Telegram has applied for the .gram top-level domain, part of ICANN's 2026 round — the first new gTLD application window since 2012. The window closed August 12 after 15 weeks, and if the application clears, Telegram's one billion users could claim personal web addresses like yourname.gram.
What Telegram is planning
Users could set up interactive websites hosted by Telegram, with a single AI prompt. That would extend Telegram's TON blockchain push into web publishing. Brand TLDs exist — Google and Amazon run their own — but Telegram's would be open to ordinary users, not just the company itself. That's a notable difference from the typical corporate domain.
The application process
ICANN received over 1,600 primary applications and 1,100 backup string requests in this round. Cleared strings are expected to be published by mid-October. From there, evaluation, contention resolution, and contracting could take months, so .gram addresses are unlikely to go live before 2027.
What users might get
There's no word yet on whether .gram addresses will be free for all accounts. The move comes as Telegram has pledged a native non-custodial wallet in its app this summer and runs the network's largest validator. It also lands while founder Pavel Durov faces charges in Russia for facilitating terrorism, after rejecting surveillance demands.
