New gTLD · delegated 2016-02 · XYZ Registry

.quest TLD stats

.quest held 55,169 names in April 2025, as XYZ Registry reported to ICANN; its zone file on 23 Oct 2026 carried 67,545. 93 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, NameCheap, Inc., held 37.7%. .quest fell by about half in its seventh year, from 90,500 to 44,443.

55,169
names, April 2025, reported to ICANN: 67,545
in the zone file, 23 Oct 2026: 93
registrars holding names

Names since general availability, September 2016

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 23 Oct 2026, a different count taken on one night.

Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it

In its first year, to August 2017, 0 registrars held 10 or more .quest names and the largest held 67%; by its ninth, to August 2025, 57 did and the largest held 35%.

YearNamesRegistrars with 10+Largest registrar
1 · to Aug 20176067%
2 · to Aug 20186067%
3 · to Aug 20195080%
4 · to Aug 202060100%
5 · to Aug 20216,9612159%
6 · to Aug 202290,5003269%
7 · to Aug 202344,4433955%
8 · to Aug 202450,6664941%
9 · to Aug 202553,3685735%

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.

Who sells it

April 2025

NameCheap, Inc. held 37.7% of .quest names in April 2025; the largest five together held 80.9%.

NameCheap, Inc.37.7%
Dynadot, LLC17.2%
NameSilo, LLC10.1%
Porkbun LLC8.5%
Spaceship, Inc.7.3%
everyone else19.1%

Shares add to 100%. From the registry's report for April 2025.

2026 strings our model compared with it

When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .quest among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 7 applied-for strings. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.

Strong (1):.path
Moderate (5):.journey .compass .logic .sabre .wonder
Loose (1):.aeon

Cross-checkThe registry reported 55,169 names for Apr 2025; the zone on Oct 23, 2026 held 12,376 more. The two are counted differently and 18 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 23, 2026

What moved · on Oct 23, 2026

entered the zone: +244
left it: −99
changed nameservers: 147
Net: +145

Sep 16, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero

How the zone is used · 67,545 names

Listed for salemarketplace nameservers1,6722.5%
Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers9091.3%
In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers62,40192.4%
Not classifiednameservers we can’t name2,5633.8%

Read from each name’s nameservers on the night shown. Listed and parked are counted separately.

How we classify

A name takes the row its nameservers match on our provider list. Verification nameservers sit beside a name’s other nameservers, so they overlap the rows above: 2.1%. List 2026.09.7+psl4b673689.

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.

how many names, month by month

Apr 2025 to Apr 2025

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly. Sunrise Aug 2016 to Aug 2016; general registration Sep 2016.