.audio TLD stats
.audio held 5,890 names in May 2026, as XYZ Registry reported to ICANN; its zone file on 24 Oct 2026 carried 5,713. 101 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, 1API GmbH, held 13.7%. .audio fell by about half in its third year, from 24,910 to 8,709.
- 5,890
- 5,713
- 101
Names since general availability, September 2014
Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it
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%.
Who sells it
May 20261API GmbH held 13.7% of .audio names in May 2026; the largest five together held 42.3%.
2026 strings our model compared with it
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.
Cross-checkThe registry reported 5,890 names for May 2026; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 177 fewer. The two are counted differently and 5 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.
last night, in detail
Oct 24, 2026- entered the zone
- +4
- left it
- −1
- changed nameservers
- 3
- Net
- +3
- Listed for sale591.0%
- Parked200.4%
- In use4,81084.2%
- Not classified82414.4%