Stats
Legacy gTLD · delegated 2007-03 · Telnames Limited

.tel TLD stats

Sep 2016 to Aug 2026
Names in the zone
35,942
Oct 13, 2026, 00:21 UTC · registry zone file
Domains under management
38,782
May 2026 · registry report
Last night’s movement
−4
11 in · 15 out
Listed for sale
1.7%
595 names · of the zone

Cross-checkThe registry reported 38,782 domains under management for May 2026 — −2,840 against last night’s zone. Undelegated and on-hold names never reach the zone, so the two will not agree, and neither is wrong.

last night, in detail

Oct 13, 2026
What moved · on Oct 13, 2026
entered the zone
+11
left it
−15
changed nameservers
29
Net
−4
Sep 16, 2026 to Oct 13, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero
How the zone is used · 35,942 names
  • Listed for salemarketplace nameservers5951.7%
  • Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers1640.5%
  • In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers14,78441.1%
  • Not classifiednameservers we can’t name20,39956.8%

Read from each name’s nameservers on the night shown. Listed and parked are counted separately.

How we classify
A name takes the row its nameservers match on our provider list. Verification nameservers sit beside a name’s other nameservers, so they overlap the rows above: 0.2%. List 2026.09.7+psl4b673689.

Counted from the registry’s own zone file on the night of Oct 13, 2026. A zone count is not domains under management: a registered name that is not delegated never appears in the zone, and a name on hold leaves the zone while it stays registered. The two numbers will not agree, and neither is wrong.

Aug 2026: 35,980 — third-party estimate; the registry has not published that month yet.

how many names

Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly. Dashed months are third-party estimates.

everything else