Internet Grows to 354.7 Million Domain Name Registrations in the Second Quarter of 2019
August 29 2019 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of domain name
registry services and internet infrastructure, today announced 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 percent, compared to
the first quarter of 2019.1,2 Domain name registrations have grown
by 14.9 million, or 4.4 percent, year over year.1,2
The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 156.1 million
domain name registrations in the domain name base3 at the end of
the second quarter of 2019, an increase of 1.3 million domain name
registrations, or 0.9 percent, 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 percent, year over year. As of
June 30, 2019, the .com domain name base totaled 142.5 million
domain name registrations, while the .net domain name base totaled
13.6 million domain name registrations.
New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 10.3 million
at the end of the second quarter of 2019, compared to 9.6 million
domain name registrations at the end of the second quarter of
2018.
Verisign publishes the Domain Name Industry Brief to provide
internet users throughout the world with statistical and analytical
research and data on the domain name industry. The second quarter
2019 Domain Name Industry Brief, as well as previous reports, can
be obtained at Verisign.com/DNIB.
About Verisign
Verisign, a global provider of domain name registry services and
internet infrastructure, enables internet navigation for many of
the world’s most recognized 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. To learn more about what it means to be Powered by
Verisign, please visit Verisign.com.
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1 The figure(s) includes domain names in the .tk ccTLD. .tk is a
free ccTLD that provides free domain names to individuals and
businesses. Revenue is generated by monetizing expired domain
names. Domain names no longer in use by the registrant or expired
are taken back by the registry and the residual traffic is sold to
advertising networks. As such, there are no deleted .tk domain
names.
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2The generic top-level domain (gTLD) and ccTLD data cited in the
brief: (i) includes ccTLD Internationalized Domain Names, (ii) is
an estimate as of the time the brief was developed and (iii) is
subject to change as more complete data is received.
3 The domain name base is the active zone plus the number of
domain names that are registered but not configured for use in the
respective Top-Level Domain zone file plus the number of domain
names that are in a client or server hold status. The .com and .net
domain name registration figures are as reported in Verisign’s most
recent SEC filings.
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