.dog zone file and domain statistics

webXtrend knows 18,104 .dog domains as of 9 October 2026. That puts it at rank 336 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 2015. Over the past twelve months it grew by 9.5 % (+1,575 domains). 400 new .dog domains appeared in the last 30 days. 62.5 % of them serve a website, against 64.5 % across all TLDs.

Top-level domain.dog
TypeGeneric top-level domain (gTLD)
Registry operatorBinky Moon, LLC
In the root zoneYes, delegated on 16 April 2015
DNSSECSigned
Registry websitewww.identity.digital
Domains known to webXtrend18,104 (9 October 2026)
New domains, last 30 days400
Change over 12 months+9.5 %

How many .dog domains does webXtrend know?

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

.dog domains known to webXtrend at the start of each month16K16.5K17K17.5K18K18.5K202320242025202618,104
Lowest 16,148 (1 February 2023), highest 18,126 (1 October 2026).
DateKnown to webXtrendChange
1 January 202316,171
1 January 202416,713+3.4 %
1 January 202516,942+1.4 %
1 January 202616,313−3.7 %
9 October 202618,104+11.0 %

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 .dog domains per month

MonthNew domainsKnown at month start
October 2026 (so far)12018,126
September 202641017,978
August 202632517,970
July 202637617,733
June 202650617,376
May 202645917,087
April 202638416,926
March 202635816,778
February 202633016,524
January 202636716,313
December 202526116,323
November 202523516,522

Daily figures, last two weeks

DateKnown to webXtrendNew domains
9 October 202618,10418
8 October 202618,10919
7 October 202618,11110
6 October 202618,10616
5 October 202618,12115
4 October 202618,1357
3 October 202618,1317
2 October 202618,1289
1 October 202618,12619
30 September 202618,1348
29 September 202618,13913
28 September 202618,14320
27 September 202618,15012
26 September 202618,16811

How .dog domains are used

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

Property.dogAll TLDs
Serve a website62.5 %64.5 %
Have an MX record (receive mail)43.9 %53.7 %
Redirect to HTTPS28.4 %25.6 %
Have a valid TLS certificate26.0 %24.4 %
Redirect to another domain13.7 %11.1 %
Reachable over IPv618.8 %20.2 %
No IP address (no A or AAAA record)9.5 %7.6 %
DNS error (SERVFAIL)3.5 %5.3 %

Top-level domains of similar size

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Download the .dog zone file

The domain list export contains every .dog domain webXtrend knows, 18,104 today, one name per line, together with all other TLDs. To keep only .dog: zgrep '\.dog$' domains.txt.gz > dog.txt. New .dog 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.