.wtf

.wtf is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) run by Donuts, a gTLD registry.^[2] It is derived from "WTF",^[3] an online acronym for "what the fuck?".^[4]

.wtf

Introduced	23 April 2014
TLD type	Generic
Status	Active
Registry	Donuts
Registered domains	~4,350,000 pages (February 2022)[1]
DNSSEC	Yes

In June 2012, Ryan Singel of Wired predicted no one would ever set up the .wtf domain,^[3] but later that month an application for the domain was submitted to ICANN,^[5] and although in August 2012 the Saudi Arabian government objected to .wtf and 30 other newly proposed top-level domains such as .gay, .bible and .islam,^[5][6] ICANN approved .wtf on 23 April 2014.^[7] Google indexed about 4,350,000 webpages with the .wtf domain.