Internet Grows to 366.8 Million Domain Name Registrations at the End of the First Quarter of 2020
May 28 2020 - 4:45PM
Business Wire
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of domain name
registry services and internet infrastructure, today announced that
the first quarter of 2020 closed with 366.8 million domain name
registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of
4.5 million domain name registrations, or 1.2 percent, compared to
the fourth quarter of 2019.1,2 Domain name registrations have grown
by 14.9 million, or 4.2 percent, year over year.1,2
The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 160.7 million
domain name registrations in the domain name base3 at the end of
the first quarter of 2020, an increase of 1.8 million domain name
registrations, or 1.1 percent, compared to the fourth quarter of
2019. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined increase of 5.9 million
domain name registrations, or 3.8 percent, year over year. As of
March 31, 2020, the .com domain name base totaled 147.3 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 10.0 million
at the end of the first quarter of 2020, compared to 9.8 million
domain name registrations at the end of the first quarter of
2019.
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 first quarter
2020 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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2 The 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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