.audio TLD stats

• Run by XYZ Registry
• Sold most by 1API GmbH, 17.8% in December 2024
• Our model compares it with 7 strings in the 2026 round

Names on the books at the end of each year since general availability, from the registry's monthly reports to ICANN, through May 2026. The marked point is the zone count of 24 Oct 2026, a different count taken on one night.

In its first year, to August 2015, 43 registrars held 10 or more .audio names and the largest held 77%; by its eleventh, to August 2025, 53 did and the largest held 17%.

Year 1 starts at general availability and each year is labelled by the month it ends. Registrars with 10 or more names and the largest registrar's share are read at that month. A year with fewer than nine monthly reports is left blank.

1API GmbH held 17.8% of .audio names in December 2024; the largest five together held 43.6%.

Shares add to 100%. From the registry's report for December 2024.

When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .audio among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 7 applied-for strings. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.

• Strong (2):.sound.voice
• Moderate (5):.amp.pod.synth.tone.vid

Cross-checkThe registry reported 5,043 names for Dec 2024; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 670 more. The two are counted differently and 22 months apart: a registered name that is not delegated never appears in the zone, and a zone file is read on one night, a report at a month's end.

Counted from the registry’s own zone file on the night of Oct 24, 2026. A zone count is not domains under management: a registered name that is not delegated never appears in the zone, and a name on hold leaves the zone while it stays registered. The two numbers will not agree, and neither is wrong.

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly. Sunrise Jun 2014 to Aug 2014; general registration Sep 2014.