.walter held 27 names in October 2024, as Sandvik AB reported to ICANN; its zone file on 14 Oct 2026 carried 30. 1 registrars held names in it that month; the largest, CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., held 85.2%.
Names on the books at the end of each year since general availability, from the registry's monthly reports to ICANN, through May 2026. The marked point is the zone count of 14 Oct 2026, a different count taken on one night.
Year by year since launch, as the registry reported it
In its first year, to May 2016, 0 registrars held 10 or more .walter names and the largest held 64%; by its eleventh, to May 2026, 1 did and the largest held 86%.
YearNamesRegistrars with 10+Largest registrar
1 · to May 201611064%
2 · to May 201712067%
3 · to May 201816175%
4 · to May 201918172%
5 · to May 202022182%
6 · to May 202124183%
7 · to May 202224183%
8 · to May 202326185%
9 · to May 202427185%
10 · to May 202529186%
11 · to May 202629186%
Year 1 starts at general availability and each year is labelled by the month it ends. Registrars with 10 or more names and the largest registrar's share are read at that month. A year with fewer than nine monthly reports is left blank.
Who sells it
October 2024
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. held 85.2% of .walter names in October 2024; the largest five together held 85.2%.
Shares add to 100%. From the registry's report for October 2024.
2026 strings our model compared with it
When we scored the 2026 round, our model listed .walter among the closest 2012-round TLDs for 1 applied-for string. No applicant made these comparisons; strong and moderate are how close it judged each match.
Cross-checkThe registry reported 27 names for Oct 2024; the zone on Oct 14, 2026 held 3 more. The two are counted differently and 24 months apart: a registered name that is not delegated never appears in the zone, and a zone file is read on one night, a report at a month's end.
last night, in detail
Oct 14, 2026
What moved · on Oct 14, 2026
entered the zone
0
left it
0
changed nameservers
0
Net
0
Sep 16, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026 · axis starts at the data, not at zero
How the zone is used · 30 names
Listed for salemarketplace nameservers00.0%
Parkedad-parking or expiry nameservers00.0%
In usehosting, registrar or DNS nameservers00.0%
Not classifiednameservers we can’t name30100.0%
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: 0.0%. List 2026.09.7+psl4b673689.
Counted from the registry’s own zone file on the night of Oct 14, 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.
how many names, month by month
Oct 2024 to Oct 2024
Names under management at month end, as the registry reported it. Reported to ICANN monthly.