.gov

Summary

.gov is a sponsored top-level domain^[1]. .gov ranks in the top 9% of sponsored_top_level_domain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (285 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• .gov is in the country of United States^[3].
• .gov's instance of is recorded as sponsored top-level domain^[4].
• .gov's maintained by is recorded as General Services Administration^[5].
• .gov's operator is recorded as Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency^[6].
• .gov's logo image is recorded as Dotgov.png^[7].
• .gov's has use is recorded as government website^[8].
• .gov's Commons category is recorded as .gov^[9].
• +1985-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of .gov^[10].
• .gov's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/022cpx^[11].
• .gov's official website is recorded as http://the-online.com^[12].
• .gov's official website is recorded as https://home.dotgov.gov/^[13].
• .gov's official website is recorded as https://get.gov^[14].
• .gov's sponsor is recorded as General Services Administration^[15].
• .gov's sponsor is recorded as Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency^[16].
• .gov's described by source is recorded as RFC 1811: U.S. Government Internet Domain Names^[17].
• .gov's described by source is recorded as RFC 1816: U.S. Government Internet Domain Names^[18].
• .gov's described by source is recorded as RFC 2146: U.S. Government Internet Domain Names^[19].
• .gov's replaces is recorded as .fed.us^[20].
• .gov's used by is recorded as Federal Government of the United States^[21].
• .gov's used by is recorded as state government of the United States^[22].
• .gov's used by is recorded as county government in the United States^[23].
• .gov's used by is recorded as municipal corporation in the United States^[24].
• .gov's used by is recorded as federally recognized Native American tribe in the United States^[25].
• .gov's used by is recorded as interstate compact^[26].
• .gov's used by is recorded as special-purpose district of the United States^[27].

Why It Matters

.gov ranks in the top 9% of sponsored_top_level_domain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (285 views/month).^[2] .gov has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] .gov is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]