.magazine
Is .magazine a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody has applied for .magazine in its own right, as of 8 October 2026. Identity Digital named .magazine as a backup string for its .corporation application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup. Identity Digital named .magazine as a backup string for its .project application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup. XYZ named .magazine as a backup string for its .society application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup. Identity Digital named .magazine as a backup string for its .outlet application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup.
A clear, descriptive label for publications, but most magazines already live on .com, so demand should stay modest and resale thin.
independent and digital-first publications, niche periodicals, and creator-run titles that want a literal "X Magazine" address without a .com fight
No applications recorded for this TLD yet.
Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .outlet application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup
Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .society application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup
Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .project application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup
Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .corporation application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup
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 publishing-trade noun that any periodical or publishing house could put its primary identity on, winning only if publishers will hang a masthead somewhere other than .com.
Same bet in native-digital form: a plain noun for a recurring publication format, sold to the people who make the publication rather than to a company or a topic audience.
Close but one step sideways: also a mass-media category noun aimed at publishers putting identity on it, but it names the content genre rather than the publication vehicle, so the buyer pool is broader and more editorial-brand-driven.
What a .magazine domain is
.magazine 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 .magazine in its own right. It is named on ICANN’s list as part of an application for another string.
Is the .magazine domain extension real yet?
.magazine 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 .magazine domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .magazine name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .magazine was .press, delegated on 31 May 2014.
Is .magazine a real TLD?
Not yet. .magazine is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because ICANN’s list names .magazine as part of an application for another string. Every entry on this page links to its source.
“OD2692T-T32008 · Oyster Dream, LLC · replacement string of .outlet · Deactivated OD2692T-T55765 · Oyster Dream, LLC · replacement string of .project · Deactivated OD2692T-T82413 · Oyster Dream, LLC · replacement string of .corporation · Deactivated XL2625T-T30633 · XYZ.COM LLC · replacement string of .society · Deactivated”ICANN
“XL2625T-T48608 · XYZ.COM LLC · replacement string of .more”ICANN
- Band chosen: 30-49 (usable but limited). The string is an unambiguous dictionary word with a literal end-use: a title called 'Something Magazine' can sit at something.magazine and the address reads naturally to a non-expert, which keeps it out of the vanity/joke band. It is not in the 50-69 band because the publishing analogues that already exist (.news, .media, .press - inference from analogy, no figures asserted) have, in my qualitative read, drawn registrations without becoming a primary identity that established titles switch to; print and digital magazines overwhelmingly operate on .com or under a parent publisher's domain, the industry itself is under structural pressure, and the string is long, so aftermarket value is likely to stay thin over the next 5 years. Within the band I place it low-middle: the descriptive fit is strong, but the buyer pool is small and price-sensitive. On the record, two applications for .magazine exist (Identity Digital via Oyster Dream, LLC and XYZ.COM LLC), both recorded as deactivated replacement-string applications; per the rubric I assume delegation and general availability and do not score lifecycle, and these facts are used only to note that the string attracted two portfolio-style applicants, which suggests operators saw a plausible if modest market. Main market uncertainty: whether the creator-economy wave of newsletter-style publications treats 'magazine' as a desirable identity label (which would lift the band) or keeps defaulting to platform subdomains and short generic TLDs (which would hold it here).