Stats
New gTLD · live since 2014-09 · Google Registry

.channel domains

.channel is a generic TLD, run by Google Registry, open to the public since June 2022.

The registry reported 344 .channel domains for January 2025. 2,880 were built on 5 November 2026.

.channel, day by day

5 November 2026
How .channel is used · 2,880 built domains
  • Listed for saleon a domain marketplace311.1%
  • Parkedshowing ads or an expiry page100.3%
  • Hostedon a web host, or with a registrar or DNS service2,50887.1%
  • Not known yet33111.5%
What moved · on 5 November 2026
newly built
+10
no longer built
−3
changed nameservers
1
Net
+7
16 September 2026 to 5 November 2026

Built .channel domains on 5 November 2026. The registry’s own figure is the full count.

How many .channel domains are there?

.channel had 344 domains in January 2025, according to Google Registry. 15 registrars sold it that month. MarkMonitor held the most: 45.1%.

344
domains, January 2025
15
registrars selling it

Domains since launch, June 2022

Year by year since launch

In its first year, to May 2023, 8 registrars held 10 or more .channel domains and the largest held 46%; by its fourth, to May 2026, 18 did and the largest held 28%.

  1. 1 · to May 2023354846%
  2. 2 · to May 2024335749%
  3. 3 · to May 20252,1571724%
  4. 4 · to May 20263,2551828%

Who sells it

January 2025

MarkMonitor held 45.1% of .channel domains in January 2025; the largest five together held 75.6%.

  1. MarkMonitor45.1%
  2. CSC Corporate Domains15.4%
  3. Porkbun6.1%
  4. COM LAUDE4.7%
  5. Lexsynergy4.4%
  6. everyone else24.4%

Every registrar’s share of .channel →

2026 applications most like .channel

4 of the TLDs applied for in 2026 are closest to .channel. Each one has its own page and AI score.

.channel domains, month by month

to
Jan 2025 to Jan 2025

every month and every registrar