Telegram Applies for the .gram Domain Zone

Telegram has applied to ICANN for the .gram domain zone. If approved, Telegram users could have personal second-level domains in the form yourname.gram, Pavel Durov’s X account reports.

According to Durov, this option will simplify website creation within the Telegram ecosystem. Users will be able to configure interactive websites hosted on Telegram with a single command.

ICANN opened the 2026 application process for new top-level domains on April 30. The organization explains that gTLD, or generic top-level domain, is the part of a web address that follows the final dot. Domains such as .com and .org belong to this category.

According to ICANN, the 2026 program will allow businesses, communities, governments and other organizations to create their own digital identifiers. The previous major application round took place in 2012, when more than 1,200 new domain zones were introduced.

No official decision confirming the .gram domain zone has been announced yet. Telegram will be able to launch and open the domain zone to users only if ICANN approves the application.