.网络
Is .网络 a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.网络 is not contested. One application for it is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list, as of 8 October 2026. It is China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).
A fully Chinese "network" address that works for Chinese-language organisations, but most still pick .cn or .com for their main identity.
chinese-language organisations, network and internet-service providers, and brand owners wanting a native-script address or a defensive registration alongside their .cn/.com
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: a plain generic Chinese-script word for the web itself, sold as an open catch-all namespace to any Chinese-speaking registrant, where the whole wager is that a native-script generic beats a transliterated .com.
Same bet again: an unowned generic 网-family internet noun with no community or brand behind it, needing mass open registration from the same Chinese-language pool to pay off.
Same kind of bet - a generic Chinese internet descriptor offered as an open namespace to the same buyers - but it reads as a state/modifier rather than naming the network as a thing, so it is slightly narrower as a primary identity.
What a .网络 domain is
.网络 is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under Places. One application for it is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list.
Is the .网络 domain extension real yet?
.网络 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 .网络 domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .网络 name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .网络 was .xn--5tzm5g, delegated on 17 April 2016.
Is .网络 a real TLD?
Not yet. .网络 is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because .网络 is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list of applied-for strings. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- Band chosen: 30-49, usable but limited. The string is the generic Chinese word for network/internet, backed by an applicant that operates national-level Chinese registry infrastructure (CNNIC, per the verified-facts block, which also records a traditional-script variant application, .網絡), so the address is plausible and institutionally durable for Chinese-language organisations. It is not in the 50-69 band because, by analogy with Chinese-script generic IDN TLDs in market (flagged as analogy), genuine primary-identity use is uncommon: Chinese users reach sites through apps, search, QR codes and ASCII addresses, mobile keyboards favour pinyin/ASCII entry, and most organisations keep .cn or .com as the canonical address while treating a native-script name as a defensive or supplementary registration, which leaves the aftermarket thin. It is not in the 10-29 band because the word is a serious generic rather than a vanity string, demand is institutional and ongoing rather than event-driven, and a full-Chinese address has real utility for domestic-facing bodies and network-service firms. Figures on current registrations, renewal rates and resale prices are unknown here. Main market uncertainty over the next 5 years: whether universal acceptance and Chinese mobile input habits move far enough that native-script addresses become everyday primary identities rather than secondary ones.