The .channel top-level domain has 2,958 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-07-28 · 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

2,958

Registered domains (official)

3,505

as of 2026-02· +547 vs live

Domain growth · last 39 days

2026-06-11 → 2026-07-28

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

+2/ day

30-day avg

+1/ day

Momentum

▲accelerating

+0/day vs 30-day

7-day avg 30-day avg

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

Sunrise· Start Date Sunrise
May 03, 2022 → Jun 07, 2022
closed
Trademark Claims
Jun 07, 2022
in progress
Limited Registration· Limited Registration Period
Jun 08, 2022 → Feb 03, 2025
closed
General Availability(estimated)
Feb 04, 2025 → onwards
live

#	Date	Domains live	Creates	Expiry	DNSSEC
1	2026-07-28	2,958	+12	−4	157
2	2026-07-23	2,950	+5	−1	153
3	2026-07-22	2,946	+2	—	155
4	2026-07-21	2,944	+2	−2	154
5	2026-07-20	2,944	+2	−4	154
6	2026-07-19	2,946	+6	−6	154
7	2026-07-18	2,946	+0	−1	155
8	2026-07-17	2,947	+6	−3	157
9	2026-07-16	2,944	+5	−4	157
10	2026-07-15	2,943	+6	−1	158
11	2026-07-14	2,938	+0	—	158
12	2026-07-13	2,938	+3	—	158
13	2026-07-12	2,935	+3	−6	157
14	2026-07-11	2,938	+7	−1	157
15	2026-07-10	2,932	+4	−3	157
16	2026-07-09	2,931	+0	−1	156
17	2026-07-08	2,932	+3	−4	156
18	2026-07-07	2,933	+0	−4	158
19	2026-07-06	2,937	+3	−4	158
20	2026-07-05	2,938	+5	—	159
21	2026-07-04	2,933	+4	−4	159
22	2026-07-03	2,933	+1	−2	158
23	2026-07-02	2,934	+2	−1	158
24	2026-07-01	2,933	+3	−1	158
25	2026-06-30	2,931	+2	−5	157
26	2026-06-29	2,934	+0	—	159
27	2026-06-28	2,934	+2	−2	153
28	2026-06-27	2,934	+4	—	153
29	2026-06-26	2,930	+5	—	153
30	2026-06-25	2,925	+3	−1	152
31	2026-06-24	2,923	+5	−3	157
32	2026-06-23	2,921	+4	−2	154
33	2026-06-22	2,919	+4	−1	150
34	2026-06-21	2,916	+0	−3	149
35	2026-06-20	2,919	+0	—	150
36	2026-06-19	2,914	+0	—	151
37	2026-06-18	2,911	+1,919	−8	152
38	2026-06-12	2,921	+2,921	—	155
39	2026-06-11	2,921	+2,921	—	155