.cyou TLD stats
.cyou held 332,768 names in January 2025, as ShortDot reported to ICANN; its zone file on 24 Oct 2026 carried 538,018. 109 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, West263 International Limited, held 31.6%. .cyou fell by about half in its third year, from 822,065 to 376,855.
- 332,768
- 538,018
- 109
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
January 2025West263 International Limited held 31.6% of .cyou names in January 2025; the largest five together held 75.3%.
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 332,768 names for Jan 2025; the zone on Oct 24, 2026 held 205,250 more. The two are counted differently and 21 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%