.wtf

intended and actual uses October 2023 July 2025 Internet top-level domain .wtf Active DotWTF domain logo.png 23 April 2014 Generic Identity Digital ~4,350,000 pages February 2022 https://www.google.com/search?q=site:.wtf site:.wtf Google Search 2021-05-29 2021-05-30 https://archive.today/20210530025214/https://www.google.com/search?q=site:.wtf live Yes .wtf is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) run by Identity Digital, a gTLD registry.https://donuts.domains/great-domains/fun-domains/ Fun Domains donuts.domains Donuts Inc. 2020-08-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20200811181457/https://donuts.domains/great-domains/fun-domains/ dead 2025-07-16 It is derived from the slang acronym "WTF".https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/224918#eid140328014 Oxford English Dictionary WTF March 2021 entry added March 2009 WTF int. (also w.t.f., W.T.F., wtf) (esp. in the language of electronic communications) ‘what the fuck?’; used to express incredulity or annoyance. 2021-05-29 live https://archive.today/20210530035413/https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/224918#eid140328014 2021-05-30 In June 2012, Ryan Singel of Wired predicted no one would ever set up the .wtf domain, https://www.wired.com/2012/06/domain-names-that-should-exist/ .WTF? — 20 New Top-Level Domain Names That Should Exist, But Never Will Wired Singel Ryan Ryan Singel 2012-06-14 live 2021-05-29 https://archive.today/20150204171148/http://www.wired.com/2012/06/domain-names-that-should-exist/ 2015-02-04 but later that month an application for the domain was submitted to Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), 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, http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/08/16/icann_top_level_domain_applications_saudi_arabia_apparently_objects_to_catholic_gay_bible_.html?from=rss/&wpisrc=newsletter_slatest Saudi Arabia Apparently Objects to .Catholic, .Gay, .Bible, and 28 More Proposed New Top-Level Domains Slate 2012-08-06 Bosch Torie 2021-05-29 live 2020-03-22 https://archive.today/20200322155506/https://slate.com/technology/2012/08/icann-top-level-domain-applications-saudi-arabia-apparently-objects-to-catholic-gay-bible.html https://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/14/tech/web/saudi-arabia-icann-disputes/index.html Saudi Arabia objects to .gay and .islam domain names CNN.com 2012-08-15 Kelly Heather live 2021-05-29 https://archive.today/20210530025458/https://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/14/tech/web/saudi-arabia-icann-disputes/index.html 2021-05-30 ICANN approved .wtf on 23 April 2014.https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated Strings: New ICANN gTLDs icann.org Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers live 2021-05-29 https://archive.today/20210530030534/https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings 2021-05-30 Google indexed about 4,350,000 webpages with the .wtf domain. References External links Whois information for .wtf at IANA.org .wtf at ICANNWiki.org Category:Generic top-level domains