.pub zone file and domain statistics

webXtrend knows 17,269 .pub domains as of 10 October 2026. That puts it at rank 342 of the 1,441 top-level domains in our data. It is a generic TLD, operated by Dog Beach, LLC and in the root zone since 2014. Over the past twelve months it shrank by 9.7 % (−1,859 domains). 159 new .pub domains appeared in the last 30 days. 47.8 % of them serve a website, against 64.4 % across all TLDs.

Top-level domain.pub
TypeGeneric top-level domain (gTLD)
Registry operatorDog Beach, LLC
In the root zoneYes, delegated on 20 February 2014
DNSSECSigned
Registry websitewww.identity.digital
Domains known to webXtrend17,269 (10 October 2026)
New domains, last 30 days159
Change over 12 months−9.7 %

How many .pub domains does webXtrend know?

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

.pub domains known to webXtrend at the start of each month16K18K20K22K24K202320242025202617,269
Lowest 17,269 (10 October 2026), highest 22,353 (1 January 2023).
DateKnown to webXtrendChange
1 January 202322,353
1 January 202420,959−6.2 %
1 January 202519,560−6.7 %
1 January 202618,800−3.9 %
10 October 202617,269−8.1 %

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 .pub domains per month

MonthNew domainsKnown at month start
October 2026 (so far)5517,295
September 202615217,542
August 202616217,874
July 202615518,480
June 202625818,465
May 202614618,506
April 202615618,662
March 202619718,765
February 202616718,784
January 202616018,800
December 202511518,967
November 202513719,028

Daily figures, last two weeks

DateKnown to webXtrendNew domains
10 October 202617,2694
9 October 202617,2608
8 October 202617,2615
7 October 202617,2519
6 October 202617,2496
5 October 202617,2574
4 October 202617,2681
3 October 202617,2708
2 October 202617,2714
1 October 202617,2956
30 September 202617,3332
29 September 202617,3544
28 September 202617,3843
27 September 202617,4036

How .pub domains are used

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

Property.pubAll TLDs
Serve a website47.8 %64.4 %
Have an MX record (receive mail)38.9 %53.7 %
Redirect to HTTPS19.4 %25.5 %
Have a valid TLS certificate18.0 %24.4 %
Redirect to another domain9.0 %11.0 %
Reachable over IPv614.1 %20.2 %
No IP address (no A or AAAA record)24.7 %7.6 %
DNS error (SERVFAIL)4.6 %5.3 %

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Download the .pub zone file

The domain list export contains every .pub domain webXtrend knows, 17,269 today, one name per line, together with all other TLDs. To keep only .pub: zgrep '\.pub$' domains.txt.gz > pub.txt. New .pub 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.