Domain record

tiktok.com Lookup

Status
Active
Expires
2027-07-20
Expires in 294 days
Registered
1996-07-21
Domain age
30 years

tiktok.com is registered through Gandi SAS, and its current term runs until 20 July 2027. No one else can register it unless it lapses.

Checked 28 September 2026 over RDAP
Ownership

Who owns tiktok.com?

tiktok.com is registered through Gandi SAS and owned by ByteDance. The public record does not name the registrant; the owner is taken from published sources.

tiktok.com is the home of TikTok, the short-form video platform.

The record was created on 21 July 1996 and last updated on 19 June 2026.

Registrar
Gandi SAS
IANA ID
81
Created
1996-07-21
Last updated
2026-06-19
Registry expiry
2027-07-20
DNSSEC
Unsigned
Show 1 status code
  • clientTransferProhibited

    An EPP status that blocks the domain from being transferred to another registrar. It is a lock, not a problem, and most registrars set it by default. clientTransferProhibited

Sources: wikidata.org

Unchanged since 28 September 2026.

Expiry

When does tiktok.com expire?

tiktok.com's current registration runs until 20 July 2027. Expires in 294 days.

The owner can renew at any time before then, which moves the date forward by the renewal term. Large brands usually renew years ahead.

  1. Registered
  2. Grace period 45 days
  3. Redemption 30 days
  4. Pending delete 5 days
  5. Released

What happens if it isn't renewed?

An unrenewed .com name passes through fixed phases before it is released: a 45-day grace period in which the owner can still renew at the normal price, a 30-day redemption period in which recovery costs a fee on top of renewal, then 5 days pending delete, when no one can renew or register it. The durations are the .com registry's published figures.

When could it drop?

Only if it is not renewed. The earliest it could be released is 8 October 2027, if every phase runs its full length.

How the .com lifecycle works

Availability

Is tiktok.com available to register?

No. tiktok.com is registered, so a registration attempt today would fail.

It only becomes available if the owner lets it lapse and it clears every phase above. Domain Watch checks the name twice a day and sends one email the day it is released.

Age

How old is tiktok.com?

tiktok.com is 30 years old: it was first registered on 21 July 1996.

The creation date is when the current registration began. A name that dropped and was re-registered gets a new creation date, so this counts continuous registration, not first use.

Milestones

2 August 2018
Musical.ly is merged into TikTok.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

DNS

What are tiktok.com's DNS records?

tiktok.com is served by 6 nameservers and publishes 2 address records and 3 MX records.

Its nameservers are classed as Host DNS.

Nameservers
a1-97.akam.net a12-66.akam.net a13-67.akam.net a18-64.akam.net a6-65.akam.net a9-66.akam.net
A
95.100.110.27, 95.100.110.29, 95.100.110.31 95.101.27.164, 95.101.27.165, 95.101.27.166, 95.101.27.167, 95.101.27.168, 95.101.27.169, 95.101.27.172, 95.101.27.173, 95.101.27.174
AAAA
None published
MX
10 mx1.tiktok.com 20 mx2.tiktok.com 30 mx3.tiktok.com
SPF
v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:spf.bytedance.com include:mail.stibee.com -all
DMARC
v=DMARC1; p=reject; pct=100;
Show 25 TXT records
  • MS=ms14857357
  • MS=ms80039204
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  • google-site-verification=spKY3sgLfx2ShlMQbs-jaGpfyhukOMBQ9fV_cR8yKII
  • v=BIMI1;l=https://bimi.entrust.net/tiktok.com/logo.svg;a=https://bimi.entrust.net/tiktok.com/certchain.pem
  • v=BIMI1;l=https://vmc.digicert.com/876e1283-d94c-4294-bc96-f3c49bdeaf7b.svg;a=https://vmc.digicert.com/876e1283-d94c-4294-bc96-f3c49bdeaf7b.pem
  • _7sllfzryqu5thoyj9665cgevrcbi38m
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  • hubspot-developer-verification=YzdjZDc2ZDEtMDRmNS00MWQyLWJlNzUtY2Q4YmQyN2E0NDFl
  • klaviyo-site-verification=STK9xy
  • mailru-verification: c0f4705a229bd0c6
  • pinterest-site-verification=7d9fc044e28c4992dffda772e8ca2bdc
  • verification-code-site-edm-va=GkLVdrouyEyNQGsN0X0W

Unchanged since 28 September 2026.

SSL

Does tiktok.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. tiktok.com serves a certificate issued by RapidSSL TLS ECC CA G1, valid until 3 December 2026.

Valid
Issuer
RapidSSL TLS ECC CA G1
Valid from
2026-05-19
Valid until
2026-12-03

Unchanged since 28 September 2026.

Uptime

Is tiktok.com down right now?

This record covers tiktok.com's registration, DNS and certificate, read once a day. It does not test whether the website is responding right now.

On 28 September 2026 its nameservers answered. Its certificate validated on 28 September 2026.

A name that is registered, answers DNS and serves a valid certificate but still will not load has a hosting or server problem, not a registration one.

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