Upcoming TLDs and launch calendar
Strings that are not yet generally available: contracted with ICANN but not delegated, or delegated with a sunrise or trademark-claims window still to run. ICANN requires registries to file these dates in advance, so this looks forward rather than back.
Launch calendar
Sunrise and trademark-claims windows that are open now or still to come, soonest first. From ICANN's published startup information.
| TLD | Phase | Opens | Closes | State | Domains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .dot | Sunrise Start Date Sunrise | 21 Jul 2026 | 19 Oct 2026 | ● open now | 29 |
| .here | Sunrise Start Date Sunrise | 1 Sep 2026 | 9 Nov 2026 | ● open now | 37 |
| .eat | Sunrise Start Date Sunrise | 1 Sep 2026 | 9 Nov 2026 | ● open now | 44 |
| .fly | Sunrise Start Date Sunrise | 1 Sep 2026 | 9 Nov 2026 | ● open now | 30 |
| .phone | Sunrise Start Date Sunrise | 6 Oct 2026 | 4 Jan 2027 | in 17 days | 2 |
| .dot | Claims | 20 Oct 2026 | 18 Jan 2027 | in 31 days | 29 |
| .here | Claims | 10 Nov 2026 | open-ended | in 52 days | 37 |
| .eat | Claims | 10 Nov 2026 | open-ended | in 52 days | 44 |
| .fly | Claims | 10 Nov 2026 | open-ended | in 52 days | 30 |
| .phone | Claims | 5 Jan 2027 | 5 Apr 2027 | in 108 days | 2 |
| .pay | Claims | 1 Feb 2027 | 2 May 2027 | in 135 days | 1,025 |
During sunrise only trademark holders may register. A claims period follows, in which registrations matching a trademark trigger a notice to the applicant. General availability begins once both have closed.
Contracted, awaiting delegation
A signed registry agreement with ICANN, but the string is not yet in the root zone. This is the stage at which a genuinely new TLD first becomes public.
| TLD | Registry operator | Agreement signed | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| .hotel | not yet listed | 6 Jun 2025 | community |
Registry transitions in progress
Still in the root zone, but the registry agreement is recorded as terminated — usually a change of operator or a wind-down. The earliest public signal that a TLD is changing hands; domain counts typically move afterwards, not before.
| TLD | Registry operator | Agreement date | Domains |
|---|---|---|---|
| .desi | Emergency Back-End Registry Operator Program - ICANN | 14 Nov 2013 | 1,851 |
| .wed | Emergency Back-End Registry Operator Program - ICANN | 1 Oct 2013 | 21 |
| .nowruz | Emergency Back-End Registry Operator Program - ICANN | 4 Sep 2014 | 10 |
| .pars | Emergency Back-End Registry Operator Program - ICANN | 4 Sep 2014 | 1 |
| .shia | Emergency Back-End Registry Operator Program - ICANN | 4 Sep 2014 | 1 |
| .tci | Emergency Back-End Registry Operator Program - ICANN | 12 Sep 2014 | 1 |
| .همراه | — | 4 Sep 2014 | 1 |
TLDs by contractual category
Source: ICANN registry agreements
From the registry agreement, not guessed from the string. Specification 13 marks a .brand; Specification 12 marks a community TLD. IANA's root database calls all of them simply "generic".
Brand TLDs are restricted to their owner, so they carry few domains but a large share of the count of strings — worth remembering when reading any per-TLD ranking.
Most recently delegated
Newest strings to enter the root zone. Full history on the calendar.
Data currency. Domain counts on this page are from zone files dated and refresh daily. Registrar figures are from ICANN's monthly registry reports for May 2026, which ICANN publishes about three months in arrears; zone files contain no registrar information, so no fresher source exists. Full detail on methodology and live pipeline status.