Top-Level Domain Names

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Every day, everyone who uses the internet uses the Domain Name System. The key to the domain name system lies in the highest level of the system, the top-level domains. These are the domains such as .com, .org, and .net. While you are probably very familiar with a few of these, there are actually a lot more. A whole lot more. A lucky few top-level domain name holders actually managed to hit the jackpot. Learn more about top-level domain names and how they are organized and distributed on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Every day, everyone who uses the internet uses the domain name system.
0:04.4	The key to the domain name system lies in the highest level of the system, the top level domains.
0:09.8	These are the domains such as dot com, dot org, and dot net.
0:13.3	While you're probably very familiar with a few of these, there's actually a lot more, a whole lot more.
0:19.9	And a lucky few top level domain name holders actually managed to hit the jackpot.
0:25.5	Learn more about top-level domain names and how they're organized and distributed on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. You know, when I started this podcast, it felt like I had to become 10 people overnight,
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