Telegram applies for .gram domain to offer users personal websites

Telegram has applied to ICANN for the .gram top-level domain, which could allow more than one billion Telegram users to register addresses such as yourname.gram and build Telegram-hosted websites if the application is approved. Summary Telegram has applied to ICANN to operate the .gram domain zone. More than one billion users could get second level domains such as yourname.gram if the application is approved. Durov said users would be able to create interactive websites hosted by Telegram using a single prompt. ICANN approval is required before Telegram can launch the proposed .gram domain service. Pavel Durov, Telegram’s founder, said in an X post that the company had submitted the application for the .gram domain zone and plans to make second-level domains available to its users. Telegram passed one billion monthly active users in 2025, according to the company’s official press information. “Telegram has applied for the .gram domain zone,” Durov wrote, adding that approval could give a billion users access to their own second-level domains. The proposal would also connect the domain system with website creation inside Telegram. Durov said users would be able to create interactive...