What is .audi?
Brand TLDs operate under Specification 13 of ICANN's registry agreement. It lets a trademark owner keep every second-level name for itself, so you won't find .audi names for sale at any registrar.
.audi entered the DNS root zone on November 25, 2015, 10 years ago. It came out of ICANN's New gTLD Program, the 2012 application round that grew the root from 22 generic TLDs to well over a thousand.
On the technical side, .audi is served by 4 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .audi, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.audi).
.audi FAQ
What country is .audi?
None. .audi is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .audi domain extension?
AUDI Aktiengesellschaft operates .audi as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .audi created?
.audi was delegated to the DNS root zone on November 25, 2015.
Is .audi a valid domain?
Yes. .audi is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .audi addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .audi domain?
No. .audi is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for AUDI Aktiengesellschaft.
Is .audi DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .audi.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed October 15, 2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
