Upcoming TLDs / .mind
Can you register a .mind domain?
Source: ICANN 2026 round applications, checked October 27, 2026. Not in the IANA root zone as of October 26, 2026.
What .mind would mean
In their own words, from the public part of each application (question 118):
Mind commonly refers to a broadly recognized term used across a wide range of contexts.
The mind is where thought, attention, memory, and imagination happen; to mind something is also to look after it, and to mind about something is to care.
houses thoughts, memories, emotions and imagination
"Mind" refers to the element of a person that enables thought, perception, reasoning, memory, awareness, and feeling; the seat of consciousness and mental activity.
"Mind" is an English word meaning the faculty of consciousness, thought, perception, memory, and reasoning; the seat of a person's intellect and attention.
“mind” is a common English noun referring to thought, awareness, intellect, memory, attention and the human capacity for ideas and understanding. It is also widely used in connection with learning, creativity, reflection and personal development.
MIND is the part of us that thinks, understands, remembers, imagines and feels. It can also mean an opinion, intention or attention. Everything starts in the mind.
Who applied for .mind
Heir Superiority, LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The mission of .MIND is to provide a namespace associated with the applied-for string. The .MIND gTLD is intended to serve a broad range of registrants and users, including individuals, businesses, organizations, communities, projects, and other entities that identify with, relate to, or wish to be associated with the concept represented by the applied-for string.
Intercap Registry Inc.
KY, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The proposed .mind top-level domain represents the mind in its everyday sense - thought, attention, memory, and imagination. The word also carries its ordinary verb forms: to mind something is to look after it, and to mind about something is to care.
Link Freedom Group / LFG
Link Freedom Group Ltd, MT, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
Link Freedom Group (LFG) aspires to become a best-in-class, vertically integrated domain name registration authority, see linkfreedomgroup.link. This TLD is part of a carefully curated portfolio of strings that LFG intends to pursue in ICANN’s 2026 New gTLD Program. In assembling this portfolio, LFG focused on securing meaningful, memorable, and commercially compelling strings that resonate strongly with end users and offer long-term growth potential.
Registry Services, LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Describe the mission and purpose of the applied-for gTLD.
Radix Technologies Inc SEZC
Radix Technologies Inc SEZC, KY, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Mission and purpose: The mission of .mind is to provide a namespace for the many fields organized around thought, learning and cognition. Intended registrants include artificial intelligence companies, research groups and products, for which the mind is the defining reference point; education and learning businesses; coaches, authors and speakers; mindfulness and personal-development brands; and puzzle and brain-training products. Intended users are learners, readers and consumers worldwide engaging with content and services about how we think. Following delegation, the applicant will, as …
TechEdge
TechEdge Limited, KY, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
Mission
XYZ.COM LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Mission and purpose. This gTLD will be operated as an open, unrestricted generic top-level domain. Its purpose is to expand naming choice in the DNS by making this term available at the top level for any lawful use chosen by the registrant. Registrations will be available to all registrants on a first-come, first-served basis through ICANN-accredited registrars, subject only to the Registry Agreement, ICANN Consensus Policies, and applicable law. The applicant will not operate this gTLD on an exclusive basis.
What happens next
- April 30, 2026: Application window opened (done)
- August 12, 2026: Application window closed (done)
- October 7, 2026: Reveal Day: ICANN published every applied-for string (done)
- October 21, 2026: Replacement period ended (applicants could switch to a backup string) (done)
- November 17, 2026: String Confirmation Day: the final list of applied-for strings
- March 16, 2027: Community input and objections period ends
Dates from ICANN’s Reveal Day announcement, checked October 27, 2026. We re-check the applications every day and this page changes when they do.
When will .mind be available?
ICANN has not set a date. The final list of applied-for strings comes on String Confirmation Day (November 17, 2026), community input and objections run until March 16, 2027, and ICANN processes applications after a prioritization draw in 2027. Registration opens only after ICANN delegates .mind and its registry announces launch dates.