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ICANN reveals 1,615 applications in its 2026 new gTLD round

ICANN published the 2026 round's applications on Oct. 7: 1,615 in total, including 333 brand applications, with 864 from North America. A replacement period runs Oct. 8 to 21, and the final string list is due Nov. 17. Press reports say Meta and OpenAI applied for .agent.

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ICANNicann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-reveals-2026-round-applications-for-new-generic-top-level-domains-07-10-2026-en

Coverage · 13 articles, oldest first

Thursday, October 8, 2026

  1. The Verge

    ICANN receives 1,615 TLD applications from 481 applicants; Meta, OpenAI, and eight others applied for .agent, seven companies applied for .agi, and six for .asi

  2. ICANN

    icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-reveals-2026-round-applications-for-new-generic-top-level-domains-07-10-2026-en

  3. Wired

    wired.com/story/icann-top-level-domains-meow/

  4. The Register

    theregister.com/networks/2026/10/08/icann-reveals-bids-for-new-top-level-domains/5301857

  5. Domain Name Wire

    domainnamewire.com/2026/10/07/donald-trump-applies-for-trump-top-level-domain-name/

  6. Joe.My.God.

    joemygod.com/2026/10/trump-org-files-to-claim-dot-trump-top-level-domain/

  7. The Crypto Basic

    thecryptobasic.com/2026/10/08/cardano-ada-domain-bid-advances-after-75-community-vote/

  8. Futurism

    futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/taylor-swift-applies-top-level-domain-sites-dot-taylor-swift

  9. CircleID

    circleid.com/posts/the-tld-fight-is-on-1615-applications-and-one-question-nobody-is-asking

  10. Be Every Thing

    beeverything.substack.com/p/icann-reveal-day-2026-new-gtld-applications

  11. TechRadar

    techradar.com/pro/could-chatgpt-and-claude-be-the-next-generation-of-web-domains-icann-reveals-bids-for-new-additions

  12. Markmonitor

    prnewswire.com/news-releases/instead-of-com-or-org-the-websites-of-the-future-will-end-with-facebook-salesforce--or-even-stupid-or-meow-302902901.html

  13. Computerworld

    computerworld.com/article/4232743/icanns-new-tld-land-rush-draws-13-applicants-for-dot-agent-alone-with-ai-a-focus-for-new-names.html
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