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The .channel top-level domain has 2,981 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-09-12 · operated by Charleston Road Registry Inc. on the Google Inc. backend · general availability began 2025-02-04.

.channel

New GenericIn GA
Registry
Charleston Road Registry Inc.Google Group
Technical Operator
Google Inc.
Delegated
2014-09-15
General availability
2025-02-04
Domains live today
2,981
~0.0% active web presence
Registered domains (official)
3,255
as of 2026-05· +274 vs live

Domain growth · last 85 days

2026-06-11 → 2026-09-12

Hover any day for exact counts. Drag the timeline below the chart to scroll between dates.

Growth momentum

7-day vs 30-day average
7-day avg
-1/ day
30-day avg
-0/ day
Momentum
▼decelerating
-1/day vs 30-day

Daily net change (adds minus drops), smoothed into 7- and 30-day moving averages. When the 7-day line crosses above the 30-day, growth is accelerating; below, it's slowing. Zero line separates growth from contraction.

Apex label profile

Not yet computed for .channel. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN
  1. Sunrise· Start Date Sunrise
    May 03, 2022 → Jun 07, 2022
    closed
  2. Trademark Claims
    Jun 07, 2022
    in progress
  3. Limited Registration· Limited Registration Period
    Jun 08, 2022 → Feb 03, 2025
    closed
  4. General Availability(estimated)
    Feb 04, 2025 → onwards
    live
#DateDomains liveCreatesExpiryDNSSEC
12026-09-122,981+4−5177
22026-09-112,982+1−4176
32026-09-102,985+6−4175
42026-09-092,983+6−18170
52026-09-082,995+11−1177
62026-09-072,985+1−4174
72026-09-062,988+7−7175
82026-09-052,988+6−8175
92026-09-042,990+0—173
102026-09-032,990+3−3173
112026-09-022,990+5−8170
122026-09-012,993+7—172
132026-08-312,986+2−1172
142026-08-302,985+2−2174
152026-08-292,985+5−4173
162026-08-282,984+3−2171
172026-08-272,983+3−1172
182026-08-262,981+3−10173
192026-08-252,988+0—174
202026-08-242,988+5−3174
212026-08-232,986+0—174
222026-08-222,986+7−2174
232026-08-212,981+2−4173
242026-08-202,983+6−6173
252026-08-192,983+1−5170
262026-08-182,987+2−5170
272026-08-172,990+4−2171
282026-08-162,988+7−3170
292026-08-152,984+4−7170
302026-08-142,987+3−3173
312026-08-132,987+5−6174
322026-08-122,988+9−4172
332026-08-112,983+1−2168
342026-08-102,984+12−3167
352026-08-092,975+0−2167
362026-08-082,977+2−2167
372026-08-072,977+6−4167
382026-08-062,975+4−2166
392026-08-052,973+4−1165
402026-08-042,970+5−3165
412026-08-032,968+4−6165
422026-08-022,970+4−2164
432026-08-012,968+6−1161
442026-07-312,963+5−3159
452026-07-302,961+6−2158
462026-07-292,957+2−3158
472026-07-282,958+12−4157
482026-07-232,950+5−1153
492026-07-222,946+2—155
502026-07-212,944+2−2154
512026-07-202,944+2−4154
522026-07-192,946+6−6154
532026-07-182,946+0−1155
542026-07-172,947+6−3157
552026-07-162,944+5−4157
562026-07-152,943+6−1158
572026-07-142,938+0—158
582026-07-132,938+3—158
592026-07-122,935+3−6157
602026-07-112,938+7−1157