What is .discover?
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 .discover names for sale at any registrar.
.discover entered the DNS root zone on July 28, 2016, 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, .discover is served by 6 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .discover, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.discover).
.discover FAQ
What country is .discover?
None. .discover is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .discover domain extension?
Discover Financial Services operates .discover as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .discover created?
.discover was delegated to the DNS root zone on July 28, 2016.
Is .discover a valid domain?
Yes. .discover is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2016, so .discover addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .discover domain?
No. .discover is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Discover Financial Services.
Is .discover DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .discover.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed May 29, 2025. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
