Web adds more domain names in Q1.
April started with approximately 209.8 million domain names registered according to VeriSign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief (pdf). That means the base of registered domain names grew by 4.5 million in the first quarter.
The company says there are a combined 108 million .com and .net domain names registered. I suspect we’ll see some huge PR as the base of .com domain names approaches 100 million.
VeriSign estimates there are 81.7 million country code domain names.
The .Com and .Net registration base is increasing at a faster clip than ccTLDs.
In terms of rankings, .uk moved up a spot to be the fourth largest TLD, surpassing .org. China’s .cn dropped from seventh to ninth as a continued result of higher registration prices and hefty registration restrictions.
Germany’s .de remains the biggest country code domain name.
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