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Expired domains by backlink source

Expired domains with backlinks from Wikipedia, Hacker News, Reddit, GitHub, universities and press. Referring domains and history verified. Browse free.

This page groups the directory by the 175 well-known sites that currently link to at least one expired domain listed here. Pick a source to browse every expired domain with a backlink from it.

Every link is found in our own web crawl, rather than claimed. Availability is re-checked against the live DNS root over DNS-over-HTTPS, and a listing that turns out to be registered is removed. Site history comes from archived captures: the archived snapshot count and the span of years the site was captured. Revised Score blends link-graph centrality, referring domains and site history into one 0 to 100 grade, computed across the whole directory.

Universities, encyclopedias and government bodies rarely link to a site that was not a source worth citing, which is why domains with those links are listed here at all. Communities and code hosts say a site had an audience. Both are named on every listing beside the referring domain band.

At a glance

Cite as: “Expired domains by backlink source”, Revised, https://getrevised.com/app/expired/source. Last updated 14 November 2026. Updated continuously; free listings and paid plans show names; others masked.

As of 14 November 2026, the Revised directory of expired domains grouped by the sites that link to them holds 95,524 listings. All have expired and are available to register. The median listing has under 10 referring domains, and 1,429 have 250 or more. Spam-flagged names are filtered out, and 95,524 (100%) had availability re-checked within 30 days. The list spans 312 top-level domains, led by .com, .org and .net. Referring domains come from our own web crawl. 26,092 (27%) are free listings: name and exact counts shown, the rest stay masked except on Starter and Business. Search and filters need no account; masked names stay masked on Free.

Listings
95,524
Free listings
26,092 (27%)
Median ref. domains
Under 10
Named sources
89,008 (93%)
Re-checked, 30 days
95,524 (100%)
Last updated
14 Nov 2026
175 sources with live listings

Universities

Government

Communities

News & media

Developer platforms

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is a referring source?

A referring source is a well-known site that links to the domain: an encyclopedia, a university, a community such as Hacker News or Reddit, a code host, or a news organization. Every listing names its notable sources. This page groups the directory by those names so you can browse the domains linked by any one of them.

Where do the backlink sources come from?

From our own web crawl. For each expired domain in the directory the graph is queried for pages that link to it, and the linking domains are matched against a list of recognised sources. A source appears on this page only while at least one live listing carries a link from it.

Which backlink sources are worth the most?

Read the source with the rest of the listing. A link from a university department or an encyclopedia article is strong evidence the site was cited as a source. A link from a community is evidence of an audience. Neither replaces the site history, the referring domain band or the Revised Score, all of which are on every listing.

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Expired domains, scored for AI search

Expired domains with the links AI engines rely on

Every listing carries its Agent Citability score, in preview: weighted links from sources AI engines rely on. Alongside it, verified referring domains from our web crawl, site history and age, spam filtered out. Register it at any registrar.

Availability is re-checked when you register a name, and on Business at every view. They go once someone else registers them.