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.mind

Is .mind a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?

.mind is contested: 7 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list, as of 7 October 2026. They are XYZ Registry, Juming, GoDaddy Registry, Intercap, Identity Digital, Radix and Link Freedom Group. Oinkadot named .mind as a backup string for its .cancel application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup. INWX named .mind as a backup string for its .crew application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup.

Generic applications · Culture · on the record since Aug 15, 2026, updated Oct 7, 2026
applicants
7 applications · 2 deactivated backups

Who is applying, and what they run today

Five of the seven already run TLDs, 44.41M names between them. Two run one of .mind's closest 2012 strings: Identity Digital .life and GoDaddy Registry .health. Juming and Link Freedom Group run none.

  • Heir Superiority, LLC

    Identity Digital

    controlled by Ethos Capital Digital Infrastructure UGP LLC

    277 TLDs · 14.80M names: .info 5.63M, .pro 1.25M, .live 672K, .life 474K (2012 comp)

    backup .station, disallowed

  • XYZ.COM LLC

    XYZ Registry

    controlled by Daniel Negari, Michael Ambrose

    35 TLDs · 11.96M names: .xyz 9.15M, .lol 1.13M, .autos 290K

    backup .pride, disallowed

  • Radix Technologies Inc SEZC

    Radix

    controlled by Bhavin Turakhia

    10 TLDs · 10.43M names: .online 3.96M, .store 2.34M, .site 2.10M

    backup .feed, disallowed

  • Registry Services, LLC

    GoDaddy Registry

    controlled by GoDaddy Inc.

    36 TLDs · 7.22M names: .vip 1.96M, .us 1.88M, .biz 1.30M, .health 61K (2012 comp)

    backup .memory

  • Intercap Registry Inc.

    Intercap

    controlled by Jason Adam Chapnik

    4 TLDs · 11K names: .inc 8K, .box 3K, .dealer 222

    backup .think, disallowed

  • TechEdge Limited

    Juming

    runs no TLD today

    backup .twt

  • Link Freedom Group Ltd

    Link Freedom Group

    controlled by Vandelay Investments Ltd, Yonatan Belousov

    runs no TLD today

    backup .light, disallowed

runs TLDs today; the larger, the more namesruns none.tld in orange: one of this string’s closest 2012 stringsbackup .x usable · backup .x ✕ disallowed

Applications are counted by company, across its legal entities, from ICANN’s list. Names are from the registries’ June 2026 reports to ICANN. “None on record” means no public source in our record ties the company to a registry operator that runs TLDs today. Control: each application’s own answer to ICANN (question 108). Largest TLDs and names: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

backups
  • INWXDeactivated backupinwx.domains ↗

    Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .crew application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup

    Deactivated backup for .crewGenericICANN I2639T-T66696ICANN ↗
  • OinkadotDeactivated backupoinkadot.com ↗

    Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .cancel application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup

    Deactivated backup for .cancelGenericICANN OI2692T-T93606ICANN ↗

Will names sell?

◈AI score
42/ 100
Usable but limited

A catchy word for wellness and AI-flavored branding, but most serious projects would treat it as a side name, not their main address.

assessed by claude-fable-5 · Aug 15, 2026

Last round the AI scored the 2012 strings blind to their fate. Strings it scored 60 or more hold a median 27,168 names today; those under 30, a median of 30. .mind’s closest 2012 strings hold .life 474K and .health 61K.

AI score 42 of 100. .com scores 96, .ai scores 84.

For comparison, .com scores 96 and .ai scores 84 on the same rubric.

How the AI’s blind 2012 read held up: its score of each 2012 string against the names it holds today808 2012-round TLDs. Scored 60 or more: median 27168 names. Scored under 30: median 30 names. .mind's closest 2012 strings: .life scored 60, 474179 names; .health scored 60, 61435 names.101001K10K100K1M020406080100scored 60+: median 27Kunder 30: median 30.life · 60 · 474K.health · 60 · 61Kthe AI’s blind 2012 score of each string (its own scale) →names held today (log) →

a 2012-round TLD.mind’s closest 2012 strings: score · names

The 2012 read is a separate, time-locked score on its own scale, so .mind’s score above is not placed on it. Names: the registries’ reports to ICANN, 2026-10. Non-brand 2012 TLDs in the root.

closest 2012 strings
3 of 1,408

The nearest 2012 strings, and how many names each holds today

The closest 2012 string, .life, held 474,179 names, June 2026. .health held 61,435. Chosen by AI from every string in the 2012 round, without being told what happened to any of them.

  1. .heartstrong parallelnever delegated · uncontested in 2012 · scored 20* in 2012

    Same bet exactly: a short abstract English noun naming a seat of human wellbeing rather than an industry, so the registry must sell one evocative word to a mixed pool of clinical, charitable and metaphorical buyers who each read it differently.

  2. .lifemoderate474,179 names, June 2026live since 2014 · 3 applications in 2012 · scored 60* in 2012 · Trixy Oaks, LLCSee .life in Stats

    Also an unbounded aspirational concept noun whose value rests on emotional resonance rather than a defined trade, so it wins on premium one-word brand identity (coaches, insurers, wellness brands) rather than on any vertical's registrants defaulting to it.

  3. .healthmoderate61,435 names, June 2026live since 2016 · 4 applications in 2012 · scored 60* in 2012 · DotHealth, LLCSee .health in Stats

    The nearest category-noun neighbour and the likeliest anchor for a mental-wellbeing registry, but it bets on a whole regulated industry adopting a vertical suffix, whereas .mind bets on an abstract word's brand pull.

Names are from the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN. Each name opens the TLD’s stats page: how it grew, who sells it, and the 2026 strings compared with it. * A separate 2012-only read, time-locked to what was public that year, on a different scale from this page’s score.

Where they meet elsewhere

Identity Digital and XYZ Registry face each other in 77 contests this round, .mind included.

  • Identity Digital × XYZ Registry
    77
  • Identity Digital × Link Freedom Group
    68
  • Identity Digital × GoDaddy Registry
    51
  • Link Freedom Group × XYZ Registry
    49
  • Identity Digital × Radix
    36

Shared contests: strings where both companies hold an application on ICANN’s list. Companies that meet another here in fewer than three are left out.

who it’s for

mental-wellness and meditation brands, coaching and self-improvement products, and AI startups that use 'mind' in their name and want a short evocative address

What a .mind domain is

.mind is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our Culture category. 7 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list.

Is the .mind domain extension real yet?

.mind is not yet a domain extension you can register: nothing resolves under it, and no registrar sells names in it. It is a string applicants have put forward in the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, the process that decides whether it becomes one.

When can you buy a .mind domain?

You can’t yet. A .mind name can only be registered once the string is delegated (added to the DNS root) and its registry opens.

Is .mind a real TLD?

Not yet. .mind is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because .mind is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list of applied-for strings. Every entry on this page links to its source.

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