.upload
Is .upload a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody has applied for .upload in its own right, as of 8 October 2026. NextGEN TLDs GmbH named .upload as the replacement string of its .cyber application. NextGEN TLDs GmbH named .upload as the replacement string of its .config application.
A generic verb that fits file-sharing and media tools, but most such products will still pick a mainstream ending.
file-transfer, cloud-storage and media-hosting products, plus developers wanting a short action-style address like files.upload or video.upload
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.
The same bet inverted: a bare file-transfer verb that doubles as a UI button, sold as a generic any-service namespace to file-hosting and content-distribution operators rather than to any one brand or industry.
Also a lowercase internet-action word with no incumbent owner, betting that the verb for how media moves online is worth more as an address than as a feature label — same buyer mix of infrastructure services and creators, but describing delivery out rather than ingest in.
Targets the same put-your-files-here buyer, but as a category noun for the place rather than a verb for the act, and it carries a large offline self-storage industry alongside the cloud reading, so the bet is less purely about internet file movement.
What a .upload domain is
.upload is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under AI & tech. Nobody has applied for .upload in its own right. It is named on ICANN’s list as part of an application for another string.
Is the .upload domain extension real yet?
.upload 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 .upload domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .upload name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .upload was .download, delegated on 25 March 2015.
Is .upload a real TLD?
Not yet. .upload is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because ICANN’s list names .upload as part of an application for another string. Every entry on this page links to its source.
“NTG2671T-T15041 · NextGEN TLDs GmbH · replacement string of .config NTG2671T-T22960 · NextGEN TLDs GmbH · replacement string of .cyber”ICANN
“NTG2671T-T97122 · NextGEN TLDs GmbH · primary”ICANN
- Band chosen: 10-29 (vanity/narrow). The string is a generic action verb with one clear use case, moving files, so it reads naturally for file-transfer, cloud-storage and media-hosting products and for domain hacks such as files.upload or photos.upload. Why not 30-49: there is no obvious volume driver (no industry, region or hobby community registers by this word) and nothing on the record about pricing or distribution that would make it a cheap-volume ending, so registrations over the next 5 years would likely be a trickle of product names and defensive holds with a thin aftermarket. Why not 1-9: the semantic fit is real; a small number of serious transfer or hosting tools could plausibly use it as a primary identity, which is more than a pure joke string offers. Analogy (flagged as analogy): existing verb-style endings in the same semantic area, such as .download and .host, have been live for years and, in my qualitative read, have not become primary identities for leading products in their category; mainstream file-transfer and storage products still default to .com or short tech endings, and the word download acquired some association with low-quality sites, a risk that could attach to upload as well. The only applicant recorded is NextGEN TLDs GmbH, with .upload filed as a replacement string for .config; that is stated neutrally and only to note that no launch strategy is known. Main market uncertainty: whether the operator prices and markets it as a cheap action-verb ending for developers, which could lift it toward the 30-49 band on volume, or as a premium niche string, which would keep it narrow.