example.com is a reserved domain name set aside by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for documentation purposes. It has been available as an example URL for developers and writers since the late nineties.
While the overall messaging of the page has been consistent over time, the visual appearance has received several major overhauls.
In this article, we take a look at the recent changes as well as the evolution of example.com over the last 20+ years.
Until 28 September 2026, example.com was a static English-language page. The redesign introduces multi-language support using JavaScript, showing the content in a new language every 5 seconds.
