How TLD Radar works
TLD Radar is the open, source-linked record of the brand-new TLDs companies and communities are applying to run: the next generation after .com. It exists so anyone can see who is applying, and get an honest read on which TLDs actually matter, before the official list is public.
What a “new TLD” is
Today a web address ends in something like .com, .org, or a country code. Every so often, organizations can apply to run an entirely new extension of their own. The application fee alone is $227,000 per TLD, so an application is a serious signal of intent.
Reveal Day
The full list of who applied for what is kept private until a single moment, Reveal Day, when it’s all published at once. We expect that around Oct 17, 2026. Until then, this record is assembled from public announcements, catalogs, and credible reporting, and every entry is labeled by how firmly it’s known: rumored, announced, or confirmed.
Where the AI score comes from
Each TLD carries one number: an AI score from 1 to 100, where .com is 100. It’s a judgment of how much a TLD is worth building a name on: its clarity, its pull, and who it’s genuinely for.
The score comes from a single, fixed scoring guide: a versioned rubric. The same guide is applied to every TLD the first time it’s recorded, so two TLDs are always judged on the same terms. When we improve the guide, we give it a new version and re-score against it; the version that produced a number is shown next to it. The words in a verdict are composed from what was recorded, never invented after the fact.
Each score is a one-time snapshot, not a live measurement that changes by the day. Every assessment records which model produced it and the date it was made, and both are shown next to the score, so you always know exactly where a number came from.
Corrections, in the open
This is a record meant to be cited, so it’s corrected in public. Every change (a status moving, a fact being fixed) is logged on the changelog with the evidence behind it, and nothing is quietly edited away. A visible corrections log is more trustworthy than a spotless one.
If a removal is ever required, the content is replaced with a note that it was removed and when. The fact that a change happened always stays on the record.
Applied for a TLD?
If you’re an applicant and something here is wrong, or you’d like your entry reviewed, write to hello@namedesk.app. Corrections are welcome and handled in the open.