Expired .io domains with backlinks
407 expired .io domains with backlinks, free to browse. Referring domains, verified site history, availability re-checked. Masked until reveal.
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This page lists 407 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 until you reveal them. 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.
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 revealing any of them. 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.
This page lists 407 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 until you reveal them. 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.
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 revealing any of them. 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/market/domains/tld/io. Last updated 4 October 2026. Updated continuously; open listings show the name, the rest need a reveal.
As of 4 October 2026, the Revised directory of expired .io domains with backlinks holds 407 listings. All have expired and are available to register. The median listing has 10 to 50 referring domains. 382 listings (93%) pass a low spam screen, and 407 (100%) had availability re-checked within 30 days. 367 (90%) carry a link from a tracked university, encyclopedia or news site. Referring domains come from our own web crawl. 247 (60%) are open: name and exact counts shown, no reveal, free to take; the rest need a reveal. Search and filters need no account; the free plan reveals 5 masked names a month.
- Listings
- 407
- Open listings
- 247 (60%)
- Median ref. domains
- 10 to 50
- Named sources
- 367 (90%)
- Low spam screen
- 382 (93%)
- Re-checked, 30 days
- 407 (100%)
- Last updated
- 4 Oct 2026
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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. The names are masked and the metrics are open. Reveal a listing to get its 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 reveal it, and build something the old links would still make sense pointing at.