.bot TLD stats

• Run by Amazon
• Sold most by NameCheap, Inc., 55.7% in December 2024
• Our model compares it with 28 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 September 2024, 17 registrars held 10 or more .bot names and the largest held 57%; by its second, to September 2025, 21 did and the largest held 43%.

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.

NameCheap, Inc. held 55.7% of .bot names in December 2024; the largest five together held 85.7%.

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

When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .bot among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 28 applied-for strings. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.

• Strong (15):.agent.agentid.agnt.agt.aiagent.chatbot.clone.cobot.droid.gpt.npc.prompt.robot.agentic.agi
• Moderate (12):.borg.bug.mcp.pai.hash.llm.miniapp.model.transformer.xn--gmqz0qc7o.copilot.superintelligence
• Loose (1):.ether

Cross-checkThe registry reported 16,594 names for Dec 2024; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 7,425 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 May 2017 to Jul 2017; general registration Oct 2023.