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ICANN has published 1,615 new top-level domain applications from 481 applicants, with strings like .agent, .agi and .asi drawing multiple bids from companies including Meta and OpenAI.
Source: theverge.com published on
ICANN revealed 1,615 new gTLD applications from 481 applicants on October 7, led by .agent with 13 applicants, including Google, OpenAI, Meta and Alibaba Cloud, mirroring how the internet has shifted since the 2012 round led by .app, Simone Catania writes on CircleID.
Source: circleid.com published on
ICANN’s new gTLD round shows 263 contention groups after reveal day, with private settlements now banned. Portfolio applicants including Identity Digital, Namecheap, XYZ.com, GoDaddy and ShortDot face heavy overlap, while most brand applications stand uncontested.
Source: domainbrief.de original in German published on
ICANN's Reveal Day showed 1,615 applications for new top-level domains, with .agent drawing 13 competing applicants. Identity Digital filed the most applications (216), ahead of Link Freedom Group, XYZ Registry, GoDaddy and Intercap Registry.
Source: dnjournal.com published on
ICANN's 2026 Reveal Day export, finalized October 8, shows 1,614 applications for 986 distinct gTLD strings from 480 applicants, with 55 percent of applications in direct conflict and artificial intelligence terms the most contested category.
Source: iptwins.com original in French published on
Hours after ICANN disclosed new gTLD applications, Link Freedom Group replaced 19 of its 158 proposed top-level domains with alternative strings, dropping contested names like .brand and .max in favor of less-contested options.
Source: Domain Name Wire published on
Following ICANN's Reveal Day on October 7, 2026, Austrian registry services firm tldbox confirmed it applied for three new generic top-level domains: .salzburg, .verein and .coaching, under ICANN's new gTLD Program 2026 round.
Source: Nic.at original in German published on
ICANN published the applications for the 2026 new gTLD round on October 7, showing 481 applicants filed 1,615 applications, including 333 dot-brands. More than half, 891 applications, fall into 263 contention sets, with 13 applicants competing for .agent.
Source: domainbrief.de original in German published on
Amazon has applied for just eight dot-brand top level domains in the 2026 new gTLD round, a sharp pullback from its 76 applications in the 2012 expansion, Domain Name Wire reports.
Source: Domain Name Wire published on
Identity Digital, already the largest gTLD registry operator, applied for 216 new top-level domain strings in the 2026 application round, spanning 13 categories including AI, Web3, finance and travel, chief revenue officer Matt Overman told Domain Name Wire.
Source: Domain Name Wire published on