.livestream
Is .livestream a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody is chasing .livestream, as of 7 October 2026. One applicant claimed it and is out. We keep the entry on the record either way.
- Journey To The West
A long, descriptive ending for streamers that shorter rivals like .live and .tv already serve better; rarely a serious main address.
streamers, creators, and live-commerce sellers wanting a descriptive web address for a channel or show page, plus streaming tool vendors
In Journey To The West's published portfolio of 323 strings submitted in the ICANN 2026 round. Their catalog line: “Selling and storytelling, broadcast live.”
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.
It is the identical bet one word shorter: an open generic noun for a delivery format sold to whoever broadcasts, with value resting on the assumption that creators and platforms will hang primary identity on the verb-noun of the medium rather than on a brand.
Same wager on the format-adjective of real-time media — an ownerless English word whose registry has to convince event producers, broadcasters and creators that the modifier describing what they do is a better address than a name they coined.
Also a generic media-category noun aimed at producers and platforms, but it names the stored asset rather than the live act, so it courts a broader and less identity-committed pool of registrants.
What a .livestream domain is
.livestream is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under Culture. Nobody is chasing .livestream today. The applicants that claimed it are out.
Is the .livestream domain extension real yet?
.livestream 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 .livestream domain?
You can’t yet. A .livestream 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 .livestream was .stream, delegated on 18 March 2016.
Is .livestream a real TLD?
Not yet. .livestream is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because an applicant claimed .livestream and is no longer in it. We keep the entry, and every entry on this page links to its source.
- Journey To The West · now abandonedICANN
- Journey To The West · first recordedJourney To The West Corporation
“.livestream · Digital Commerce · “Selling and storytelling, broadcast live.””Journey To The West Corporation
- By analogy, the streaming-identity market is already served by shorter incumbents: .tv functions as the de facto streaming suffix and .live has achieved meaningful uptake in the same space, so a 10-character synonym enters as third choice with no length or clarity advantage. Also by analogy, .stream drew registrations largely on price rather than primary-identity use, suggesting the plural of options in this niche dilutes rather than deepens demand. Creators overwhelmingly brand on platform handles (Twitch/YouTube/TikTok), making standalone domains a secondary asset for most of the buyer group over the next 5 years; live-commerce sellers likewise operate inside platforms. The applicant is a large-portfolio applicant (323 announced strings), a fact consistent with open, volume-oriented registration rather than a curated community push. Band 10-29 fits: demand is memorable-at-best and rarely primary identity; it is not in 30-49 because I do not expect volume registrations beyond promo pricing given shorter substitutes, and not in 1-9 because a real, nameable buyer group (streamers, live-commerce) exists. Main market uncertainty: whether creator-economy identity spending shifts from platform handles toward owned domains at all in the next 5 years, which would lift the whole niche.