.guide zone file and domain statistics

webXtrend knows 20,286 .guide domains as of 9 October 2026. That puts it at rank 312 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 2014. Over the past twelve months it grew by 9.2 % (+1,703 domains). 412 new .guide domains appeared in the last 30 days. 64.5 % of them serve a website, against 64.5 % across all TLDs.

Top-level domain.guide
TypeGeneric top-level domain (gTLD)
Registry operatorBinky Moon, LLC
In the root zoneYes, delegated on 8 May 2014
DNSSECSigned
Registry websitewww.identity.digital
Domains known to webXtrend20,286 (9 October 2026)
New domains, last 30 days412
Change over 12 months+9.2 %

How many .guide domains does webXtrend know?

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

.guide domains known to webXtrend at the start of each month17K18K19K20K21K202320242025202620,286
Lowest 17,298 (1 November 2023), highest 20,286 (9 October 2026).
DateKnown to webXtrendChange
1 January 202317,495
1 January 202417,708+1.2 %
1 January 202517,898+1.1 %
1 January 202618,596+3.9 %
9 October 202620,286+9.1 %

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 .guide domains per month

MonthNew domainsKnown at month start
October 2026 (so far)13920,240
September 202640519,933
August 202645419,730
July 202642419,497
June 202643819,359
May 202646219,149
April 202644318,980
March 202637718,820
February 202636618,616
January 202633318,596
December 202525118,511
November 202520118,497

Daily figures, last two weeks

DateKnown to webXtrendNew domains
9 October 202620,28619
8 October 202620,27515
7 October 202620,26118
6 October 202620,24718
5 October 202620,24918
4 October 202620,2538
3 October 202620,25115
2 October 202620,24811
1 October 202620,24017
30 September 202620,23416
29 September 202620,22521
28 September 202620,22714
27 September 202620,22411
26 September 202620,23015

How .guide domains are used

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

Property.guideAll TLDs
Serve a website64.5 %64.5 %
Have an MX record (receive mail)42.7 %53.7 %
Redirect to HTTPS28.8 %25.6 %
Have a valid TLS certificate26.3 %24.4 %
Redirect to another domain11.1 %11.1 %
Reachable over IPv619.4 %20.2 %
No IP address (no A or AAAA record)8.9 %7.6 %
DNS error (SERVFAIL)5.6 %5.3 %

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Download the .guide zone file

The domain list export contains every .guide domain webXtrend knows, 20,286 today, one name per line, together with all other TLDs. To keep only .guide: zgrep '\.guide$' domains.txt.gz > guide.txt. New .guide 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.