.tel TLD stats
.tel held 39,979 names in November 2024, as Telnames Limited reported to ICANN; its zone file on 23 Oct 2026 carried 35,932. 123 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, Name.com, Inc., held 14.3%. .tel fell by 43% in its 14th year, from 94,667 to 54,371.
- 39,979
- 35,932
- 123
Names since general availability, March 2009
Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it
In its fourth year, to February 2011, 116 registrars held 10 or more .tel names and the largest held 18%; by its 19th, to February 2026, 101 did and the largest held 16%.
Who sells it
November 2024Name.com, Inc. held 14.3% of .tel names in November 2024; the largest five together held 34.5%.
Cross-checkThe registry reported 39,979 names for Nov 2024; the zone on Oct 23, 2026 held 4,047 fewer. The two are counted differently and 23 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
- +8
- left it
- −14
- changed nameservers
- 15
- Net
- −6
- Listed for sale5921.6%
- Parked1590.4%
- In use14,85641.3%
- Not classified20,32556.6%