.directory zone file and domain statistics

webXtrend knows 15,086 .directory domains as of 10 October 2026. That puts it at rank 351 of the 1,441 top-level domains in our data. It is a generic TLD, operated by Binky Moon, LLC and in the root zone since 2013. Over the past twelve months it shrank by 9.8 % (−1,639 domains). 282 new .directory domains appeared in the last 30 days. 61.2 % of them serve a website, against 64.4 % across all TLDs.

Top-level domain.directory
TypeGeneric top-level domain (gTLD)
Registry operatorBinky Moon, LLC
In the root zoneYes, delegated on 13 November 2013
DNSSECSigned
Registry websitewww.identity.digital
Domains known to webXtrend15,086 (10 October 2026)
New domains, last 30 days282
Change over 12 months−9.8 %

How many .directory domains does webXtrend know?

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

.directory domains known to webXtrend at the start of each month14K15K16K17K18K202320242025202615,086
Lowest 14,980 (1 August 2026), highest 17,659 (1 January 2023).
DateKnown to webXtrendChange
1 January 202317,659
1 January 202416,236−8.1 %
1 January 202516,085−0.9 %
1 January 202616,391+1.9 %
10 October 202615,086−8.0 %

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 .directory domains per month

MonthNew domainsKnown at month start
October 2026 (so far)8315,038
September 202626215,032
August 202629114,980
July 202617515,111
June 202620415,140
May 202623015,237
April 202624516,091
March 202622616,276
February 202628616,421
January 202633016,391
December 202520916,532
November 202523516,672

Daily figures, last two weeks

DateKnown to webXtrendNew domains
10 October 202615,0866
9 October 202615,0868
8 October 202615,0817
7 October 202615,07210
6 October 202615,0734
5 October 202615,0705
4 October 202615,06115
3 October 202615,0539
2 October 202615,04212
1 October 202615,0387
30 September 202615,03614
29 September 202615,04211
28 September 202615,04510
27 September 202615,0703

How .directory domains are used

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

Property.directoryAll TLDs
Serve a website61.2 %64.4 %
Have an MX record (receive mail)40.0 %53.7 %
Redirect to HTTPS17.9 %25.5 %
Have a valid TLS certificate15.7 %24.4 %
Redirect to another domain10.5 %11.0 %
Reachable over IPv613.7 %20.2 %
No IP address (no A or AAAA record)9.2 %7.6 %
DNS error (SERVFAIL)6.6 %5.3 %

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Download the .directory zone file

The domain list export contains every .directory domain webXtrend knows, 15,086 today, one name per line, together with all other TLDs. To keep only .directory: zgrep '\.directory$' domains.txt.gz > directory.txt. New .directory 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.