What is .sky?
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 .sky names for sale at any registrar.
.sky entered the DNS root zone on December 12, 2014, 11 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, .sky is served by 8 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .sky, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP.
.sky FAQ
What country is .sky?
None. .sky is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .sky domain extension?
Sky UK Limited operates .sky as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .sky created?
.sky was delegated to the DNS root zone on December 12, 2014.
Is .sky a valid domain?
Yes. .sky is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2014, so .sky addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .sky domain?
No. .sky is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Sky UK Limited.
Is .sky DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .sky.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed February 3, 2025. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
