.true
Is .true a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.true is contested: 2 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list, as of 7 October 2026. They are Endpoint Domains and Link Freedom Group.
Who is applying, and what they run today
None of the two runs a TLD today.
Will names sell?
A catchy dictionary word for slogans and authenticity plays, but few serious projects would pick .true as their main web address.
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. .true’s closest 2012 strings hold .cool 23K, .best 54K and .trust 56.
The nearest 2012 strings, and how many names each holds today
The closest 2012 string, .cool, held 23,197 names, June 2026. .best held 54,475; .trust held 56. Chosen by AI from every string in the 2012 round, without being told what happened to any of them.
Both are bare English adjectives with no category behind them, so the bet is identical: sell an expressive positioning word that any brand or person can complete on the left ('stay.true' / 'stay.cool'), with no vertical, no registrant class, and no defensible demand beyond vibe.
Same bet on a one-syllable evaluative adjective as a claim-making suffix — the buyer is anyone who wants the word's implied superlative attached to their own name, and the registry is wagering that a virtue word alone can carry a namespace.
Same underlying promise — authenticity/credibility sold as a TLD — but as a noun it pulls institutional and verification buyers (finance, identity assurance) rather than the open expressive-adjective crowd .true would depend on.
individuals and small brands wanting a slogan-style vanity name (be.true, stay.true), plus fact-checking, verification, and authenticity-themed media projects looking for a thematic address
What a .true domain is
.true is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our Culture category. 2 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list.
Is the .true domain extension real yet?
.true 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 .true domain?
You can’t yet. A .true 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 .true was .cool, delegated on 23 January 2014.
Is .true a real TLD?
Not yet. .true is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because .true is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list of applied-for strings. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- 2 applicants · now confirmedICANN
- Endpoint Domains · first recordedDomain Name Wire (Andrew Allemann)
- Link Freedom Group · first recordedLink Freedom Group
“EDI2665T-T39181 · Endpoint Domains, Inc. · primary · contention set 2026-236 LFGL2683T-T29363 · Link Freedom Group Ltd · primary · contention set 2026-236”ICANN
“The company says the applications are fully paid.”Domain Name Wire (Andrew Allemann)
“.true · Culture · “No spin, just truth.””Link Freedom Group
- Band chosen: usable but limited (30-49), at its low end. Not the band above (strong niche, 50-69) because there is no identifiable buyer group for whom .true is a sustained primary-identity choice; by analogy, adjective TLDs like .best, .cool, and .life have generated volume registrations driven largely by price promotions rather than durable primary-identity use, and trust-adjacent strings such as .trust have, by analogy, seen thin adoption despite semantically strong meanings. Not the band below (vanity/joke, 10-29) because 'true' is a common, positive, globally understood English word that reads naturally as a right-of-the-dot suffix in slogan constructions and plausibly fits an authenticity/verification theme, giving it somewhat more end-use surface than pure joke strings. The applicant, Link Freedom Group, filed more than 300 strings in the ICANN 2026 round and lists this one under category Culture with the tagline 'No spin, just truth.' — a portfolio positioning consistent with broad culture-vanity distribution rather than a single-category standard. Aftermarket expectations are weak: dictionary-adjective TLDs have, by analogy, produced shallow resale markets concentrated in a handful of one-word matches. Main market uncertainty (launch assumed): whether the growing content-authenticity and anti-misinformation sector converges on domain-level signaling at all over the next 5 years; if verification-branded services began adopting a namespace as an identity convention, .true would be among the natural fits and could move toward the strong-niche band.