.scot zone file and domain statistics

webXtrend knows 26,015 .scot domains as of 9 October 2026. That puts it at rank 274 of the 1,441 top-level domains in our data. It is a generic TLD, operated by Dot Scot Registry Limited and in the root zone since 2014. Over the past twelve months it grew by 11.2 % (+2,626 domains). 159 new .scot domains appeared in the last 30 days. 32.2 % of them serve a website, against 64.5 % across all TLDs.

Top-level domain.scot
TypeGeneric top-level domain (gTLD)
Registry operatorDot Scot Registry Limited
In the root zoneYes, delegated on 5 June 2014
DNSSECSigned
Registry websitedot.scot
Domains known to webXtrend26,015 (9 October 2026)
New domains, last 30 days159
Change over 12 months+11.2 %

How many .scot domains does webXtrend know?

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

.scot domains known to webXtrend at the start of each month10K15K20K25K30K202320242025202626,015
Lowest 13,546 (1 January 2024), highest 26,032 (1 October 2026).
DateKnown to webXtrendChange
1 January 202313,666
1 January 202413,546−0.9 %
1 January 202519,442+43.5 %
1 January 202623,595+21.4 %
9 October 202626,015+10.3 %

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 .scot domains per month

MonthNew domainsKnown at month start
October 2026 (so far)5126,032
September 202620426,025
August 202642925,738
July 202632725,573
June 202636625,408
May 202616725,427
April 202689824,730
March 202665224,248
February 202645823,927
January 202646123,595
December 202532423,434
November 202523223,444

Daily figures, last two weeks

DateKnown to webXtrendNew domains
9 October 202626,0151
8 October 202626,0242
7 October 202626,0186
6 October 202626,0265
5 October 202626,0332
4 October 202626,0342
3 October 202626,0385
2 October 202626,02323
1 October 202626,0325
30 September 202626,02120
29 September 202626,0323
28 September 202626,0483
27 September 202626,0600
26 September 202626,0745

How .scot domains are used

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

Property.scotAll TLDs
Serve a website32.2 %64.5 %
Have an MX record (receive mail)35.4 %53.7 %
Redirect to HTTPS11.7 %25.6 %
Have a valid TLS certificate11.2 %24.4 %
Redirect to another domain7.8 %11.1 %
Reachable over IPv615.3 %20.2 %
No IP address (no A or AAAA record)34.3 %7.6 %
DNS error (SERVFAIL)20.4 %5.3 %

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Download the .scot zone file

The domain list export contains every .scot domain webXtrend knows, 26,015 today, one name per line, together with all other TLDs. To keep only .scot: zgrep '\.scot$' domains.txt.gz > scot.txt. New .scot 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.