.min
Is .min a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody has applied for .min in its own right, as of 7 October 2026. XYZ named .min as the replacement string of its .van application.
Short and loosely meaningful (minimal, minute, "mine" in Nordic languages), but no clear group needs it as a primary web address.
minimalist and design-led brands, developers riding the "min" shorthand, and Nordic-language or Min-surname registrants who want a short, pronounceable suffix
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 as .min: an unexpanded developer shorthand for a longer word, owned by nobody, wagering that a technical crowd reads the abbreviation as a word in its own right rather than needing it spelled out.
Same bet of a three-letter truncation that doubles as a file-extension-style token, sold on compactness and familiarity from filenames rather than on any category it names.
Shares the short-abbreviation-as-filetype bet, but it already stands alone as a common English word with mass consumer recognition, so it carries far less of .min's burden of making a clipped fragment feel complete.
What a .min domain is
.min is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under Brand. Nobody has applied for .min in its own right. It is named on ICANN’s list as part of an application for another string.
Is the .min domain extension real yet?
.min 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 .min domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .min name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .min was .prod, delegated on 29 August 2014.
Is .min a real TLD?
Not yet. .min is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because ICANN’s list names .min as part of an application for another string. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- XYZ · first recordedICANN
- Band chosen: usable but limited (30-49). The string is a three-letter, pronounceable syllable with several diffuse meanings: an abbreviation for minimum/minimal/minute, the developer shorthand for minified assets, a common Chinese and Korean surname, and the word for "my/mine" in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. None of those meanings maps to one category where a serious project would pick .min as its identity by default, so it is not in the strong-niche band above: adoption would always need explaining and the aftermarket would rest on a handful of dictionary-word pairings rather than sustained category demand. It sits above the vanity band because the string is short, easy to say, reads as a real word fragment in many languages, and plausibly supports volume registrations on price and brandable pairings (minimalist studios, lightweight tools, personal sites in Nordic markets). By analogy (flagged as analogy), short generic strings launched by registries with a volume-and-price strategy have tended to register at scale during promotions but convert to few primary-identity sites and a thin resale market; the verified record shows only that the applicant is XYZ.COM LLC with .min filed as a replacement string for .van, which I treat neutrally and as mildly supportive of a mass-market distribution path. Main market uncertainty: whether the minimalism/design meaning or the Nordic "mine" meaning catches on as a brand convention within five years, which would lift it toward the band above, versus the string being treated mainly as a cheap novelty hack, which would hold it near the bottom of this band.