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The .youtube TLD is a brand-specific top-level domain operated by Charleston Road Registry Inc., a subsidiary of Google, designed exclusively to enhance the YouTube brand experience by providing select content creators with short, authoritative URLs linked directly to their YouTube channels.
Restricted to select YouTube channel partners approved by Google and YouTube; not available for public registration.
Registration pricing for .youtube is not publicly listed. Brand TLDs are typically restricted to the owning organization.
The .youtube domain was proposed by Google under ICANN’s new gTLD program in 2011 to create a dedicated namespace for premium YouTube content creators. The application was confirmed in 2014, and the TLD was delegated to the DNS root zone on August 29, 2014. It is managed by Charleston Road Registry Inc., which operates exclusively under Google’s control.
Brand TLDs like .youtube are part of ICANN's New gTLD Program launched in 2012, which expanded the domain namespace beyond traditional TLDs.
The .youtube TLD is commonly used for the following purposes:
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Only approved YouTube partners with verified channel status and high engagement metrics are eligible. No public registration is permitted.
This is a brand TLD exclusively controlled by Charleston Road Registry Inc.. It is not available for public registration.
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