Born in 2005

Instant Domain Search
celebrates 20 years!

domains searched on Instant Domains and counting ...

2005

The gold rush
for dot coms ⛏️

By 2008, all 4 letter .com combinations (456,976) were taken. Scarcity on the internet finally started to feel real.

Taken

hulu.com

hulu.com

Taken

mint.com

mint.com

Taken

etsy.com

etsy.com

2010

2010

The rise of the
Wild Wild Web

ICANN launched the new gTLD program, expanding to over 1,000 domain extensions by 2015. Can you guess which ones are real and fake?

2015

WHOIS goes dark with GDPR

In 2018, the lights went out on WHOIS.
GDPR hid public data that once lit up
the web 💡

Postal Code
First name
State
Email address
Last name
Phone number
Fax Number
Country
City

2020

TLDs become
part of the brand

TLDs like .ai, .app, and .dev redefine naming.
A web address became a statement of purpose.

Claude

.ai

raycast

.app

midjourney

.ai

linear

.app

github

.dev

cash

.app

.ai

.app

.dev

2025

The internet wouldn't be the same without you.

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