Internet Grows to 362.3 Million Domain Name Registrations at the End of the Fourth Quarter of 2019
March 10 2020 - 4:47PM
Business Wire
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of domain name
registry services and internet infrastructure, today announced that
the fourth quarter of 2019 closed with 362.3 million domain name
registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of
2.4 million domain name registrations, or 0.7 percent, compared to
the third quarter of 2019.1,2 Domain name registrations have grown
by 13.5 million, or 3.9 percent, year over year.1,2
The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 158.8 million
domain name registrations in the domain name base3 at the end of
the fourth quarter of 2019, an increase of 1.5 million domain name
registrations, or 0.9 percent, compared to the third quarter of
2019. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined increase of 5.9 million
domain name registrations, or 3.9 percent, year over year. As of
Dec. 31, 2019, the .com domain name base totaled 145.4 million
domain name registrations, and the .net domain name base totaled
13.4 million domain name registrations.
New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 10.3 million
at the end of the fourth quarter of 2019, compared to 9.5 million
domain name registrations at the end of the fourth 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 fourth 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 and ccTLD data cited in the brief:
(i) includes ccTLD Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), (ii) is
an estimate as of the time the brief was developed and (iii) is
subject to change as more complete data is received. Some numbers
in the brief may reflect standard rounding. 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 TLD 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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