.profile
Is .profile a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.profile is contested: 3 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list, as of 7 October 2026. They are Intercap, NextGEN TLDs and Radix. Vant Nexus named .profile as a backup string for its .portal application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup. UltraView named .profile as a backup string for its .person application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup.
A natural home for personal pages, but platforms already own that space; expect volume signups, not strong brands or resale value.
Who is applying, and how much each already runs
Two of the 5 are tied to a registry that runs TLDs today. Intercap, Radix and NextGEN TLDs filed 139 applications between them across the round.
The nearest 2012 strings, and how many names each holds today
The closest 2012 string, .page, held 40,177 names, May 2026. .site held 2,093,185; .contact held 11,974. Chosen by AI from every string in the 2012 round, without being told what happened to any of them.
Same bet: an ownerless web-primitive noun sold to everyone as the canonical place to put yourself, where value comes from mass thin registrations plus exact-match personal names rather than from any industry or community.
Also a generic infrastructure noun with no vertical and no natural owner, betting that a universal container word can win volume against .com, though it points at a property rather than at a person's identity.
Closest identity-flavored generic in the list: a common noun for the canonical card a person or business hands out, monetized the same way through name.tld exact matches with no defensive-brand or community anchor.
individuals, creators, and job-seekers building a personal landing page, plus link-in-bio and identity tools offering branded pages for their users
What a .profile domain is
.profile is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our Culture category. 3 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list.
Is the .profile domain extension real yet?
.profile 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 .profile domain?
You can’t yet. A .profile 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 .profile was .page, delegated on 16 March 2015.
Is .profile a real TLD?
Not yet. .profile is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because .profile is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list of applied-for strings. Every entry on this page links to its source.
“IRI2679T-T41306 · Intercap Registry Inc. · primary · contention set 2026-195 NTG2671T-T70474 · NextGEN TLDs GmbH · primary · contention set 2026-195 RTIS2674T-T25601 · Radix Technologies Inc SEZC · primary · contention set 2026-195”ICANN
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IRI2679T-T41306 · Intercap Registry Inc. · primary · contention set 2026-195 NTG2671T-T70474 · NextGEN TLDs GmbH · primary · contention set 2026-195 RTIS2674T-T25601 · Radix Technologies Inc SEZC · primary · contention set 2026-195 UA2620T-T78518 · ULTRAVIEW AG · replacement string of .person · Deactivated VNTL2649T-T52249 · VANT NEXUS TECHNOLOGIES LLC · replacement string of .portal · Deactivated
“Radix has applied for these TLDs; we do not own or operate them today.”Radix
- I place .profile in the 30-49 band (usable but limited) at 42. The string is a common, immediately understood word and name.profile reads naturally as a personal page, so registrations at volume are plausible, especially given the applicant is an established portfolio registry with retail distribution across strings like .online and .tech (applicant facts used only for adoption likelihood). It is not in the 50-69 band because the personal-identity niche has, by analogy, underdelivered on primary-identity use: comparable strings aimed at individuals (.me, .bio, .name as analogies) skew toward low-price, low-retention registrations with thin aftermarkets, and the core use case is dominated by hosted platforms (LinkedIn-style profiles, link-in-bio services) that give users a free subdomain, leaving little willingness to pay for a standalone domain. It is not in the 10-29 band because demand is not merely event-driven or jokey: the semantic fit is broad, durable, and global, and creator-economy and identity-tool products could plausibly sustain steady registrations over the next 5 years. Serious companies are unlikely to adopt .profile as corporate primary identity, capping brand signal. Volume figures, pricing, and comparable registration counts are unknown. My main market uncertainty: whether any large creator or identity platform adopts .profile as a namespace it issues to users, versus the TLD remaining a retail impulse buy for individuals.