Internet grows to 354.7 million domain registrations in second quarter

Internet grows to 354.7 million domain name registrations in the second quarter of 2019

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of domain name registry services and internet infrastructure, has released that the second quarter of 2019 closed with 354.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 2.9 million domain name registrations, or 0.8 per cent, compared to the first quarter of 2019. Domain name registrations have grown by 14.9 million, or 4.4 per cent, on-year.

The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 156.1 million registrations in the domain name base at the end of the second quarter of 2019, an increase of 1.3 million registrations, or 0.9 per cent, compared to the first quarter of 2019. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined increase of 6.4 million domain name registrations, or 4.3 per cent, on-year. As of June 30, 2019, the .com domain name base totalled 142.5 million, while the .net domain name base totalled 13.6 million registrations.

New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 10.3 million at the end of the second quarter of 2019, compared to the 9.6 million at the end of the second quarter of 2018.

The list of largest TLDs

Besides, total country-code TLD (ccTLD) domain name registrations stood at 158.7 million at the end of the second quarter, an increase of 1.9 million, or 1.2 per cent, compared to the first quarter. ccTLDs increased by 8.9 million registrations, or 6.0 per cent, on-year.

The top 10 ccTLDs, as of June 30, 2019

Total new gTLDs (ngTLDs) domain name registrations were 23.0 million at the end of the second quarter, an increase of 0.1 million, or 0.4 per cent, compared to the first quarter. ngTLDs increased by 1.3 million, or 5.9 per cent, on-year. The top 10 ngTLDs represented 53.8 per cent of all ngTLD domain name registrations.

The top 10 ngTLDs as a percentage of all ngTLD domain name registrations for the second quarter of 2019

Verisign, a global provider of domain name registry services and internet infrastructure, enables internet navigation for many of the world’s most recognised domain names. Verisign enables the security, stability, and resiliency of key internet infrastructure and services, including 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.