List of Internet top-level domains

This list of Internet top-level domains contains top-level domains, which are those domains in the DNS root zone of the Domain Name System of the Internet. A list of the top-level domains by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority is maintained at the Root Zone Database. IANA also oversees the approval process for new proposed top-level domains for ICANN.
, the IANA root database includes 1589 TLDs. That also includes 68 that are not assigned, 8 that are retired and 11 test domains. Those are not represented in IANA's listing and are not in root.zone file.
In April 2021, the IANA Root Zone Database listed 1,502 top-level domains, including active, reserved, retired, and special-use domains.
By January 28, 2026, the number of actively delegated top-level domains had decreased to 1,438, reflecting removals, retirements, and changes in the root zone database.

Types

IANA distinguishes the following groups of top-level domains:

infrastructure top-level domain
generic top-level domains
generic-restricted top-level domains
sponsored top-level domains
country code top-level domains
test top-level domains
Original top-level domains

Seven generic top-level domains were created early in the development of the Internet, prior to the creation of ICANN in 1998.

Name: DNS names
Entity: intended use
Administrator: managers
Notes: general remarks
IDN: support for internationalized domain names
DNSSEC: presence of DS records for Domain Name System Security Extensions

Name

Entity

Administrator

Notes

IDN

DNSSEC

SLD

IPv6

.com

Commercial

Verisign

This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register. Though originally intended for use by for-profit business entities, for a number of reasons it became the main TLD for domain names and is currently used by all types of entities including nonprofits, schools, and private individuals. Domain name registrations may be successfully challenged if the holder cannot prove an outside relation justifying reservation of the name, to prevent "squatting". It was originally administered by the United States Department of Defense.

.org

Organization

Public Interest Registry

This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register. Originally created as a miscellaneous category as stated in RFC 920 "...any other domains meeting the second level requirements," and clarified in RFC 1591, "This domain is intended as the miscellaneous TLD for organizations that didn't fit anywhere else. Some non-government organizations may fit here." While mainly non-profits have used this domain, it was never restricted from miscellaneous use.

.net

Network

Verisign

This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register. According to RFC 1591 "This domain is intended to hold only the computers of network providers."

.int

International

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

The.int TLD is strictly limited to organizations, offices, and programs endorsed by a treaty between two or more nations. However, a few grandfathered domains do not meet these criteria.

.edu

Education

Educause

The.edu TLD is limited to specific higher educational institutions such as, but not limited to, trade schools and universities. In the U.S., its use was restricted in 2001 to post-secondary institutions accredited by an agency on the list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies. This domain is therefore almost exclusively used by colleges and universities. Some institutions, such as the Exploratorium, that do not meet the current registration criteria have grandfathered domain names.

.gov

U.S. national and state government agencies

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Infrastructure top-level domains

Country code top-level domains

As of 20 May 2017, there were 255 country-code top-level domains, purely in the Latin alphabet, using two-character codes., the number was 316, with the addition of internationalized domains.

Proposed internationalized ccTLDs

Internationalized domain names have been proposed for Japan and Libya.

ICANN-era generic top-level domains

Name: DNS name
Target market: intended use
Restrictions: restrictions, if any, on who can register, and how the domain can be used
Operator: entity the registry has been delegated to
IDN: support for internationalized domain names
DNSSEC: presence of DS records for Domain Name System Security Extensions
English

Chinese (.cn)

French (.fr)

German (.de)

Hindi

Italian (.it)

Portuguese (.pt)

Spanish (.es)

Internationalized generic top-level domains

All of these TLDs are internationalized domain names and support second-level IDNs.

Notes: general remarks and intended use
DNSSEC: presence of DS records for Domain Name System Security Extensions
[Arabic script]

[Chinese characters]

[Cyrillic script]

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Other script

Geographic top-level domains

Name: DNS name
Entity: Target geographic area
Notes: general remarks
IDN: support for internationalized domain names
DNSSEC: presence of DS records for Domain Name System Security Extensions
Africa

Asia

Europe