Global Domain Registrations Reach 362.3 Million by Q3 2024, Reports DNIB.com

DNIB.com Reports Internet Has 362.3 Million Domain Name Registrations at the End of the Third Quarter of 2024

October 28, 2024,Reston, Va., United States : 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 third quarter of 2024 closed with 362.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), a decrease of 0.1 million domain name registrations, or less than 0.05%, compared to the second quarter of 2024. Domain name registrations increased by 3.0 million, or 0.8%, year over year.

The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 169.6 million domain name registrations in the domain name base at the end of the third quarter of 2024, a decrease of 1.1 million domain name registrations, or 0.6%, compared to the second quarter of 2024. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined decrease of 4.4 million domain name registrations, or 2.5%, year over year. As of Sept. 30, 2024, the .com domain name base totaled 156.7 million domain name registrations and the .net domain name base totaled 12.9 million domain name registrations.

New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 9.3 million at the end of the third quarter of 2024, compared to 9.9 million domain name registrations at the end of the third quarter of 2023.

Total country-code TLD (ccTLD) domain name registrations were 140.1 million at the end of the third quarter of 2024, an increase of 0.1 million domain name registrations, or less than 0.05%, compared to the second quarter of 2024. ccTLDs increased by 2.0 million domain name registrations, or 1.4%, year over year. The top 10 ccTLDs, as of Sept. 30, 2024, were .cn, .de, .uk, .ru, .nl, .br, .au, .fr, .in and .eu.

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