At a press conference held on June 13, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced a list of 1930 applications for new generic top level domain.
Transcription of the infographics « Some visual facts about the new TLD (top level domain names) »
ICANN received 1930 applications for a total of 1409 strings of which 230 strings have more than one applicant.
Number of applications by region:
- North America: 911 applications
- Europe: 675 applications
- Asia / Pacific: 303 applications
- South America: 24 applications
- Africa: 17 applications
Total cost of all applications: $357 Millions
Cost per application: $185,000
Applications by type of TLD:
- .Geographic: 66 applications / 3%
- .Community: 84 applications / 4%
- .Brand: 643 applications / 33%
- .Generic: 1137 applications / 59%
.BRANDs – Geographical origin of the 643 applications:
- North America: 260 applications / 40%
- Europe: 201 applications / 31%
- Asia / Pacific: 15 applications / 24%
- South America: 15 applications / 2%
- Africa: 9 applications / 1%
The most wanted TLDS (most applied-for strings):
- .app – 13 applications
- .home / .inc – 11 applications
- .art – 10 applications
- .blog / .shop / .llc / .book – 9 applications
- .design – 8 applications
- .mail / .hotel / .store / .web /.news /.love / .cloud / .ltd – 7 applications
Longest string: .Northwesternmutual
Most dangerous string: .NINJA
Funniest string: .LOL
Nice!
The .UNICORN is also a good competitor to the funniest string.