The .tel top-level domain has 35,947 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-10-27 · 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
35,947
Registered domains (official)
38,495
as of 2026-06· +2,548 vs live

Domain growth · last 128 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
+1/ day
30-day avg
+3/ day
Momentum
▼decelerating
-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 .tel. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN
No 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.
#DateDomains liveCreatesExpiryDNSSEC
12026-10-2735,947+13−8579
22026-10-2635,942+7−5579
32026-10-2535,940+14−8579
42026-10-2435,934+12−10580
52026-10-2335,932+8−14578
62026-10-2235,938+8−11577
72026-10-2135,941+11−11577
82026-10-2035,941+7−12569
92026-10-1935,946+6−4567
102026-10-1835,944+6−10570
112026-10-1735,948+20−11568
122026-10-1635,939+10−5565
132026-10-1535,934+9−8566
142026-10-1435,933+7−16567
152026-10-1335,942+11−15567
162026-10-1235,946+5−7569
172026-10-1135,948+17−9569
182026-10-1035,940+12−14568
192026-10-0935,942+8−11566
202026-10-0835,945+10−6563
212026-10-0735,941+32−5568
222026-10-0635,914+13−7567
232026-10-0535,908+9−5568
242026-10-0435,904+6−4568
252026-10-0335,902+7−7568
262026-10-0235,902+12−9570
272026-10-0135,899+12−7569
282026-09-3035,894+22−4570
292026-09-2935,876+21−9571
302026-09-2835,864+4−6569
312026-09-2735,866+7−72571
322026-09-2635,931+11−122571
332026-09-2536,042+8−8571
342026-09-2436,042+17−7569
352026-09-2336,032+8−3568
362026-09-2236,027+37−17557
372026-09-2036,007+9−14553
382026-09-1936,012+19−5549
392026-09-1835,998+9−9551
402026-09-1735,998+2−6549
412026-09-1636,002+13−7549
422026-09-1535,996+7−13550
432026-09-1436,002+12−7552
442026-09-1335,997+10−8553
452026-09-1235,995+10−7551
462026-09-1135,992+7−20550
472026-09-1036,005+7−9551
482026-09-0936,007+9−9550
492026-09-0836,007+6−9550
502026-09-0736,010+14−5550
512026-09-0636,001+14−13550
522026-09-0536,000+13−5550
532026-09-0435,992+15−16557
542026-09-0335,993+9−11563
552026-09-0235,995+31−23563
562026-09-0135,987+14−13563
572026-08-3135,986+2−17563
582026-08-3036,001+4−9562
592026-08-2936,006+18−9562
602026-08-2835,997+31−16553