.wtf

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.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]

Introduced23 April 2014
StatusActive
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.wtf
Introduced23 April 2014
TLD typeGeneric
StatusActive
RegistryIdentity Digital
Registered domains~4,350,000 pages (February 2022)[1]
DNSSECYes
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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.

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