Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Update: The .HUMAN & .AGENT Community

Many new gTLD applicants published their list of strings recently:

  1. Aruba applies for 39 new domain extensions:
    https://www.aruba.it/en/press-kit/aruba-applies-for-39-new-domain-extensions.aspx
  2. The .HUMAN new gTLD application:
    https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/09/3358977/0/en/human-centered-holdings-applies-to-steward-human.html
  3. The .AGENT Community submitted an application for .AGENT:
    https://agentcommunity.org/blog/we-filed-the-agent-application
  4. ShortDot submits 80 new gTLD applications. Most are 3 letter strings:
    https://shortdot.bond/80
  5. Vant Nexus Technologies LLC applies for .PORTAL - .ISLAND and .TRUCK new gTLDs:
    Vant Nexus – Reshaping the Digital Landscape 
  6. The .CHESS domain extension:
    https://www.fide.com/chess-is-getting-its-own-home-on-the-internet-fide-and-world-chess-apply-for-the-chess-domain-extension/ 
  7. Astronym Registry applied for 6 TLDs:
    https://www.astronym.com/press/releases/2026-09-01-registered-agents-registry-game/
  8. Radix Registry announce 46 strings:
    https://deux.radix.website/
  9. Starlight Registry (Namecheap - the Registrar), announces 40 new gTLD applications: from .AID to .WAVE (website coming soon)
  10. Twitter announcement, Telegram applied for .GRAM:
    https://www.gtld.club/2026/08/telegram-applies-for-gram.html 
  11. The .EASY new gTLD:
    https://easy.com/easygroup-applies-to-icann-for-the-easy-top-level-domain-as-part-of-the-new-gtld-program-2026-round/
  12. Name Space LLC applied for 10 strings: (website coming): .MARS - .SOUND - .HELLO - .FEST - .AURA - .YAM - .IFY - .III - .YYY - .BRAIN
  13. Xiyou Ji (西游记) submits 323 new gTLD applications (including IDNs):
    https://xiyou.domains/
  14. Twitter announcement for the .SUI new gTLD (website coming soon).
  15. 2 applications spotted: .BIT and .ION new gTLDs (website coming soon).
  16. Suffix Inc submits 89 new gTLD applications:
    Suffix Domains (but shows 13 only).
  17. Link Freedom Group published a list of more than 300 strings. These are Primary and secondary strings:
    https://lfg.link/
  18. Internet.BEST announced its application for .SOCIALMEDIA:
    https://internet.best/socialmedia/
  19. A tool published 3 new gTLD applications for .MEOW - .STATUS and .UWU:
    https://discovery.newtld.tools/
  20. Previous applicant for .CLUB submitted an application for the .FACTORY new gTLD:
    https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/08/14/3345503/0/en/usa-made-in-america-announces-application-for-factory-generic-top-level-domain.html
  21. Endpoint Domains published their first 8 applications (Primary strings) only for: .BIG - .FAB - .FART - .FTW - .HAPPY - .NSFW - .PRIVATE and .TRUE:
    https://endpointdomains.com/
  22. Oinkadot submitted 25 new gTLD applications for: .anime - .bit - .bug - .cancel - .dine - .dragon - .ghost - .glitch - .hack - .heart - .king - .loop - .manga - .moon - .panda - .puff - .queen - .sign - .spice - .stack - .stay - .super - .weed - .wire and .zzz (website coming soon).
  23. Wiz announced it has 50+ letters of endorsement (On Twitter) for the .BITCOIN new gTLD:
    https://www.gtld.club/2026/08/50-letters-of-endorsement-for-bitcoin.html

3 comments:

Marc Trachtenberg said...

Isn’t it also unclear whether Xiyou’s 323 are ask primaries or some secondaries as well?

Anonymous said...

https://tld.forum/2026-gtld-round - nice contention stats here.

Jean Guillon said...

Seems it was updated: "Our Primary and Replacements" (see on top).

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