NameSniper Research
Open data on usernames and handle markets
We check and watch names for a living, which leaves us with data nobody else collects: what Telegram usernames actually sell for, how much of the Roblox and Kick namespaces is already gone, and the exact username rules of every platform we cover. It is all here, free to reuse.
Last updated 2026-09-21
Licence
Everything on this page is published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Quote the numbers, chart them, republish the files, commercially or not. The one condition is a credit to NameSniper with a link to this page or to the study you used.
How to cite
NameSniper Research (2026). [Study title]. https://namesniper.pro/research
Each study has its own link below. Need a different cut of the data, or a figure checked before you publish? Write to info@namesniper.pro.
Telegram username sales
2026-07-08 to 2026-09-20 (75 days of continuous tracking)
66,466
on-chain username sales, 6,576,595 TON in total
0.8% / 51%
four-letter names as a share of sales, and as a share of all money spent
116x
average four-letter price (6,028 TON) against five-letter (52 TON)
77%
of names sold for under 10 TON. Only 28 sales reached 10,000 TON
How it was measured
Every Telegram username sale settles on the public TON blockchain. We record each settled sale with its transaction hash, so any figure here can be checked against the chain. Averages and shares use only the period in which we tracked the market continuously; earlier records in our index are large historic sales added afterwards, and including them would inflate every average. The top-sales file is a ranking rather than an average, so it draws on the full index.
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- Sales and volume by month (CSV)
- Sales, volume and average price by username length (CSV)
- Sales by price band (CSV)
- Top 500 sales with transaction hashes (CSV)
NameSniper Research (2026). Telegram username sales. https://namesniper.pro/research#telegram-username-sales
Roblox username scarcity
Measured July 2026
0 of 7,036
four-letter usernames available, across every pattern tested
99.96%
of random five-letter names taken (1 free in 2,500)
6 characters
where availability begins: about two thirds of random names are free
How it was measured
We built samples of short usernames across the patterns people actually try: random strings, dictionary words, all-digit names, pronounceable inventions, names with an underscore and repeated characters, then swept random names from three to eight characters. Each name was checked against Roblox’s own public interfaces, and any name without an account was checked a second way to separate "available" from "not allowed". A name counts as available only if Roblox would let someone register it.
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A fresh run of this study is in progress. The full results file is published here when it completes.
NameSniper Research (2026). Roblox username scarcity. https://namesniper.pro/research#roblox-username-scarcity
Kick username availability
Measured 2026-08-13
9,191
usernames tested against the official Kick API, in 28 groups by pattern and length
98.9%
of common English words taken (2,763 of 2,795)
84%
of random four-letter combinations already have an account
How it was measured
Names were sampled by pattern (random strings, pronounceable inventions, common words, and obscure words as a control) and by length, then checked one by one against Kick’s official API. Two independent samples of common words agreed to within a tenth of a percentage point. The published files list the group results and the names that were taken. Names that were free at the time are left out on purpose: publishing them would simply get them registered by whoever reads this first.
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NameSniper Research (2026). Kick username availability. https://namesniper.pro/research#kick-username-availability
Username rules and handle release policies
Exported 2026-09-21, each entry carries its own verification date
Length, characters, pattern
the username rules for every platform we check, as a machine-readable file with a regular expression per platform
Release policies
what each platform says happens to a handle after deletion, inactivity or a rename, with a link to the source
How it was measured
Each rule is taken from the platform’s own documentation or sign-up form, recorded with the source link and the date we last confirmed it. Where a platform’s documented rule and its real behaviour differ, the file records the behaviour and says so.
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NameSniper Research (2026). Username rules and handle release policies. https://namesniper.pro/research#username-rules