.algo
Is .algo a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody has applied for .algo in its own right, as of 7 October 2026. Link Freedom Group named .algo as the backup string of its .invest application.
Nobody has applied for .algo in its own right.
Will names sell?
A neat label for algorithm-focused and quant projects, but most serious teams will still reach for mainstream endings first.
Last round the AI scored the 2012 strings blind to their fate. Strings it scored 60 or more hold a median 27,168 names today; those under 30, a median of 30. .algo’s closest 2012 strings hold .dev 713K, .data 4 and .analytics 4.
The nearest 2012 strings, and how many names each holds today
The closest 2012 string, .dev, held 712,600 names, June 2026. .data held 4; .analytics held 4. Chosen by AI from every string in the 2012 round, without being told what happened to any of them.
Same bet: a clipped piece of engineering jargon sold as open shorthand identity to technical builders, where success depends on practitioners adopting their own insider vocabulary as a namespace rather than on any consumer recognizing the word.
Same bet: a bare generic technical mass-noun that a broad set of quant/ML/infrastructure companies could plant primary identity on, betting the term is the category itself rather than any one firm's brand.
Same buyer and same premise — a computational discipline word for quant and data-science firms — but it is the full professional-discipline noun rather than the short jargon clip, so it reads more like an industry directory than an identity shorthand.
quant and algorithmic-trading shops, AI/ML tool builders, and algorithm-centric dev projects wanting a short, on-the-nose technical identity; possibly crypto teams drawn by the Algorand token ticker association
What a .algo domain is
.algo is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our AI & tech category. Nobody has applied for .algo in its own right. It is named on ICANN’s list as part of an application for another string.
Is the .algo domain extension real yet?
.algo is not yet a domain extension you can register: nothing resolves under it, and no registrar sells names in it. Nobody has applied for it on the public record; the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round is the process that would decide whether it becomes one.
When can you buy a .algo domain?
You can’t yet. A .algo name can only be registered once the string is delegated (added to the DNS root) and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .algo was .dev, delegated on 18 December 2014.
Is .algo a real TLD?
Not yet. .algo is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because ICANN’s list names .algo as part of an application for another string. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- Link Freedom Group · now replacementICANN
- Link Freedom Group · first recordedLink Freedom Group
“LFGL2683T-T79014 · Link Freedom Group Ltd · replacement string of .invest”ICANN
“.algo · AI & Tech · “Logic that leads the way.””Link Freedom Group
- Band chosen: usable but limited (30-49). 'Algo' is a genuine term of art in trading and machine learning, and the string is short and pronounceable, which gives it more semantic pull than an arbitrary coinage. But by analogy with prior tech-flavored new gTLDs such as .tech, .software, and .codes, which registered at volume without becoming primary-identity defaults, a new AI/Tech-positioned string tends to see price-driven and defensive registrations rather than flagship use; that analogy is the basis for not placing it in the strong-niche band, since sustained primary-identity demand is unproven and adoption would need explaining against .ai and .com. It sits above the vanity band because there is a real, identifiable buyer set (quant firms, algorithm-centric AI tooling, and potentially projects in the Algorand ecosystem, whose token shares the string) with genuine semantic fit, not just event-driven novelty. Registration volumes, pricing, and comparable-TLD performance figures are unknown. The applicant, Link Freedom Group, filed more than 300 strings in the ICANN 2026 round and lists this string under 'AI & Tech' with the tagline 'Logic that leads the way.'; a large-portfolio applicant profile suggests broad speculative positioning rather than a single-community anchor, which I read neutrally as adoption depending on registrar distribution and pricing rather than a committed vertical community. Main market uncertainty: whether the finance/quant vertical, which is conservative about domain identity, or the crypto crowd around the ALGO ticker becomes the actual demand driver, since those imply very different volume and aftermarket shapes over the next 5 years.