.music TLD stats

• Run by DotMusic Limited
• Sold most by Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE, 20.6% in August 2024
• Our model compares it with 5 strings in the 2026 round

In its first year, to September 2025, 29 registrars held 10 or more .music names and the largest held 80%.

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.

Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE held 20.6% of .music names in August 2024; the largest five together held 70.7%.

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

When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .music among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 5 applied-for strings. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.

• Strong (2):.xn--fjq180p.sound
• Moderate (3):.rap.anime.jazz

Cross-checkThe registry reported 184 names for Aug 2024; the zone on Oct 23, 2026 held 13,408 more. The two are counted differently and 26 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 23, 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 Sep 2023 to Nov 2023; general registration Oct 2024.