.cyou TLD stats
.cyou held 317,488 names in December 2024, as ShortDot reported to ICANN; its zone file on 24 Oct 2026 carried 538,018. 108 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, West263 International Limited, held 33.2%. .cyou fell by about half in its third year, from 822,065 to 376,855.
- 317,488
- 538,018
- 108
Names since general availability, June 2020
Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it
In its first year, to May 2021, 32 registrars held 10 or more .cyou names and the largest held 35%; by its sixth, to May 2026, 67 did and the largest held 33%.
Who sells it
December 2024West263 International Limited held 33.2% of .cyou names in December 2024; the largest five together held 75.1%.
2026 strings our model compared with it
When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .cyou among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 1 applied-for string. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.
Cross-checkThe registry reported 317,488 names for Dec 2024; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 220,530 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.
last night, in detail
Oct 24, 2026- entered the zone
- +2,015
- left it
- −1,035
- changed nameservers
- 825
- Net
- +980
- Listed for sale37,4307.0%
- Parked6,9551.3%
- In use449,91583.6%
- Not classified43,7188.1%