Expired .io domains with backlinks
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This page lists 882 expired .io domains with backlinks. Each has expired, is available to register, and has referring domains that survived the original site going offline. Names are masked on Free; the Starter and Business plans show every name. Every metric is open. The .io extension is used almost entirely by software companies and developer projects, so expired .io domains tend to carry links from GitHub, Hacker News and technical documentation rather than from general press.
About this list
Every .io listing is verified the same way as the rest of the directory. Availability is re-checked against the live DNS root over DNS-over-HTTPS, and a listing that turns out to be registered is removed. Referring domains are counted from our own web crawl, not from a paid link index. 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.
Compare the .io listings on age, referring domain band, named linking sources, site history and Revised Score before choosing one. Browse the featured order here, or use the filters to pivot into the full directory. Search, filters and sort are free, signed in or not.
At a glance
Cite as: “Expired .io domains with backlinks”, Revised, https://getrevised.com/app/expired/tld/io. 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 .io domains with backlinks holds 882 listings. All have expired and are available to register. The median listing has 10 to 50 referring domains, and 3 have 250 or more. Spam-flagged names are filtered out, and 882 (100%) had availability re-checked within 30 days. 872 (98%) carry a link from a tracked university, encyclopedia or news site. Referring domains come from our own web crawl. 274 (31%) 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
- 882
- Free listings
- 274 (31%)
- Median ref. domains
- 10 to 50
- Named sources
- 872 (98%)
- Re-checked, 30 days
- 882 (100%)
- Last updated
- 14 Nov 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How do I find expired .io domains with backlinks?
- Browse this page. Every .io domain listed has expired, is available to register, and has referring domains counted from our web crawl. On Free the names are masked and the metrics are open; the Starter and Business plans show every name. Starter and Business show the name; then register it at any registrar that offers .io.
- How are the .io listings verified?
- Availability is re-checked against the live DNS root over DNS-over-HTTPS, and a listing found to be registered is removed. History comes from archived captures, referring domains from our web crawl, and Revised Score blends both into a 0 to 100 grade computed across the whole directory.
- Are expired .io domains safe to use for SEO?
- Yes, when the site you build continues what the domain was. Google's expired domain abuse policy targets expired domains repurposed to host unrelated content. Read the site history and the category on the listing before you register it, and build something the old links would still make sense pointing at.
