.art

305,628 domains as of 19 Sep 2026

Domains
305,628
19 Sep 2026
30-day change
▲ +5,231
1.74%
Signed in root
✔ Yes
DS record present
Type
Generic
ASCII
Registrar figures are for May 2026. ICANN publishes monthly registry reports about three months in arrears, and they are the only source that attributes domains to registrars — zone files do not contain registrar information. Methodology.

Registry details

From the IANA Root Zone Database and RDAP bootstrap.

Registry operator
UK Creative Ideas Limited
Technical backend
CentralNic (Team Internet) via rdap host
Delegated
23 Jun 2016
Nameservers
a.nic.art, b.nic.art, c.nic.art, d.nic.art
RDAP
https://rdap.centralnic.com/art
Zone data
CZDS access approved — counted daily

Do people keep it?

all renewal rates ›

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Of the 251,307 domains that came up for renewal between Jun 2025 and May 2026, the share renewed rather than deleted. How this is computed.

Keep rate
52.27%
below .com/.net/.org
Renewed
131,369
in twelve months
Deleted
119,938
in twelve months

For comparison, the median new gTLD keeps 68.45% and .com, .net and .org together keep 73.23%.

Registrar share

individual · combined

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Related accreditations combined into corporate families, folding 12 of the 177 reporting here. This grouping is our inference, not ICANN's.

Month May 2026
Namecheap — 75,194 (23.9%)GoDaddy — 55,230 (17.56%)Tucows — 22,764 (7.24%)Squarespace Domains II LLC — 21,866 (6.95%)Porkbun LLC — 11,681 (3.71%)HOSTINGER operations, UAB — 10,975 (3.49%)Dynadot Inc — 10,490 (3.33%)Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) — 8,934 (2.84%)OVH sas — 8,600 (2.73%)Automattic Inc. — 7,764 (2.47%)Other — 81,106 (25.78%)
314.60kreported May 2026
Share of .art by registrar
Namecheap2 accreditations75,19423.9%
GoDaddy4 accreditations55,23017.56%
Tucows2 accreditations22,7647.24%
Squarespace Domains II LLC21,8666.95%
Porkbun LLC11,6813.71%
HOSTINGER operations, UAB10,9753.49%
Dynadot Inc2 accreditations10,4903.33%
Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn)2 accreditations8,9342.84%
OVH sas8,6002.73%
Automattic Inc.7,7642.47%
Other167 more81,10625.78%

314,604 attributed to registrars in May 2026, against 305,628 in 19 Sep 2026’s zone — the zone is 8,976 smaller. The two are months apart, and a registry's own count also includes registrations that are not delegated in the zone. Why there are two clocks.

Domains by month, May 2021 – May 2026

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

From ICANN's monthly registry reports — the registry's own count, summed across registrars. This is the long history: it reaches back to delegation, where the daily series below can only start when this site began collecting zone files.

May 2021 – May 2026 1y 3y 5y All
108.23k163.65k219.06k274.48k329.89kMay 2021Nov 2023May 2026
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MonthDomainsChangeRegistrarsNet addsDeletes
May 2026 314,604 ▲ +4,931 237 14,698 9,909
Apr 2026 309,673 ▲ +2,876 234 12,898 10,318
Mar 2026 306,797 ▲ +755 231 12,369 12,148
Feb 2026 306,042 ▼ -6,214 230 10,616 26,018
Jan 2026 312,256 ▲ +3,468 228 10,960 8,322
Dec 2025 308,788 ▲ +4,223 226 11,170 6,715
Nov 2025 304,565 ▲ +4,485 223 10,946 6,757
Oct 2025 300,080 ▲ +5,175 221 11,084 6,231
Sep 2025 294,905 ▲ +3,918 221 10,076 6,216
Aug 2025 290,987 ▲ +3,311 220 10,324 7,002
Jul 2025 287,676 ▼ -351 220 10,740 11,309
Jun 2025 288,027 ▲ +894 220 9,578 8,993
May 2025 287,133 ▲ +887 220 11,062 10,257
Apr 2025 286,246 ▲ +5,026 219 13,505 8,904
Mar 2025 281,220 ▲ +1,524 216 9,874 7,913
Feb 2025 279,696 ▲ +2,902 217 9,781 7,662
Jan 2025 276,794 ▲ +5,296 217 12,543 7,325
Dec 2024 271,498 ▲ +8,928 216 18,300 7,411
Nov 2024 262,570 ▲ +3,691 216 8,114 6,531
Oct 2024 258,879 ▲ +1,046 213 7,194 7,016
Sep 2024 257,833 ▲ +394 213 6,717 6,016
Aug 2024 257,439 ▼ -93 209 6,221 6,704
Jul 2024 257,532 ▼ -1,421 201 6,401 7,933
Jun 2024 258,953 ▼ -809 198 6,249 6,996
May 2024 259,762 ▲ +1,023 204 9,268 7,287
Apr 2024 258,739 ▲ +3,421 204 11,072 8,499
Mar 2024 255,318 ▲ +2,726 204 10,227 7,302
Feb 2024 252,592 ▲ +1,648 207 9,327 8,819
Jan 2024 250,944 ▼ -487 206 8,955 9,485
Dec 2023 251,431 ▲ +482 207 8,574 8,003
Nov 2023 250,949 ▲ +1,168 207 7,179 6,452
Oct 2023 249,781 ▲ +1,890 207 8,324 6,325
Sep 2023 247,891 ▲ +2,112 205 6,934 5,108
Aug 2023 245,779 ▲ +1,011 206 7,847 6,918
Jul 2023 244,768 ▲ +370 205 7,439 7,176
Jun 2023 244,398 ▲ +603 205 7,178 6,597
May 2023 243,795 ▲ +933 204 8,526 7,463
Apr 2023 242,862 ▲ +2,050 204 9,161 7,289
Mar 2023 240,812 ▲ +2,670 201 8,847 6,448
Feb 2023 238,142 ▲ +2,174 197 9,003 6,518
Jan 2023 235,968 ▲ +3,411 194 9,402 6,605
Dec 2022 232,557 ▲ +3,826 189 9,685 5,377
Nov 2022 228,731 ▲ +5,650 186 11,177 6,063
Oct 2022 223,081 ▲ +5,693 180 10,481 4,927
Sep 2022 217,388 ▲ +4,921 177 8,730 4,496
Aug 2022 212,467 ▲ +4,321 166 8,453 4,747
Jul 2022 208,146 ▲ +1,892 153 7,000 5,284
Jun 2022 206,254 ▲ +3,977 150 8,062 3,919
May 2022 202,277 ▲ +5,863 149 9,863 4,491
Apr 2022 196,414 ▲ +6,521 149 9,821 3,312
Mar 2022 189,893 ▲ +7,599 148 10,032 2,835
Feb 2022 182,294 ▲ +6,958 147 9,881 2,835
Jan 2022 175,336 ▲ +8,466 147 10,680 2,600
Dec 2021 166,870 ▲ +7,196 147 10,047 2,415
Nov 2021 159,674 ▲ +8,882 146 10,726 2,353
Oct 2021 150,792 ▲ +6,534 144 8,703 2,795
Sep 2021 144,258 ▲ +5,998 143 9,112 3,085
Aug 2021 138,260 ▲ +4,928 139 8,007 3,399
Jul 2021 133,332 ▲ +5,022 138 6,922 2,585
Jun 2021 128,310 ▲ +4,791 138 6,392 1,802
May 2021 123,519 ▲ +6,227 138 8,185 2,045

Showing all 61 months in this range. Show the latest 6.

Domains by day, 12 Aug 2026 – 19 Sep 2026

Source: Daily zone files

Counted from daily zone files. Names with at least one NS record or a DS record.

12 Aug 2026 – 19 Sep 2026 30d All
298.53k300.43k302.34k304.25k306.15k12 Aug 2631 Aug 2619 Sep 26
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Daily change

Source: Daily zone files

Day-over-day difference of the zone's name list, over the same window as the chart above.

  • Added
  • Dropped
+6000-60012 Aug 2619 Sep 26

Registrars

Registrar figures are for May 2026. ICANN publishes monthly registry reports about three months in arrears, and they are the only source that attributes domains to registrars — zone files do not contain registrar information. Methodology.

Registry activity

Source: ICANN monthly registry reports

Query volumes and EPP operations reported monthly by the registry. The only public signal of how much a TLD is actually resolved rather than merely registered.

Month Operational registrars DNS queries (UDP) RDAP queries Creates Deletes Renews Transfers approved Rejected
May 2026 391 14.72B 1.64M 14,867 12,291 8,028 271 3
Apr 2026 389 13.10B 1.47M 12,635 9,193 8,089 237 5
Mar 2026 391 13.03B 1.26M 12,240 10,000 8,273 295 3
Feb 2026 391 10.35B 950.28k 10,282 11,105 7,823 273 2
Jan 2026 391 11.94B 908.87k 11,755 20,546 8,990 245 6
Dec 2025 390 9.37B 857.90k 10,433 24,349 7,880 242 5
Nov 2025 386 8.55B 781.90k 11,080 22,165 7,657 221 7
Oct 2025 384 8.31B 682.08k 11,272 22,767 8,280 209 7
Sep 2025 381 8.08B 567.50k 13,880 27,315 13,297 187 3
Aug 2025 379 8.20B 444.34k 10,150 21,268 7,091 209 7
Jul 2025 377 8.02B 505.80k 17,170 33,010 13,959 182 8
Jun 2025 375 8.22B 333.67k 9,848 23,947 6,517 200 9
May 2025 371 8.56B 312.43k 10,955 25,899 9,523 196 4
Apr 2025 371 7.67B 293.78k 13,923 24,595 8,125 222 12
Mar 2025 369 7.27B 248.96k 9,195 23,707 8,653 266 8
Feb 2025 368 6.16B 215.18k 10,480 20,618 8,578 225 8
Jan 2025 368 8.81B 193.11k 12,529 22,869 8,916 244 9
Dec 2024 367 7.26B 182.73k 16,242 21,939 7,342 213 14
Nov 2024 367 5.68B 130.87k 10,189 20,468 7,316 181 12
Oct 2024 366 7.98B 114.01k 8,030 7,377 7,745 220 13
Sep 2024 363 5.49B 100.90k 6,265 11,350 7,645 171 9
Aug 2024 360 5.85B 145.67k 6,628 11,419 7,741 203 15
Jul 2024 358 5.77B 139.83k 6,409 11,665 7,327 174 20
Jun 2024 359 5.18B 387.47k 6,027 11,704 6,768 171 11
May 2024 358 0 279.36k 8,305 13,020 9,702 255 29
Apr 2024 346 1.87B 311.27k 11,922 11,916 8,816 172 11
Mar 2024 344 1.19B 170.30k 10,061 14,077 8,408 259 11
Feb 2024 343 3.95B 153.98k 9,695 12,737 7,590 228 9
Jan 2024 340 4.48B 221.64k 9,025 13,217 8,246 250 11
Dec 2023 339 4.16B 137.85k 8,490 14,398 7,720 274 10
Nov 2023 335 3.94B 162.24k 7,596 12,870 7,849 205 14
Oct 2023 335 4.14B 99.65k 8,232 11,751 8,719 206 9
Sep 2023 334 4.20B 0 7,247 11,076 6,940 270 2
Aug 2023 333 2.88B 0 7,896 10,348 6,431 274 13
Jul 2023 332 1.73B 0 7,572 11,928 6,121 173 6
Jun 2023 331 3.69B 0 0 0 0 225 12
May 2023 330 3.80B 0 8,415 9,406 7,186 178 5
Apr 2023 330 3.97B 0 9,342 10,939 7,213 165 11
Mar 2023 325 3.26B 0 9,077 9,490 7,041 204 8
Feb 2023 323 2.30B 0 8,727 7,280 6,399 154 8
Jan 2023 321 2.85B 0 4,445 4,995 3,528 183 16
Dec 2022 320 3.59B 0 6,854 6,161 4,306 149 8
Nov 2022 319 3.83B 0 9,844 5,023 5,577 150 0
Oct 2022 318 3.88B 0 10,619 6,445 6,636 157 1
Sep 2022 317 3.70B 0 9,420 5,100 5,448 131 3
Aug 2022 316 3.44B 0 9,516 5,187 5,229 120 1
Jul 2022 316 3.03B 0 7,523 5,108 4,859 128 1
Jun 2022 317 2.98B 0 8,213 5,905 4,295 108 1
May 2022 317 1.84B 0 10,732 5,312 4,964 147 3
Apr 2022 311 489.20M 0 10,130 4,628 5,998 170 4
Mar 2022 306 2.57B 0 11,036 3,887 5,167 584 6
Feb 2022 305 2.23B 0 10,109 3,077 4,680 151 2
Jan 2022 305 2.44B 0 11,449 3,514 5,037 123 3
Dec 2021 254 114.84B 0 10,096 3,421 4,009 88 5
Nov 2021 253 126.54B 0 11,744 3,198 4,132 116 2
Oct 2021 252 116.29B 0 9,712 3,169 4,081 109 0
Sep 2021 251 102.77B 0 9,371 3,187 3,534 119 4
Aug 2021 250 3.17B 0 8,618 4,079 3,561 116 4
Jul 2021 250 2.19B 0 7,746 4,106 3,702 87 8
Jun 2021 250 1.94B 0 6,767 3,142 3,860 74 4
May 2021 252 786.52M 0 8,344 2,517 4,635 104 2
Apr 2021 251 755.81M 0 0 0 0 129 4
Mar 2021 253 595.12M 0 8,656 2,302 3,904 85 2
Feb 2021 251 738.00M 0 6,199 2,352 3,855 155 1
Jan 2021 249 823.57M 0 6,279 2,754 4,620 154 2
Dec 2020 244 669.57M 0 4,715 5,786 3,915 117 1
Nov 2020 241 511.12M 0 5,185 2,871 3,589 111 1
Oct 2020 241 593.91M 0 4,865 2,536 3,143 94 1
Sep 2020 240 789.65M 0 4,031 1,777 2,739 85 0
Aug 2020 236 840.05M 0 4,594 1,757 2,412 74 9
Jul 2020 236 770.38M 0 1,051 357 275 53 2
Jun 2020 236 611.42M 0 5,981 2,272 1,696 57 4
May 2020 234 785.43M 0 5,015 2,503 2,268 57 1
Apr 2020 234 707.82M 0 3,805 2,103 2,278 80 3
Mar 2020 233 680.59M 0 2,980 3,083 2,124 57 3
Feb 2020 230 544.47M 0 2,785 2,570 2,282 59 1
Jan 2020 228 473.46M 0 3,112 1,918 2,543 68 3
Dec 2019 224 404.66M 0 3,763 2,118 1,559 41 2
Nov 2019 223 436.30M 0 6,731 1,941 1,539 40 3
Oct 2019 222 375.42M 0 2,668 1,036 1,127 39 1
Sep 2019 222 264.04M 0 2,969 3,643 1,394 29 1
Aug 2019 219 280.88M 0 2,269 1,289 1,203 27 1
Jul 2019 218 342.92M 0 2,213 1,431 1,347 40 0
Jun 2019 216 319.00M 0 2,022 1,904 1,144 58 3
May 2019 216 294.73M 0 2,544 1,260 1,935 60 0
Apr 2019 216 287.22M 0 3,094 1,611 1,571 32 1
Mar 2019 215 284.21M 0 3,694 1,518 1,187 29 1
Feb 2019 212 239.47M 0 3,546 715 1,349 22 1
Jan 2019 208 233.79M 0 4,871 732 1,351 24 1
Dec 2018 205 211.47M 0 2,946 763 751 22 0
Nov 2018 204 169.64M 0 5,892 1,040 1,700 14 1
Oct 2018 202 113.46M 0 3,519 442 704 19 0
Sep 2018 202 97.53M 0 2,470 435 727 19 2
Aug 2018 202 111.97M 0 1,885 540 520 20 5
Jul 2018 197 142.31M 0 1,398 488 482 23 0
Jun 2018 197 134.68M 0 1,814 1,173 728 23 2
May 2018 195 118.94M 0 1,727 140 1,417 55 0
Apr 2018 186 121.05M 0 1,837 155 1,223 42 1
Mar 2018 181 108.58M 0 1,977 139 616 62 0
Feb 2018 175 76.51M 0 2,045 92 666 31 0

Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated and refresh daily. Registrar figures are from ICANN's monthly registry reports for May 2026, which ICANN publishes about three months in arrears; zone files contain no registrar information, so no fresher source exists. Full detail on methodology and live pipeline status.