Editing Generic top-level domain (section)

=== New gTLD launches ===

On July 15, 2013, the first four new gTLD agreements were signed in Durban, South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-15jul13-en|title=Milestone: First Registry Agreements Executed – Internet Users Will Soon Be Able To Navigate The Web In Their Native Language – ICANN New gTLDs|website=newgtlds.icann.org}}</ref> They all consisted of Top Level Domains in non-Latin characters:
* International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd.'s شبكة, Arabic for "web" or "network"
* Core Association's онлайн, Russian for "online"
* Core Association's сайт, Russian for "site"
* Spring Fields, LLC's 游戏, Chinese for "game"

On July 10, 2014 the 330th gTLD was delegated.<ref name="newgtlds.icann.org" />
On November 9, 2014, the 400th gTLD was delegated in the root.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dotstories.com/many-milestones-for-the-new-gtld/ |title=Many milestones for the new gTLD |publisher=Dot stories |access-date=2016-09-16 |archive-date=April 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415182318/http://dotstories.com/many-milestones-for-the-new-gtld/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
As of 3 May 2015, the number of new gTLDs available is 605.<ref name="newgtlds.icann.org" />

The most popular gTLD has been .guru, launched in February 2014 and reached 50,000 domains in April 2014, briefly surpassed by .club between June 2 and June 9, 2014, with around 55,000 domains; .club was then surpassed by .xyz, which had more than 300,000 domains after one and a half months of existence. The growth of .xyz has been concentrated on one registrar due to a promotion they ran.<ref>{{cite web|author=Andrew Allemann |url=http://domainnamewire.com/2014/06/19/free-xyz-domain-name/ |title=I got my first free .XYZ domain name offer today – Domain Name Wire &#124; Domain Name News & Views |date=June 19, 2014 |publisher=Domain Name Wire |access-date=2016-09-16}}</ref> Recently, SBI bank has started using gTLD as "Bank.SBI" on February 20, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=SBI, One of India's Largest Banks, Switching Its Domain to Branded TLD, bank.sbi |url=http://www.circleid.com/posts/20170222_one_of_indias_largest_banks_switching_domain_to_dot_sbi/ |website=CircleID |access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SBI launches its own generic Top Level Domain with its website "bank.sbi" |url=https://sbi.co.in/documents/39129/52199/gTLD.pdf |website=SBI |publisher=State Bank of India |access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref>