The .channel top-level domain has 2,859 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-10-27 · 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
2,859
~0.0% active web presence
Registered domains (official)
3,207
as of 2026-06· +348 vs live

Domain growth · last 129 days

2026-06-11 → 2026-10-27

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
+4/ day
30-day avg
+1/ day
Momentum
▲accelerating
+2/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
12026-10-272,859+6−1171
22026-10-262,854+6−3171
32026-10-252,851+7−7171
42026-10-242,851+7−1171
52026-10-232,845+7−4171
62026-10-222,842+2−1171
72026-10-212,841+9−1173
82026-10-202,833+6−1172
92026-10-192,828+3−6170
102026-10-182,831+1−2172
112026-10-172,832+7−4171
122026-10-162,829+5−13174
132026-10-152,837+5−7175
142026-10-142,839+8−2175
152026-10-132,833+4−3175
162026-10-122,832+3−8175
172026-10-112,837+6—177
182026-10-102,831+3−3177
192026-10-092,831+2−3177
202026-10-082,832+5−3177
212026-10-072,830+7−14178
222026-10-062,837+10−6180
232026-10-052,833+0—180
242026-10-042,833+5−6180
252026-10-032,834+5−3181
262026-10-022,832+5−6181
272026-10-012,833+5−2179
282026-09-302,830+7−1180
292026-09-292,824+8−6179
302026-09-282,822+3−2179
312026-09-272,821+1−2178
322026-09-262,822+2−18178
332026-09-252,838+6−2178
342026-09-242,834+5−27177
352026-09-232,856+9−38178
362026-09-222,885+5−15178
372026-09-202,895+4−8179
382026-09-192,899+4−24178
392026-09-182,919+4−13178
402026-09-172,928+4−58178
412026-09-162,982+1−2179
422026-09-152,983+2−8179
432026-09-142,989+4−1179
442026-09-132,986+5—178
452026-09-122,981+4−5177
462026-09-112,982+1−4176
472026-09-102,985+6−4175
482026-09-092,983+6−18170
492026-09-082,995+11−1177
502026-09-072,985+1−4174
512026-09-062,988+7−7175
522026-09-052,988+6−8175
532026-09-042,990+0—173
542026-09-032,990+3−3173
552026-09-022,990+5−8170
562026-09-012,993+7—172
572026-08-312,986+2−1172
582026-08-302,985+2−2174
592026-08-292,985+5−4173
602026-08-282,984+3−2171