Verisign the global registry operator for .com and .net, has published its September 2008 Domain Name Industry Brief.
Some report highlights:
By mid 2008 there were 168 million domain name registrations across all of the Top Level Domain Names (TLDs).
Domain registrations increased four percent over the first quarter of 2008 and grew 22 percent over the same quarter last year.
The base of Country Code Top Level Domain Names (ccTLDs) totaled 65 million domain names. Country Code Top Level Domain Names had a four percent increase quarter over quarter and a 27 percent increase year over year.
In terms of total domain name registrations, .com has the highest base followed by .de (Germany), .cn (China), and .net.
Rounding out the list of largest TLDs, .uk and .org had approximately the same number of registrations.
Domain Industry Registration Growth:
The number of new domain name registrations across all TLDs in the second quarter of 2008 was 11.7 million.
This represented a decline of new registrations by 18 percent from a very strong first quarter and eight percent from second quarter 2007, driven largely by a decline in Country Code Top Level Domain growth.
The decrease in domain name registrations reflects seasonal slowing historically seen in the second quarter.
“The composition of the domain name industry and rank order in terms of base size remained relatively constant with the largest TLDs remaining in the same rank order.”
Domain Registration Statistics
The top ten largest Top Level Domains in terms of base size according to Verisign were:
1) .com
2) .de
3) .cn
4) .net
5) .uk
6) .org
7) .info
8 ) .nl (The Netherlands)
9) .eu (European Union)
10) .biz
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