New gTLD

What is a new gTLD?

A new gTLD is a gTLD that was introduced after 2012. In the early 2010s, ICANN, the authority that oversees domains, launched a program to introduce more gTLDs to the Internet. This program aimed to grow and diversify the number of domain extensions available on the Internet. After all, as the Internet is growing all the time, the number of websites online will likely continue to expand, which means that there are increasingly fewer appealing domain names with traditional extensions left. 

Since the launch of its “new gTLD program”, ICANN has approved over 1200 new gTLDs, and most of these are now publicly open for registrations. Some new gTLDs have become as popular as traditional ones, while other ones serve only small niche markets. 

Example:

Some popular examples of new gTLDs are .xyz, .online, .top, .site and .shop.