.comedy
Is .comedy a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.comedy is not contested. One application for it is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list, as of 7 October 2026. It is Intercap.
A clear, likeable label for comedians, clubs and comedy shows, but a small market where social handles usually matter more than a domain.
stand-up comedians, comedy clubs and theaters, improv troupes, comedy festivals, podcasts and sketch channels wanting a descriptive web identity
The 2012 applications making the most similar bet. Chosen by AI from every string in that round, without being told what happened to any of them.
Same bet: a generic performing-art-form noun whose primary-identity buyers are the performers, venues, festivals and companies that practise the form, and it only works if a fragmented creative vertical with no central registry decides a form-name TLD beats a .com.
Also an art-form/activity noun sold to performers, studios and schools, but it carries a participatory lesson-and-class commercial layer that a pure entertainment-genre string like the target does not, so the buyer set is broader and less identity-driven.
A genre word that artists and fans would wear as identity, which is the same kind of job, but it reads as a culture's own name rather than a neutral category label, so adoption depends on community ownership rather than on being the obvious vertical noun.
What a .comedy domain is
.comedy is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under Culture. One application for it is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list.
Is the .comedy domain extension real yet?
.comedy is not yet a domain extension you can register: nothing resolves under it, and no registrar sells names in it. It is a string applicants have put forward in the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, the process that decides whether it becomes one.
When can you buy a .comedy domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .comedy name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .comedy was .theatre, delegated on 13 September 2015.
Is .comedy a real TLD?
Not yet. .comedy is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because .comedy is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list of applied-for strings. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- Intercap · first recordedICANN
“EDI2665T-T28371 · Endpoint Domains, Inc. · primary IRI2679T-T96997 · Intercap Registry Inc. · replacement string of .wiz · Deactivated NA2626T-T63059 · ShortDot (Ireland) Limited · replacement string of .ask · Deactivated XL2625T-T48604 · XYZ.COM LLC · replacement string of .con · Deactivated”ICANN
- Band chosen: 30-49 (usable but limited). The string is a plain, globally understood English word naming a real industry with many small independent actors (comedians, clubs, troupes, festivals, podcasts), so registrations at some volume are plausible and a name like <performer>.comedy or <city>.comedy reads naturally as a primary identity. It is not in the 50-69 band because sustained demand is likely thin: comedy performers and venues overwhelmingly build identity on social video platforms and ticketing pages, and a .comedy site would mostly be a secondary card, so adoption needs explaining and an aftermarket is unlikely to form beyond a handful of generic words. It is not in the 10-29 band because, unlike joke or reaction strings, .comedy describes a profession and a venue type, giving it genuine (if small) professional end-use rather than purely event-driven vanity demand. By analogy (flagged as analogy), humor-adjacent and entertainment-adjacent new gTLDs such as .lol and .fun have tended to gain registrations largely on promotional pricing and retain modest renewal bases, while narrower descriptive strings tied to one craft (e.g. .dance, .theater-style strings) have remained small but durable; .comedy likely lands closer to the latter. The record shows a single confirmed applicant, Intercap Registry Inc. (ICANN application ID IRI2679T-T52374), which, with no contention recorded, suggests a straightforward path to market but says nothing about pricing or channel strategy. Main market uncertainty: whether registry pricing and registrar placement position .comedy as an affordable identity for individual performers (volume, low aftermarket) or as a premium vanity string (very few registrations), and whether any notable club chain, festival, or streaming comedy brand chooses it as a primary identity.