Explore the 2026 Round
Everything you need to track the Round and protect your brand, organized by what you're trying to do.
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New TLD Launch List See where every applied-for string stands right now, organized by category and status. View the Launch List
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New TLD FAQs Plain-language answers on statuses, timelines, terminology, and brand protection. Visit the FAQs
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Why the 2026 round matters
For nearly three decades, the gTLD namespace barely moved. Six original TLDs launched in 1985: .com, .org, .net, .edu, .gov, and .mil, joined by a modest early-2000s expansion that added .info, .biz, .name, .pro, and .mobi, among others. That left just 22 gTLDs serving the entire internet.
Mounting industry demand and ICANN's maturing policy framework finally lifted that ceiling with the landmark 2012 New gTLD Program, and the results reshaped the market. New gTLDs have driven roughly a third of all net new domain growth since 2014 and continue to outpace the legacy namespace year over year.
Now, in the 2026 Round, that same demand is playing out at scale. A total of 1,616 initial applications were submitted to ICANN, giving businesses more opportunity than ever to claim the extension that fits their brand, their community, or their market, before someone else does.
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1,241New gTLDs launched in the 2012 Round
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400M+Total domain registrations today
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52.9MNew gTLD registrations
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+34%New gTLD growth YOY
(Q2 2025 - Q2 2026)
Data from Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief, correct as of Q2 2026.
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