.quest TLD stats
.quest held 55,562 names in November 2025, as XYZ Registry reported to ICANN; its zone file on 23 Oct 2026 carried 67,545. 98 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, NameCheap, Inc., held 33.2%. .quest fell by about half in its seventh year, from 90,500 to 44,443.
- 55,562
- 67,545
- 98
Names since general availability, September 2016
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%.
Who sells it
November 2025NameCheap, Inc. held 33.2% of .quest names in November 2025; the largest five together held 83.4%.
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.
Cross-checkThe registry reported 55,562 names for Nov 2025; the zone on Oct 23, 2026 held 11,983 more. The two are counted differently and 11 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- entered the zone
- +244
- left it
- −99
- changed nameservers
- 147
- Net
- +145
- Listed for sale1,6722.5%
- Parked9091.3%
- In use62,40192.4%
- Not classified2,5633.8%