# tldplay > tldplay is an independent reference to every top-level domain (TLD) in the DNS root zone — 1437 active TLDs, including 309 country codes — with registry, country and technical facts for each, plus quiz games. Data comes from IANA's Root Zone Database and ICANN's gTLD registry data (Version 2026102000, Last Updated Tue Oct 20 07:07:01 2026 UTC). Each TLD has a page at https://tldplay.com/tld/ (for example https://tldplay.com/tld/io or https://tldplay.com/tld/xn--p1ai). Pages state the TLD's type, country or operator, manager, delegation date where known, DNSSEC status, name servers, WHOIS/RDAP servers and sources. ## Guides with editorial notes - [.ai](https://tldplay.com/tld/ai): Anguilla's country code, now the most-wanted domain ending of the AI boom. - [.app](https://tldplay.com/tld/app): Google's TLD for apps — and one of the first endings where every site must use HTTPS. - [.bank](https://tldplay.com/tld/bank): A verified-only TLD for banks, with strict security rules — a .bank name is hard to fake. - [.ca](https://tldplay.com/tld/ca): Canada's country code, open to people and organizations that meet CIRA's Canadian Presence Requirements. - [.cc](https://tldplay.com/tld/cc): The Cocos (Keeling) Islands' country code, sold worldwide as a short, generic-looking alternative. - [.co](https://tldplay.com/tld/co): Colombia's country code, relaunched worldwide in 2010 as a short alternative to .com. - [.com](https://tldplay.com/tld/com): The original commercial TLD and still the default ending most people type without thinking. - [.de](https://tldplay.com/tld/de): Germany's country code and one of the largest ccTLDs in the world, run by DENIC. - [.dev](https://tldplay.com/tld/dev): Google's TLD for developers, HTTPS-only by design. - [.edu](https://tldplay.com/tld/edu): The TLD for accredited U.S. colleges and universities, managed by Educause. - [.eu](https://tldplay.com/tld/eu): The European Union's TLD, open to EU citizens, residents and organizations. - [.fm](https://tldplay.com/tld/fm): The Federated States of Micronesia's country code, adopted by radio stations, podcasts and music services. - [.gb](https://tldplay.com/tld/gb): Great Britain's official ISO code TLD — delegated, but reserved and never opened for registration. - [.gg](https://tldplay.com/tld/gg): Guernsey's country code, adopted by gamers because "gg" means "good game." - [.gov](https://tldplay.com/tld/gov): The U.S. government's own TLD, restricted to genuine American government organizations. - [.info](https://tldplay.com/tld/info): One of the first new gTLDs (2001), meant for informational sites. - [.internal](https://tldplay.com/tld/internal): The officially reserved TLD for private networks — the safe replacement for made-up names like .lan or .corp. - [.io](https://tldplay.com/tld/io): The ccTLD of the British Indian Ocean Territory, adopted by startups and developers because "I/O" means input/output. - [.local](https://tldplay.com/tld/local): The reserved name behind "printer.local" — used by multicast DNS to find devices on your network. - [.ly](https://tldplay.com/tld/ly): Libya's country code, used worldwide to finish English adverbs — and subject to Libyan law. - [.me](https://tldplay.com/tld/me): Montenegro's country code, popular worldwide for personal sites and "about me" brands. - [.net](https://tldplay.com/tld/net): The original 1985 TLD for network infrastructure, now a general-purpose fallback to .com. - [.nu](https://tldplay.com/tld/nu): Niue's country code, popular in Scandinavia and the Netherlands because "nu" means "now." - [.nyc](https://tldplay.com/tld/nyc): New York City's own TLD, reserved for people and businesses with a real NYC address. - [.onion](https://tldplay.com/tld/onion): The special-use name for Tor onion services — reachable only through the Tor network. - [.org](https://tldplay.com/tld/org): The 1985 original for organizations — the default home of nonprofits, open-source projects and communities. - [.sh](https://tldplay.com/tld/sh): Saint Helena's country code, loved by developers because .sh is a shell script. - [.su](https://tldplay.com/tld/su): The Soviet Union's domain, still alive more than three decades after the country dissolved. - [.tk](https://tldplay.com/tld/tk): Tokelau's country code, once the world's biggest TLD by count thanks to free registrations. - [.tr](https://tldplay.com/tld/tr): Türkiye's country code, now sold through accredited registrars via the TRABIS system run by BTK. - [.tv](https://tldplay.com/tld/tv): Tuvalu's country code, famous worldwide as the domain for video and streaming. - [.uk](https://tldplay.com/tld/uk): The United Kingdom's country code — even though the UK's ISO code is GB. - [.us](https://tldplay.com/tld/us): The United States' country code — open only to people and organizations with a real U.S. connection. - [.web](https://tldplay.com/tld/web): The long-awaited .web, won at auction in 2016 and finally delegated in 2026. - [.ws](https://tldplay.com/tld/ws): Samoa's country code, marketed as "website" — the WS comes from Samoa's old name, Western Samoa. - [.xyz](https://tldplay.com/tld/xyz): A catch-all new gTLD from 2014, made famous when Alphabet chose abc.xyz. - [.yu](https://tldplay.com/tld/yu): Yugoslavia's former domain, retired in 2010 after .rs and .me took over. - [.zip](https://tldplay.com/tld/zip): Google's .zip TLD — a real domain ending that looks exactly like a file name. ## Lists - [Domain hacks: country codes the internet adopted](https://tldplay.com/lists/domain-hacks): Some two-letter country codes became famous for what they spell, not where they are. Here is every ccTLD that picked up a second meaning, and the country that still owns it. - [Brand TLD list: every dotBrand in the root zone](https://tldplay.com/lists/brand-tlds): Companies like Google, BMW and Canon run their own top-level domains under ICANN's Specification 13. Nobody else can register names in them. Here is the full list, with launch dates. - [IDN TLDs: domain endings beyond A–Z](https://tldplay.com/lists/idn-tlds): Top-level domains written in Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, Devanagari and more. Each one is stored in DNS as an "xn--" code, but users see their own script. - [The oldest TLDs on the internet](https://tldplay.com/lists/oldest-tlds): The original 1985 domains, the late-1980s additions and every gTLD sorted by the day it entered the root zone. - [Newest TLDs added to the root zone](https://tldplay.com/lists/newest-tlds): The most recently delegated generic TLDs, from ICANN's registry data, newest first. - [The TLD graveyard](https://tldplay.com/lists/retired-tlds): Country codes for nations that no longer exist, brand TLDs their owners gave back, and test strings from the early IDN days. Every retired top-level domain IANA still lists. - [Special-use & reserved TLDs](https://tldplay.com/lists/special-use): Names like .local, .onion, .test and .internal look like TLDs but never resolve on the public internet. Here is what each one is reserved for. - [Which TLDs are not DNSSEC-signed?](https://tldplay.com/lists/no-dnssec): Active top-level domains whose delegation in the root zone has no DS record, according to IANA. - [Weird, funny and unusual domain extensions](https://tldplay.com/lists/weird-domain-extensions): Yes, .pizza, .horse and .wtf are all real top-level domains. A tour of the strangest endings ICANN ever approved — every one of them live in the root zone today. ## Reference - [All TLDs A–Z](https://tldplay.com/tld) — also as [TXT](https://tldplay.com/downloads/tlds.txt) and [CSV](https://tldplay.com/downloads/tlds.csv) - [How many TLDs are there?](https://tldplay.com/how-many-tlds): live counts by type and a year-by-year delegation chart - [Country-code TLDs by region](https://tldplay.com/countries) and on a [3D globe](https://tldplay.com/map) - [Comparisons](https://tldplay.com/compare): .io vs .com, .ai vs .com, .co vs .com and more - [Glossary](https://tldplay.com/glossary): TLD, ccTLD, gTLD, brand TLD, Punycode, registry vs registrar - [Data & methodology](https://tldplay.com/methodology): sources, refresh schedule and how computed fields are derived - [About](https://tldplay.com/about)