.contact domain statistics
On Aug 7, 2026 the .contact zone held 11,542 domains, which makes it #248 in RootFetch's ranking. Since its first check on Feb 24, 2026 it has grown by 1.7% (+197 domains).
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About the .contact extension
Dog Beach, LLC runs .contact, which went live in the root zone on Dec 22, 2015 (10.8 years ago). Its ICANN registry agreement was signed on Jan 8, 2015, 348 days before launch.
Registry details from ICANN's gTLD list.
Other extensions run by Dog Beach, LLC
Dog Beach, LLC operates 48 of the TLDs RootFetch tracks, holding 1,464,394 domains in total. .contact is #18 of them by size, with 0.8% of the group's domains. The largest are listed below.
How .contact compares
.contact is bigger than 77% of the TLDs in this dataset. Since Feb 24 it has changed +1.7%, against a median of +3.5% for large TLDs tracked as long, which puts it ahead of 40% of them. .contact beat 5 of the 10 similar-sized TLDs on growth; the fastest of that group was .luxe at +31.9%.
Biggest moves
Of 7 changes between checks, 2 were gains, 4 were losses and 1 showed no change. The biggest gain was +126 domains (+1.1%) between May 29, 2026 and Aug 7, 2026. The biggest drop was −5 (−0.0%) between Mar 1, 2026 and Mar 2, 2026.
.contact growth trend
That is a 0.01% slice of the 89M domains in the whole dataset. Over the 164 days from Feb 24 to Aug 7 it averaged +0.07% a week, or +1 domains a day. Its strongest month on record was August 2026 (+126); its weakest was March 2026 (−9).
.contact domains by month
| Month | Domains | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | 11,542 | +126 |
| May 2026 | 11,416 | +81 |
| March 2026 | 11,335 | −9 |
| February 2026 | 11,344 | – |
Every check
| Date | Domains | Change | Growth | Window | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | 11,542 | +126 | +1.1% | 70 days | |
| May 29, 2026 | 11,416 | +81 | +0.7% | 87 days | |
| Mar 3, 2026 | 11,335 | −3 | −0.0% | 1 day | |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 11,338 | −5 | −0.0% | 1 day | |
| Mar 1, 2026 | 11,343 | −1 | −0.0% | 3 days | |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 11,344 | −1 | −0.0% | 1 day | |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 11,345 | 0 | +0.0% | 1 day | |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 11,345 | – | – | first check |
Questions about .contact
How many .contact domains are there?
As of Aug 7, 2026, there are 11,542 registered .contact domains.
Can anyone register a .contact domain?
.contact is open to the public through registrars; it is not a Specification 13 brand TLD. Check Dog Beach, LLC's policies for any restrictions.
Who runs the .contact domain extension?
Dog Beach, LLC.
When was .contact created?
.contact went live in the DNS root on Dec 22, 2015.
Is .contact growing?
.contact went from 11,345 domains on Feb 24, 2026 to 11,542 on Aug 7, 2026, a change of +1.7%.
How big is the .contact domain extension compared to others?
It ranks #248 by domain count. Its nearest neighbours are .miami, .science, .luxe.