.sohu held 7 names in December 2025, as Sohu.com Limited reported to ICANN; its zone file on 23 Oct 2026 carried 7. 1 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, Internet Domain Name System Beijing Engineering Research Center LLC (ZDNS), held 100.0%.
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 March 2015, 0 registrars held 10 or more .sohu names and the largest held 100%; by its twelfth, to March 2026, 0 did and the largest held 100%.
YearNamesRegistrars with 10+Largest registrar
1 · to Mar 201510100%
2 · to Mar 201640100%
3 · to Mar 201750100%
4 · to Mar 20186083%
5 · to Mar 20196083%
6 · to Mar 20206083%
7 · to Mar 20216083%
8 · to Mar 20226083%
9 · to Mar 20236083%
10 · to Mar 202460100%
11 · to Mar 202560100%
12 · to Mar 202670100%
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
December 2025
Internet Domain Name System Beijing Engineering Research Center LLC (ZDNS) held 100.0% of .sohu names in December 2025; the largest five together held 100.0%.
Shares add to 100%. From the registry's report for December 2025.
2026 strings our model compared with it
When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .sohu 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 7 names for Dec 2025; the zone on Oct 23, 2026 held 0 more. The two are counted differently and 10 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
0
left it
0
changed nameservers
0
Net
0
Sep 16, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero
How the zone is used · 7 names
Listed for salemarketplace nameservers00.0%
Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers00.0%
In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers00.0%
Not classifiednameservers we can’t name7100.0%
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: 0.0%. 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
Dec 2025 to Dec 2025
Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly.