The Coming gTLD Explosion!

Have you ever stopped to think about all the generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) that you have seen over the years? Let’s see. You obviously know .com, .net and .org. And you’ve probably seen some .info and .biz websites at some point during your Internet journey. Did you know that from 1985-2012, there were 22 TLDs released? Here they are (in order of appearance):

1. .com
2. .net
3. .org
4. .edu
5. .gov
6. .int
7. .mil
8. .museum
9. .info
10. .coop
11. .biz
12. .name
13. .aero
14. .pro
15. .travel
16. .tel
17. .jobs
18. .cat
19. .mobi
20. .asia
21. .xxx
22. .post

You’ve probably also seen a lot of country code TLDs (aka ccTLDs), such as .us, .co.uk, .ca, .es, .de, .fr, etc… Today, I’m not going to be talking about ccTLDs. I’m going to be talking about the wave of new gTLDs that are coming in the next 2-3 years.

Starting in 2013 and ending in 2015, iCANN will launch 600+ new gTLDs.

“600 new gTLDs? Wut?” – Jackie Chan, domainer

It’s very difficult to find a complete list of the new gTLDs. No one seems to have a comprehensive list. Name.com has 450 new gTLDs currently listed, while 101Domain.com has 554. EuropeanDomainCentre.com has a really cool infographic with estimated release dates for the new gTLDs. Their data shows 617 new gTLDs going live from 2013-2015. While I am a little unclear as to the exact number of new gTLDs going live, it looks like there are well over 600.

Using data from those 3 sites, I created a list of 612 new gTLDs (sorted alphabetically):

1. .abogado
2. .abudhabi
3. .academy
4. .accountant
5. .accountants
6. .active
7. .actor
8. .ads
9. .adult
10. .africa
11. .agency
12. .airforce
13. .alsace
14. .amsterdam
15. .analytics
16. .apartments
17. .app
18. .aquitaine
19. .arab
20. .archi
21. .architect
22. .army
23. .art
24. .associates
25. .attorney
26. .auction
27. .audible
28. .audio
29. .auto
30. .autos
31. .baby
32. .band
33. .bank
34. .banque
35. .bar
36. .barcelona
37. .bargains
38. .baseball
39. .basketball
40. .bayern
41. .bbb
42. .beauty
43. .beer
44. .berlin
45. .best
46. .bet
47. .bible
48. .bid
49. .bike
50. .bingo
51. .bio
52. .black
53. .blackfriday
54. .blog
55. .blue
56. .boats
57. .bom
58. .bond
59. .boo
60. .book
61. .booking
62. .boston
63. .boutique
64. .box
65. .broadway
66. .broker
67. .brussels
68. .budapest
69. .build
70. .builders
71. .business
72. .buy
73. .buzz
74. .bway
75. .bzh
76. .cab
77. .cafe
78. .call
79. .cam
80. .camera
81. .camp
82. .capetown
83. .capital
84. .car
85. .cards
86. .care
87. .career
88. .careers
89. .cars
90. .casa
91. .cash
92. .casino
93. .catalonia
94. .catering
95. .catholic
96. .center
97. .ceo
98. .cfd
99. .charity
100. .chat
101. .cheap
102. .christmas
103. .church
104. .city
105. .cityeats
106. .claims
107. .cleaning
108. .click
109. .clinic
110. .clothing
111. .cloud
112. .club
113. .coach
114. .codes
115. .coffee
116. .college
117. .cologne
118. .community
119. .company
120. .computer
121. .comsec
122. .condos
123. .connectors
124. .construction
125. .consulting
126. .contact
127. .contractors
128. .cooking
129. .cool
130. .corp
131. .corsica
132. .country
133. .coupon
134. .coupons
135. .courses
136. .cpa
137. .credit
138. .creditcard
139. .creditunion
140. .cricket
141. .crown
142. .cruises
143. .cymru
144. .cyou
145. .dabur
146. .dad
147. .dance
148. .data
149. .date
150. .dating
151. .day
152. .dds
153. .deal
154. .deals
155. .degree
156. .delivery
157. .democrat
158. .dental
159. .dentist
160. .desi
161. .design
162. .dev
163. .diamonds
164. .diet
165. .digital
166. .direct
167. .directory
168. .discount
169. .diy
170. .docs
171. .doctor
172. .dog
173. .domains
174. .dot
175. .download
176. .dubai
177. .durban
178. .earth
179. .eat
180. .eco
181. .ecom
182. .education
183. .email
184. .energy
185. .engineer
186. .engineering
187. .enterprises
188. .epost
189. .equipment
190. .esq
191. .estate
192. .esurance
193. .eus
194. .events
195. .exchange
196. .expert
197. .exposed
198. .express
199. .fail
200. .faith
201. .family
202. .fan
203. .fans
204. .farm
205. .fashion
206. .feedback
207. .film
208. .final
209. .finance
210. .financial
211. .financialaid
212. .fish
213. .fishing
214. .fit
215. .fitness
216. .flights
217. .florist
218. .flowers
219. .fly
220. .foo
221. .food
222. .football
223. .forsale
224. .forum
225. .foundation
226. .free
227. .frl
228. .fun
229. .fund
230. .furniture
231. .futbol
232. .fyi
233. .gal
234. .gallery
235. .game
236. .games
237. .garden
238. .gay
239. .gcc
240. .gdn
241. .ged
242. .gent
243. .gift
244. .gifts
245. .gives
246. .glass
247. .global
248. .gmbh
249. .gold
250. .golf
251. .goo
252. .gop
253. .graphics
254. .gratis
255. .green
256. .gripe
257. .group
258. .guide
259. .guitars
260. .guru
261. .hair
262. .halal
263. .hamburg
264. .haus
265. .health
266. .healthcare
267. .heart
268. .help
269. .helsinki
270. .here
271. .hiphop
272. .hiv
273. .hockey
274. .holdings
275. .holiday
276. .home
277. .homes
278. .horse
279. .hospital
280. .host
281. .hosting
282. .hot
283. .hotel
284. .hotels
285. .house
286. .how
287. .htc
288. .icu
289. .idn
290. .immo
291. .immobilien
292. .inc
293. .indians
294. .industries
295. .ing
296. .ink
297. .institute
298. .insurance
299. .insure
300. .international
301. .investments
302. .ira
303. .irish
304. .islam
305. .ist
306. .istanbul
307. .italy
308. .jetzt
309. .jewelry
310. .joburg
311. .juegos
312. .kaufen
313. .kid
314. .kids
315. .kim
316. .kitchen
317. .kiwi
318. .koeln
319. .kosher
320. .krd
321. .kyoto
322. .land
323. .lat
324. .latino
325. .law
326. .lawyer
327. .lds
328. .lease
329. .legal
330. .lgbt
331. .life
332. .lifeinsurance
333. .lifestyle
334. .lighting
335. .limited
336. .limo
337. .link
338. .live
339. .living
340. .llc
341. .llp
342. .loan
343. .loans
344. .lol
345. .london
346. .lotto
347. .love
348. .ltd
349. .ltda
350. .luxe
351. .luxury
352. .madrid
353. .mail
354. .maison
355. .management
356. .map
357. .market
358. .marketing
359. .markets
360. .mba
361. .med
362. .media
363. .medical
364. .meet
365. .melbourne
366. .meme
367. .memorial
368. .men
369. .menu
370. .merck
371. .miami
372. .mls
373. .mobile
374. .mobily
375. .moda
376. .moe
377. .mom
378. .monash
379. .money
380. .mormon
381. .mortgage
382. .moscow
383. .moto
384. .motorcycles
385. .mov
386. .movie
387. .mtr
388. .music
389. .nagoya
390. .navy
391. .network
392. .new
393. .news
394. .ngo
395. .ninja
396. .now
397. .nowruz
398. .nrw
399. .nyc
400. .okinawa
401. .one
402. .ong
403. .onl
404. .online
405. .ooo
406. .organic
407. .osaka
408. .ovh
409. .paris
410. .pars
411. .partners
412. .parts
413. .party
414. .pay
415. .persiangulf
416. .pet
417. .pets
418. .pharmacy
419. .phd
420. .phone
421. .photo
422. .photography
423. .photos
424. .physio
425. .pics
426. .pictures
427. .pid
428. .ping
429. .pink
430. .pizza
431. .place
432. .play
433. .plumbing
434. .plus
435. .poker
436. .porn
437. .press
438. .productions
439. .prof
440. .promo
441. .properties
442. .property
443. .pub
444. .qpon
445. .quebec
446. .racing
447. .radio
448. .realestate
449. .realtor
450. .realty
451. .recipes
452. .red
453. .rehab
454. .reise
455. .reisen
456. .reit
457. .ren
458. .rent
459. .rentals
460. .repair
461. .report
462. .republican
463. .rest
464. .restaurant
465. .review
466. .reviews
467. .rich
468. .rip
469. .rocks
470. .rodeo
471. .roma
472. .rsvp
473. .rugby
474. .ruhr
475. .run
476. .ryukyu
477. .saarland
478. .safe
479. .safety
480. .sale
481. .salon
482. .sarl
483. .save
484. .scholarships
485. .school
486. .schule
487. .science
488. .scot
489. .search
490. .secure
491. .security
492. .services
493. .sew
494. .sex
495. .sexy
496. .shia
497. .shiksha
498. .shoes
499. .shop
500. .shopping
501. .show
502. .singles
503. .site
504. .ski
505. .skin
506. .soccer
507. .social
508. .software
509. .solar
510. .solutions
511. .soy
512. .spa
513. .space
514. .sport
515. .sports
516. .spot
517. .srl
518. .stockholm
519. .storage
520. .store
521. .stream
522. .studio
523. .style
524. .sucks
525. .supplies
526. .supply
527. .support
528. .surf
529. .surgery
530. .swiss
531. .sydney
532. .systems
533. .taipei
534. .tatar
535. .tattoo
536. .tax
537. .taxi
538. .team
539. .tech
540. .technology
541. .tennis
542. .thai
543. .theater
544. .theatre
545. .tickets
546. .tienda
547. .tips
548. .tires
549. .tirol
550. .today
551. .tokyo
552. .tools
553. .top
554. .tour
555. .tours
556. .town
557. .toys
558. .trade
559. .trading
560. .training
561. .translations
562. .tube
563. .university
564. .uno
565. .vacations
566. .vegas
567. .ventures
568. .versicherung
569. .vet
570. .viajes
571. .video
572. .villas
573. .vin
574. .vip
575. .vision
576. .vlaanderen
577. .vodka
578. .vote
579. .voting
580. .voto
581. .voyage
582. .wales
583. .wang
584. .watch
585. .web
586. .webcam
587. .webs
588. .website
589. .wed
590. .wedding
591. .weibo
592. .whoswho
593. .wien
594. .wiki
595. .win
596. .wine
597. .work
598. .works
599. .world
600. .wow
601. .wtf
602. .xin
603. .xyz
604. .yachts
605. .yoga
606. .yokohama
607. .you
608. .yun
609. .zip
610. .zone
611. .zuerich
612. .zulu

Welp, that’s my list. I hope you found a new gTLD that you can use for that awesome idea you had for an app. #ProbablyNotGonnaHappen

Personally, I can’t wait to get my new email address: kerry@inthe.cloud. Or kerry@imso.money. Or kerry@seriously.wtf.

Yep. 600 new gTLDs is going to change the way we think about domains. Or maybe it won’t. Maybe all these news gTLDs will be epic.fail. I kinda hope they succeed. It’ll make things even more fun in the Future.

Cheers!