Expired .io domains with Hacker News backlinks
Updated Part of .io · Hacker News
This page lists 725 expired .io domains linked from Hacker News. Each has expired, is available to register, and has referring domains that survived the original site going offline. That is 2% of the 30,190 Hacker News-linked listings and 79% of the 908 .io listings in the directory. Across the slice, the median listing here has 10 to 50 referring domains; 725 carry at least one named linking source; 725 had their availability re-checked in the last 30 days; 262 are open, with the name already shown; 2 sit in the top band of 250 or more referring domains. Of the 725 with a recorded registration era, 50% were first registered in 2020 to 2024, the largest band, with registrations running from the 2010 to 2014 band to the 2025 to 2029 band.
About this list
The extension decides who can register the name and what it signals to a visitor. Domains here carry a link from Hacker News and sit on .io.
Every 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.
At a glance
Cite as: “Expired .io domains with Hacker News backlinks”, Revised, https://getrevised.com/market/domains/source/hackernews/tld/io. Last updated 6 November 2026. Updated continuously; free listings and paid plans show names; others masked.
As of 6 November 2026, the Revised directory of expired .io domains linked from Hacker News with backlinks holds 725 listings, each linked from a named source in our web crawl. All have expired and are available to register. The median listing has 10 to 50 referring domains, and 2 have 250 or more. Spam-flagged names are filtered out, and 725 (100%) had availability re-checked within 30 days. 725 (100%) carry a link from a tracked university, encyclopedia or news site. Referring domains come from our own web crawl. 262 (36%) 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
- 725
- Free listings
- 262 (36%)
- Median ref. domains
- 10 to 50
- Named sources
- 725 (100%)
- Re-checked, 30 days
- 725 (100%)
- Last updated
- 6 Nov 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many expired .io domains linked from Hacker News are listed?
- 725 at the last count. Every one has expired, is available to register, and has referring domains counted from our web crawl. The count updates as listings are added and as availability re-checks remove names that were registered.
- How are these Hacker News: .io listings verified?
- Availability is re-checked against the live DNS root over DNS-over-HTTPS, history comes from archived captures, and referring domains are counted from our web crawl. A listing found to be registered is removed. Names are masked on Free; Starter and Business show every name, and metrics are open.
- How do I narrow Hacker News: .io further?
- Use the filters to pivot: change the referring domain band, minimum age or Revised Score, or clear the preset to see the whole directory. Compare listings on site history before choosing one, then register the name at any registrar that offers it.
