ICANN has announced the 500th new gTLD.

The gTLD .NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) was the 500th new gTLD to be delegated, with new domains rolling out at an average of one per day.

The New gTLD Program is the Internet’s largest expansion ever, introducing hundreds of new top-level domain names or “strings” which could become available in the next few years. With the first four strings delegated on 23 October 2014, the Program continues to make advancements and enable enhanced competition, innovation and choice.

A few days ago, ICANN updated delegates at the Singapore ICANN meeting, and the video and transcript is available online:

http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-new-gtld

The 2012 round of the New gTLD Program is well underway and the next application round is on the horizon