.va TLD information
Registry, RDAP server, WHOIS server, DNSSEC and IDN support for .va.
Overview
- TLD
- .va
- Type
- ccTLD
- IDN TLD
- Not supported
- Registry
- Holy See - Vatican City State
- Country
- Vatican City
- Registration start date
- 1995-09-11
- DNSSEC
- Disabled
- RDAP server
- —
- WHOIS server
- —
General registration information
Eligibility
- Registration category
- Restricted registration
- Individual registration
- Unknown
- Organization registration
- Supported
- Local address requirement
- Unknown
- Local entity/agent requirement
- Unknown
- Trademark requirement
- Unknown
Length & IDN support
- Allowed length (ASCII letters, digits and hyphens)
- Unknown
- IDN registration
- Unknown
- Allowed length (IDN)
- Unknown
Second-level registration categories
Unknown
.va domain power ranking
| Rank | Change | Domain | Power Rank | Referring Domains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | － | vatican.va | 72.7 | 43,858 |
| 2 | － | vaticannews.va | 72.1 | 21,967 |
| 3 | － | museivaticani.va | 58.7 | 5,998 |
| 4 | － | iubilaeum2025.va | 56.1 | 2,589 |
| 5 | － | radiovaticana.va | 55.6 | 3,991 |
| 6 | － | osservatoreromano.va | 54.6 | 2,486 |
| 7 | － | synod.va | 53.6 | 1,879 |
| 8 | ▲ 1 | vaticanstate.va | 52.9 | 1,355 |
| 9 | ▼ 1 | news.va | 52.5 | 1,864 |
| 10 | ▲ 1 | humandevelopment.va | 51.3 | 1,153 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the difference between a gTLD and a ccTLD?
- gTLDs are generic top-level domains, while ccTLDs are assigned to countries or territories. Eligibility rules differ per TLD.
- What does DNSSEC support mean?
- It means the TLD supports DNSSEC signing. Whether it is actually enabled depends on each domain's configuration.
- Is this information up to date?
- TLD and registry information is sourced from public data such as IANA. Eligibility rules can change, so please also check each registry's official information for the latest details.