.wtf

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.wtf
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Introduced23 April 2014
TLD type Generic
StatusActive
Registry Identity Digital
Registered domains~4,350,000 pages (February 2022) [1]
DNSSEC Yes

.wtf is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) run by Identity Digital, a gTLD registry. [2] It is derived from the slang acronym "WTF". [3] [4]

In June 2012, Ryan Singel of Wired predicted no one would ever set up the .wtf domain, [3] but later that month an application for the domain was submitted to Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), [5] and although in August 2012 the Saudi Arabian government objected to .wtf and 30 other newly proposed top-level domains such as .gay, .bible and .islam, [5] [6] ICANN approved .wtf on 23 April 2014. [7] Google indexed about 4,350,000 webpages with the .wtf domain.

References

  1. ↑ "site:.wtf". Google Search. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Fun Domains". donuts.domains. Donuts Inc. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 Singel, Ryan (14 June 2012). ".WTF? — 20 New Top-Level Domain Names That Should Exist, But Never Will". Wired . Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "WTF". Oxford English Dictionary . March 2021 [entry added March 2009]. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021. WTFint. (also w.t.f., W.T.F., wtf) (esp. in the language of electronic communications) 'what the fuck?'; used to express incredulity or annoyance.
  5. 1 2 Bosch, Torie (6 August 2012). "Saudi Arabia Apparently Objects to .Catholic, .Gay, .Bible, and 28 More Proposed New Top-Level Domains". Slate . Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Kelly, Heather (15 August 2012). "Saudi Arabia objects to .gay and .islam domain names". CNN.com. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Delegated Strings: New ICANN gTLDs". icann.org. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
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