.level
Is .level a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody has applied for .level in its own right, as of 7 October 2026. NextGEN TLDs GmbH named .level as the replacement string of its .active application.
A catchy word for gaming, fitness and "next level" phrases, but with no natural home industry it stays a budget and novelty choice.
gamers, fitness and coaching brands, and domain-hack buyers who want phrase names such as next.level or up.level
No applications recorded for this TLD yet.
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: an abstract, ownerless English word with no industry or community behind it, where the registry has to manufacture meaning and sell the string as a brandable slot rather than as membership in a category.
Same bet: a short qualitative modifier that only works as the back half of a phrase someone else completes, so its value rests on wordplay and brandability, not on any trade or audience that would claim it as its own name.
Same bet of a generic positional/quality word sold open to anyone as a brandable word-space, though its superlative framing is a narrower pitch than the neutral gradation .level implies.
What a .level domain is
.level is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under Culture. Nobody has applied for .level in its own right. It is named on ICANN’s list as part of an application for another string.
Is the .level domain extension real yet?
.level 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 .level domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .level name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .level was .one, delegated on 22 January 2015.
Is .level a real TLD?
Not yet. .level is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because ICANN’s list names .level as part of an application for another string. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- NextGEN TLDs GmbH · first recordedICANN
“NTG2671T-T29625 · NextGEN TLDs GmbH · replacement string of .active”ICANN
“GEL2647T-T15541 · Glass Emotion, LLC · primary · contention set 2026-116 NSL2674T-T66583 · NAME SPACE LLC · primary · contention set 2026-116 NTG2671T-T35907 · NextGEN TLDs GmbH · replacement string of .tkns · Deactivated XL2625T-T36661 · XYZ.COM LLC · replacement string of .dao · Deactivated”ICANN
- Band chosen: 30-49, usable but limited. The string is a common English word that works as a phrase suffix (next.level, up.level, boss.level, sea.level) and carries loose gaming, fitness, education and tier-of-service connotations, so registrations are likely to happen at volume if priced low, much as generic-word new gTLDs such as .zone, .world and .plus found a budget and hobbyist base (inference from analogy; no figures asserted). It is not in the 50-69 band because no single community treats 'level' as its identity word: a game studio, gym or coaching business can use it, but the choice needs explaining and the aftermarket is likely to be thin outside a handful of phrase names. It is not in the 10-29 band because the word is broad, positive and easy to say, which keeps it above pure vanity strings whose demand is event-driven. On the record the applicant is NextGEN TLDs GmbH and the application is a replacement string of .active, with zero contention; that is stated neutrally and suggests this string is a secondary priority for the applicant rather than a flagship, which modestly lowers the odds of heavy marketing behind it. Main market uncertainty over the next 5 years: whether gaming, fitness or creator communities pick it up as a phrase suffix in any sustained way, or whether it stays a domain-hack curiosity bought mostly on price.