ICANN receives 1,615 applications for new internet domains
ICANN Reveals 2026 Round Applications for New Generic Top-Level Domains
ICANN has published the applications for the 2026 round of new generic top-level domains, revealing 1,615 total applications. The list includes 333 brand applications and 16 community-based applications, with the majority coming from North America and Europe. The next steps include a replacement period, string confirmation, and a community input phase before evaluation begins.
Reveal Day marks an important milestone for the next expansion of the Domain Name System. These applications demonstrate how organizations around the world are innovating new ways to build trusted online identities, serve their communities, and connect with Internet users.
- colemannugent
I think .cos and .con should probably be rejected for typosquatting concerns.
- CalRobert
I remember when I worked for a registry (not a registrar) before the first launch of gTLD's. Bizarrely one of the products they were excited to promote was not to register domains under a TLD, but rather, to _block_ them. The idea being that if you wanted to make sure someone else didn't register <company_name>.[sucks, stupid, whatever] you had to pay them (Donuts) to make sure it didn't happen. It felt extortionate.
Apparently it's still a thing. https://kb.centralnicreseller.com/services/brand-protection/...
- droidjj
Anthropic applied for `.claude` and `.anthropic`. OpenAI applied for: agent, agi, asi, chatgpt, codex, daybreak, deploy, evals, gpt, mcp, model, oai, openai, skill, & voice.
- jmaw
Here is a direct link to the applied TLDs: https://newgtldprogram-aps.icann.org/applications
If my counting is correct (the results wrap across multiple pages), 13 companies applied for the .agent TLD.
- mapontosevenths
".exe" here I come.