Telegram .gram Domain Bid Could Give 1 Billion Users a Website in One Prompt
Telegram has applied for its own top-level domain. Founder Pavel Durov said approval would give the app's one billion users a personal web address like yourname.gram.
Durov posted the news on X. The filing entered ICANN's 2026 round, the first such window since 2012.
What the Telegram .gram Domain Would Unlock, and When
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) governs the internet's address system. Its 2026 application window closed on August 12 after 15 weeks.
ICANN counted more than 1,600 primary applications in that round. Applicants filed a further 1,100 requests for backup strings. Therefore, .gram now waits in a crowded queue.
Durov built the pitch around Telegram usernames. Holders could claim yourname.gram, then publish an interactive site that Telegram hosts. Those usernames already work as identity across the app. A matching web address would carry that handle beyond chat.
Moreover, he promised that a single artificial intelligence prompt would generate those pages. The plan stretches Telegram's TON blockchain push from payments into web publishing. Telegram would run the hosting itself. That setup keeps users off outside providers and inside the app's orbit.
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