Domain Incite New gTLDs: what we do and don’t know about the 2026 round

[Kevin Murphy]

We don’t know how many new gTLD applications were submitted during the just-closed 2026 application window, but we do know the floor. ICANN said late Friday that it had received more than 1,600 — that’s down by roughly 300 on the 2012 application round — when the window closed August 12. It won’t be able […]

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1,600+ applications is exciting, but approval is only the first step.