.youtube domain statistics
On Oct 5, 2026 the .youtube zone held 26 domains, which makes it #706 in RootFetch's ranking. Since its first check on Feb 24, 2026 it has grown by 4.0% (+1 domains). At its latest check it changed by +1 domains over 56 days, about +0.5% a week.
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About the .youtube extension
Charleston Road Registry Inc. runs .youtube, which went live in the root zone on Aug 29, 2014 (12.1 years ago). Its ICANN registry agreement was signed on May 1, 2014, 120 days before launch. .youtube is a brand TLD: under Specification 13 of its ICANN agreement, only Charleston Road Registry Inc. and its affiliates can register names in it. That is why its domain count stays small and mostly reflects the company's own sites.
Registry details from ICANN's gTLD list.
Other extensions run by Charleston Road Registry Inc.
Charleston Road Registry Inc. operates 46 of the TLDs RootFetch tracks, holding 2,640,539 domains in total. .youtube is #26 of them by size, with 0.0% of the group's domains. The largest are listed below.
How .youtube compares
.youtube is bigger than 35% of the TLDs in this dataset. .youtube beat 8 of the 10 similar-sized TLDs on growth; the fastest of that group was .lanxess at +4.2%.
Biggest moves
Of 9 changes between checks, 1 was a gain, 0 were losses and 8 showed no change. The biggest gain was +1 domains (+4.0%) between Aug 10, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026.
.youtube growth trend
That is a 0.00% slice of the 89M domains in the whole dataset. Over the 223 days from Feb 24 to Oct 5 it averaged +0.12% a week, or 0 domains a day. Its strongest month on record was October 2026 (+1); its weakest was March 2026 (0). If the latest rate held for 30 days, .youtube would reach about 27 domains (a straight-line projection, not a forecast).
.youtube domains by month
| Month | Domains | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 26 | +1 |
| August 2026 | 25 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 25 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 25 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 25 | – |
Every check
| Date | Domains | Change | Growth | Window | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | 26 | +1 | +4.0% | 56 days | |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 25 | 0 | +0.0% | 70 days | |
| Jun 1, 2026 | 25 | 0 | +0.0% | 84 days | |
| Mar 9, 2026 | 25 | 0 | +0.0% | 6 days | |
| Mar 3, 2026 | 25 | 0 | +0.0% | 1 day | |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 25 | 0 | +0.0% | 1 day | |
| Mar 1, 2026 | 25 | 0 | +0.0% | 3 days | |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 25 | 0 | +0.0% | 1 day | |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 25 | 0 | +0.0% | 1 day | |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 25 | – | – | first check |
Questions about .youtube
How many .youtube domains are there?
As of Oct 5, 2026, there are 26 registered .youtube domains.
Can anyone register a .youtube domain?
No. .youtube is a brand TLD under Specification 13 of its ICANN registry agreement, so only Charleston Road Registry Inc. and its affiliates can register .youtube names.
Who runs the .youtube domain extension?
Charleston Road Registry Inc..
When was .youtube created?
.youtube went live in the DNS root on Aug 29, 2014.
Is .youtube growing?
.youtube went from 25 domains on Feb 24, 2026 to 26 on Oct 5, 2026, a change of +4.0%. Its latest rate is about +0.5% a week.
How big is the .youtube domain extension compared to others?
It ranks #706 by domain count. Its nearest neighbours are .latrobe, .pioneer, .walter.