The .tel top-level domain has 36,016 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-07-28 · operated by Telnames Limited on the Knipp backend.
.tel
New Generic- Registry
- Telnames Limited
- Technical Operator
- Knipp
- Delegated
- 2007-03-02
- General availability
- —
Domains live today
36,016
Registered domains (official)
39,062
as of 2026-02· +3,046 vs live
Domain growth · last 38 days
2026-06-11 → 2026-07-28Hover any day for exact counts. Drag the timeline below the chart to scroll between dates.
Growth momentum
7-day vs 30-day average7-day avg
-11/ day
30-day avg
-20/ day
Momentum
▲accelerating
+9/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 .tel. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.
Launch phases
Source: ICANNNo launch-phase data published. ICANN's TLD Startup Information only covers 2012-round new gTLDs that filed a Sunrise period; legacy gTLDs, ccTLDs, and brand TLDs that opted out are not listed.
| # | Date | Domains live | Creates | Expiry | DNSSEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-07-28 | 36,016 | +45 | −98 | 534 |
| 2 | 2026-07-23 | 36,069 | +8 | −18 | 529 |
| 3 | 2026-07-22 | 36,079 | +6 | −7 | 528 |
| 4 | 2026-07-21 | 36,080 | +6 | −15 | 528 |
| 5 | 2026-07-20 | 36,089 | +6 | −9 | 528 |
| 6 | 2026-07-19 | 36,092 | +5 | −11 | 528 |
| 7 | 2026-07-18 | 36,098 | +4 | −2 | 527 |
| 8 | 2026-07-17 | 36,096 | +15 | −7 | 527 |
| 9 | 2026-07-16 | 36,088 | +7 | −11 | 526 |
| 10 | 2026-07-15 | 36,092 | +20 | −33 | 526 |
| 11 | 2026-07-14 | 36,105 | +0 | — | 526 |
| 12 | 2026-07-13 | 36,105 | +12 | −12 | 526 |
| 13 | 2026-07-12 | 36,105 | +6 | −9 | 525 |
| 14 | 2026-07-11 | 36,108 | +11 | −35 | 525 |
| 15 | 2026-07-09 | 36,132 | +7 | −20 | 526 |
| 16 | 2026-07-08 | 36,145 | +11 | −15 | 526 |
| 17 | 2026-07-07 | 36,149 | +7 | −14 | 522 |
| 18 | 2026-07-06 | 36,156 | +10 | −21 | 523 |
| 19 | 2026-07-05 | 36,167 | +8 | −42 | 523 |
| 20 | 2026-07-04 | 36,201 | +8 | −6 | 523 |
| 21 | 2026-07-03 | 36,199 | +14 | −254 | 523 |
| 22 | 2026-07-02 | 36,439 | +2 | −116 | 517 |
| 23 | 2026-07-01 | 36,553 | +10 | −27 | 517 |
| 24 | 2026-06-30 | 36,570 | +5 | −68 | 517 |
| 25 | 2026-06-29 | 36,633 | +0 | — | 516 |
| 26 | 2026-06-28 | 36,643 | +7 | −17 | 515 |
| 27 | 2026-06-27 | 36,653 | +14 | −7 | 512 |
| 28 | 2026-06-26 | 36,646 | +18 | −8 | 510 |
| 29 | 2026-06-25 | 36,636 | +21 | −13 | 511 |
| 30 | 2026-06-24 | 36,628 | +11 | −13 | 511 |
| 31 | 2026-06-23 | 36,630 | +10 | −13 | 509 |
| 32 | 2026-06-22 | 36,633 | +7 | −14 | 507 |
| 33 | 2026-06-21 | 36,640 | +8 | −14 | 508 |
| 34 | 2026-06-20 | 36,646 | +12 | −20 | 504 |
| 35 | 2026-06-19 | 36,654 | +6 | −102 | 505 |
| 36 | 2026-06-18 | 36,662 | +35,662 | — | 503 |
| 37 | 2026-06-12 | 36,709 | +36,709 | — | 497 |
| 38 | 2026-06-11 | 36,714 | +36,714 | — | 495 |