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Data & methodology

Round posture

2026 round at a glance

Official ICANN aggregates anchor round posture. RIH coverage is disclosed separately and is not the official round total.

Official applications

1615

Official aggregate · not observed rows

Official applicants

481

Applicant ≠ Organization

Official initial contention sets

263

Official initial contention

Official initial memberships

891

Joined official memberships

Intelligence Pulse

Deterministic intelligence highlights

01 / 05

Competitive structure

Competition is concentrated: GoDaddy Registry Services appears in 66 of the 263 official initial contention sets, while the largest set contains 13 applications.

Competitive structure·Explore contention →

Attention

What deserves attention

Deterministic signals only

  • GoDaddy contention footprint

    66 official initial contention sets

  • Public change monitoring

    No public Application or contention changes in the latest check

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  • Coverage exception

    1614 represented Application rows / 1615 official Applications

    1 administrative-check Application outside the normal list/export

Recent changes·Last checked Nov 4, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC · No public Application or contention changes.

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Structural change

What changed since 2012

Only currently defensible Reveal Day comparisons. Community, Geographic, unique strings, contention sets, and organization identity remain blocked.

Applications

2012
1930
2026
1615
Change
-315

2012 and 2026 figures use ICANN official round totals — not observed application rows

IDN applications

2012
116
2026
21
Change
-95

IDN figures use ICANN official round totals

Explore 2012 vs 2026Explore 2012 Applicant structure

  • unique-applied-strings
  • community-applications
  • geographic-applications
  • initial-contention-sets
  • organization-round-count
  • returning-participant-identity
  • category-mix

Competitive structure

Official initial contention

Based on ICANN's official initial contention publication.

Official initial contention sets

263

Official initial memberships

891

Reveal Day contention state can change as the program progresses. This is the official initial contention snapshot, not a live lifecycle forecast.

Based on ICANN's official initial contention publication. Source organization name on that publication is not a confirmed Organization mapping.

How crowded are the contention sets?

ICANN groups competing Applications into contention sets. A larger Application count means more Applications in that competition group — not necessarily that many distinct Applicants.

Largest contention set: 13 competing Applications

  • 13 Applications · 1 set
  • 11 Applications · 1 set
  • 10 Applications · 3 sets
  • 9 Applications · 2 sets
  • 8 Applications · 4 sets
  • 7 Applications · 9 sets
  • 6 Applications · 11 sets
  • 5 Applications · 22 sets

Inspect actual sets on Contention

Round composition

Published application characteristics

Designation and relationship orientation — not industries, sectors, or market categories.

IDN applications
21
Brand applications
333
Community applications
16

2026 orientation only

Geographic applications (self-identified)
15

Self-identified Geographic designation

Variant applications
9
Replacement string relationships
1169

Relationship grain — not extra applications

Coverage

What RIH currently represents

  • Official applications: 1615
  • Application rows represented: 1614 — coverage context only
  • Coverage: partial
  • Known excluded: one administrative-check record (not a normal Application row)

Data & methodology

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