DNIB.com Reports Internet Has 364.3 Million Domain Name Registrations at the End of the Fourth Quarter of 2024
07 February 2025 - 9:19AM
Business Wire
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of critical
internet infrastructure and domain name registry services, today
announced that, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief
Quarterly Report from DNIB.com, the fourth quarter of 2024 closed
with 364.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level
domains (TLDs), an increase of 2.0 million domain name
registrations, or 0.5% compared to the third quarter of 2024.
Domain name registrations also increased by 4.4 million, or 1.2%,
year over year.
The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 169.0 million
domain name registrations in the domain name base at the end of
fourth quarter of 2024, a decrease of 0.5 million domain name
registrations, or 0.3% compared to the third quarter of 2024. The
.com and .net TLDs had a combined decrease of 3.7 million domain
name registrations, or 2.1%, year over year. As of Dec. 31, 2024,
the .com domain name base totaled 156.3 million domain name
registrations and the .net domain name base totaled 12.7 million
domain name registrations. New .com and .net domain name
registrations totaled 9.5 million at the end of the fourth quarter
of 2024, compared to 9.0 million domain name registrations at the
end of the fourth quarter of 2023.
Total country-code TLD (ccTLD) domain name registrations were
140.8 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase
of 0.8 million domain name registrations, or 0.6% compared to the
third quarter of 2024. ccTLDs increased by 2.5 million domain name
registrations, or 1.8%, year over year. The top 10 ccTLDs, as of
Dec. 31, 2024, were .cn, .de, .uk, .ru, .nl, .br, .au, .fr, .in,
and .eu.
Information about the statistical methodology used in creating
the Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report and DNIB.com’s
dashboards is available here.
About DNIB.com
DNIB.com, sponsored by Verisign, provides global statistical and
analytical research and data on the domain name industry, plus
analyses of key policy, security, and technology trends. The latest
Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report, previous reports, and
interactive dashboards with expanded domain name industry data are
all available at DNIB.com.
About Verisign
Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of critical internet
infrastructure and domain name registry services, enables internet
navigation for many of the world’s most recognized domain names.
Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of
the Domain Name System and the internet by providing root zone
maintainer services, operating two of the 13 global internet root
servers, and providing registration services and authoritative
resolution for the .com and .net top-level domains, which support
the majority of global e-commerce. To learn more please visit
verisign.com.
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