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# New gTLD applications, 2026 round

Last updated: 2026-10-03
Version: 2.4

## Short answer

This page lists every application in ICANN’s 2026 new gTLD round as ICANN publishes it (string, applicant, type, status, contention set), in alphabetical order of the string, with three coarse bands: whether the string is a catalog word, how widely that word is used, and how often the same word has sold as a domain.

## What this page is

Use this page when a visitor wants to know who applied for a new TLD string in the 2026 round, whether the string is contested, and whether the word already has a domain market.

## Who this is for

- investor: use this page when the goal matches the workflow described above.
- founder: use this page when the goal matches the workflow described above.
- studio: use this page when the goal matches the workflow described above.

## How to evaluate this page

### Fit

Whether a new TLD string the visitor cares about has been applied for, and by whom.

### Ownership

Whether the visitor could want one-word names under that string once it launches.

### Risk

Whether the visitor reads an application as a launch: a string takes years to reach general availability, and some never do.

## Recommended next actions

- Create Radar
- Add the agenda to a calendar
- Subscribe to the newsletter

## What not to assume

- Applicant, type, status and contention set are republished as ICANN publishes them.
- The bands are coarse (low, medium or high; comparable sales adds none) and never a count, a price or a single sale.
- Rows are in alphabetical order of the string; the list is not a ranking.
- Before ICANN publishes the applications, the page states the announced date and lists no row.
- Unique Domains is not a registrar and takes no part in the application process.

## Related links

- Human page: https://unique.domains/tld/applications
- AI root file: https://unique.domains/llms.txt
- Security and agent rules: https://unique.domains/llms-security.txt
- Markdown source: https://unique.domains/ai/pages/tld-applications.md
- Agenda page mirror: https://unique.domains/ai/pages/agenda.md
- See TLD launch dates and registry changes on the agenda: https://unique.domains/agenda
- Follow a new TLD to launch day with a Radar: https://unique.domains/product/radars
- Get launch dates by email every Wednesday: https://unique.domains/newsletter