.mind
Is .mind a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.mind is contested: 7 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list, as of 7 October 2026. They are XYZ Registry, Juming, GoDaddy Registry, Intercap, Identity Digital, Radix and Link Freedom Group. Oinkadot named .mind as a backup string for its .cancel application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup. INWX named .mind as a backup string for its .crew application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup.
A catchy word for wellness and AI-flavored branding, but most serious projects would treat it as a side name, not their main address.
mental-wellness and meditation brands, coaching and self-improvement products, and AI startups that use 'mind' in their name and want a short evocative address
In LFG's published list of 300+ strings submitted before the ICANN window closed on 2026-08-12. Their catalog tagline: “Where your mind comes alive.”
One of 46 ICANN 2026-round applications Radix announced on its own applications page. Radix states it intends to build and operate each TLD it wins.
Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .crew application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup
Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .cancel application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup
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 exactly: a short abstract English noun naming a seat of human wellbeing rather than an industry, so the registry must sell one evocative word to a mixed pool of clinical, charitable and metaphorical buyers who each read it differently.
Also an unbounded aspirational concept noun whose value rests on emotional resonance rather than a defined trade, so it wins on premium one-word brand identity (coaches, insurers, wellness brands) rather than on any vertical's registrants defaulting to it.
The nearest category-noun neighbour and the likeliest anchor for a mental-wellbeing registry, but it bets on a whole regulated industry adopting a vertical suffix, whereas .mind bets on an abstract word's brand pull.
What a .mind domain is
.mind is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our Culture category. 7 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list.
Is the .mind domain extension real yet?
.mind 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 .mind domain?
You can’t yet. A .mind name can only be registered once the string is delegated (added to the DNS root) and its registry opens.
Is .mind a real TLD?
Not yet. .mind is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because .mind is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list of applied-for strings. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- Oinkadot · first recordedICANN
- INWX · first recordedICANN
- XYZ Registry · first recordedICANN
- Juming · first recordedICANN
- GoDaddy Registry · first recordedICANN
- Intercap · first recordedICANN
- Identity Digital · first recordedICANN
- Radix · now confirmedICANN
- Link Freedom Group · now confirmedICANN
- Radix · first recordedRadix
- Link Freedom Group · first recordedLink Freedom Group
“HS2699T-T88195 · Heir Superiority, LLC · primary · contention set 2026-154 IRI2679T-T33645 · Intercap Registry Inc. · primary · contention set 2026-154 LFGL2683T-T57394 · Link Freedom Group Ltd · primary · contention set 2026-154 NA2631T-T66571 · Registry Services, LLC · primary · contention set 2026-154 RTIS2674T-T99384 · Radix Technologies Inc SEZC · primary · contention set 2026-154 TL2645T-T21573 · TechEdge Limited · primary · contention set 2026-154 XL2625T-T61801 · XYZ.COM LLC · primary · contention set 2026-154”ICANN
“HS2699T-T88195 · Heir Superiority, LLC · primary · contention set 2026-154 I2639T-T66696 · INWX Domains GmbH · replacement string of .crew · Deactivated IRI2679T-T33645 · Intercap Registry Inc. · primary · contention set 2026-154 LFGL2683T-T57394 · Link Freedom Group Ltd · primary · contention set 2026-154 NA2631T-T66571 · Registry Services, LLC · primary · contention set 2026-154 OI2692T-T93606 · Oinkadot Inc · replacement string of .cancel · Deactivated RTIS2674T-T99384 · Radix Technologies Inc SEZC · primary · contention set 2026-154 TL2645T-T21573 · TechEdge Limited · primary · contention set 2026-154 XL2625T-T61801 · XYZ.COM LLC · primary · contention set 2026-154”ICANN
“Radix has applied for these TLDs; we do not own or operate them today.”Radix
“.mind · Lifestyle · “Where your mind comes alive.””Link Freedom Group
- Band: usable but limited (30-49). The string is a common, emotionally resonant English word with two plausible demand pools: the wellness/mindfulness market (the applicant's own 'Lifestyle' framing, tagline 'Where your mind comes alive.') and AI branding, where 'mind' is a recurring naming motif. By analogy (flagged as analogy) with other evocative dictionary-word TLDs in the lifestyle space such as .life and .live, registrations tend to come at volume and on price, with defensive and hobby use outweighing primary-identity use; those TLDs did not become the default address inside any single category. That analogy keeps .mind out of the 50-69 band: over the next 5 years there is no visible category where '<name>.mind' would be the expected primary identity without explanation, since wellness brands cluster on .com/.app/.co and AI projects cluster on .ai. It sits above the 10-29 band because the word is broad, positive, and brandable enough to support steady low-price registration demand and occasional genuine end-use, rather than shallow event-driven vanity demand. The applicant, Link Freedom Group, filed more than 300 strings in the ICANN 2026 round, which suggests a portfolio play; that is stated neutrally and speaks only to how much category-specific marketing any single string is likely to receive. Aftermarket value would likely concentrate in a handful of premium one-word matches (analogy to how dictionary-word new gTLDs behave), with a thin long tail. Main market uncertainty: whether AI-agent branding fashion shifts toward 'mind'-style naming strongly enough to create a real second demand pool beyond wellness, which could pull the string toward strong-niche territory.