our coverage was still being built up then, and a step in the curve can come from a change in coverage rather than in the zone.

New .bbc domains per month

MonthNew domainsKnown at month start
October 2026 (so far)07
September 202607
August 202607
July 202607
June 202607
May 202607
April 202607
March 202607
February 202607
January 202607
December 202507
November 202507

Daily figures, last two weeks

DateKnown to webXtrendNew domains
8 October 202670
7 October 202670
6 October 202670
5 October 202670
4 October 202670
3 October 202670
2 October 202670
1 October 202670
30 September 202670
29 September 202670
28 September 202670
27 September 202670
26 September 202670
25 September 202670

How .bbc domains are used

Share of the .bbc domains known to webXtrend with each property, next to the share across all top-level domains.

Property.bbcAll TLDs
Serve a website28.6 %64.6 %
Have an MX record (receive mail)0.0 %53.7 %
Redirect to HTTPS14.3 %25.6 %
Have a valid TLS certificate14.3 %24.4 %
Redirect to another domain0.0 %11.1 %
Reachable over IPv614.3 %20.2 %
No IP address (no A or AAAA record)42.9 %7.6 %
DNS error (SERVFAIL)14.3 %5.2 %

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Download the .bbc zone file

The domain list export contains every .bbc domain webXtrend knows, 7 today, one name per line, together with all other TLDs. To keep only .bbc: zgrep '\.bbc$' domains.txt.gz > bbc.txt. New .bbc domains come every day with the daily new-domain file, and the API answers for any single domain: DNS history, redirects, reverse IP and the start page. The list is compiled by webXtrend from its own web crawl. Zone files for all TLDs

Counts are the domains webXtrend knows, from its own measurement of the public domain name space. They are not the registry's figures: where a registry does not publish its zone, our count can be lower than its own. Registry facts come from the IANA root zone database.