![Tuvalu cashes in on its coveted internet domain name amid rise in online streaming | The World from PRX Tuvalu cashes in on its coveted internet domain name amid rise in online streaming | The World from PRX](https://media.pri.org/s3fs-public/images/2022/01/2022-1-24-tuvalu-twitch-money-domain-3.jpg)
Tuvalu cashes in on its coveted internet domain name amid rise in online streaming | The World from PRX
![TIL that the .tv domain name is actually the country code for Tuvalu, and is the source of a large amount of their GDP (which is the lowest of any country) : TIL that the .tv domain name is actually the country code for Tuvalu, and is the source of a large amount of their GDP (which is the lowest of any country) :](https://external-preview.redd.it/S4Z9f1SvGaF2eNQ3c3lIE-sLM8mByAhq5LystpCr-jM.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=e2a5c8fd936bd840ac7aea962966b8d791a7d6f4)
TIL that the .tv domain name is actually the country code for Tuvalu, and is the source of a large amount of their GDP (which is the lowest of any country) :
![The small island nation Tuvalu with 11.000 inhabitants, earns ~10% of it's total GNI thanks to royalties from their .tv domain name. : r/interestingasfuck The small island nation Tuvalu with 11.000 inhabitants, earns ~10% of it's total GNI thanks to royalties from their .tv domain name. : r/interestingasfuck](https://i.redd.it/4szifp81lzf71.jpg)
The small island nation Tuvalu with 11.000 inhabitants, earns ~10% of it's total GNI thanks to royalties from their .tv domain name. : r/interestingasfuck
![FactBuffet on Twitter: "The country of Tuvalu makes a lot of money from leasing the Internet domain ".tv" https://t.co/orLWJqfeJx" / Twitter FactBuffet on Twitter: "The country of Tuvalu makes a lot of money from leasing the Internet domain ".tv" https://t.co/orLWJqfeJx" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjYI3qrU0AAL2zy.jpg:large)