.gossip
Is .gossip a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody has applied for .gossip in its own right, as of 7 October 2026. LiveOn named .gossip as the backup string of its .explore application.
A catchy word for celebrity and entertainment sites, but few serious brands would want "gossip" as their main address.
entertainment and celebrity-news publishers, fan communities, and hobby bloggers who want a playful, self-describing address
Nobody has applied for .gossip in its own right.
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 in another script: an informal, colloquial content-genre noun (Chinese for gossip/idle talk) open to whoever wants to make chatter-and-celebrity content their primary identity, not a company or community name.
Also a casual, non-institutional noun for talk-about-people-and-things, betting that media and social-content operators will adopt an attention-word as identity rather than a formal category label.
A short, informal pop-culture content noun whose viability rests on the same premise — that consumer-internet publishers and sharers will brand on the genre of the content itself, with no obvious anchor registrant.
What a .gossip domain is
.gossip is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our Culture category. Nobody has applied for .gossip in its own right. It is named on ICANN’s list as part of an application for another string.
Is the .gossip domain extension real yet?
.gossip 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 .gossip domain?
You can’t yet. A .gossip 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 .gossip was .八卦, delegated on 17 November 2014.
Is .gossip a real TLD?
Not yet. .gossip is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because ICANN’s list names .gossip as part of an application for another string. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- LiveOn · first recordedICANN
“LC2572-T40802 · LiveOn Co. · replacement string of .explore”ICANN
- Band chosen: 10-29 (vanity/joke/narrow). The string is a common English word with a clear, memorable meaning, which is its main asset, but the meaning carries a frivolous or even negative connotation that limits who would adopt it as a primary identity. The natural buyers are celebrity-news and entertainment publishers, fan communities, and hobby bloggers; most of those already operate on established generic TLDs and treat a themed string as a secondary or redirect address, not a home. It is not in the 30-49 band because there is no evident mechanism for volume: no large professional category describes itself as gossip, and businesses outside entertainment would see the word as a liability rather than a credibility signal, so a price-driven registration base is unlikely to sustain beyond launch interest. It is not in the 1-9 band because a real, if small, market exists: tabloid-style publishers, podcast and newsletter brands, and community sites for which a self-describing playful address has genuine appeal. By analogy (flagged as analogy) with other single-word lifestyle or expressive strings such as .buzz, .fyi, .wtf or .lol, demand tends to be event-driven and hobbyist, with thin aftermarket activity and little evidence of serious primary-identity use outside a handful of media brands. The verified record shows one applicant, LiveOn Co., with the string recorded as a replacement for its primary application .explore and no category tag; this is stated neutrally and does not change the market judgment, though it suggests the operator's commercial focus may sit elsewhere. Main market uncertainty: whether the entertainment-media and creator-economy segment, which is large and brand-conscious, would treat a themed address as a memorable primary identity for new shows, newsletters, or communities, or only as a novelty redirect.