Domain Names of the World

The Domain Name Industry closed 2007 with more than 153 million domain name registrations worldwide across all of the Top Level Domain Names (TLDs), an increase of nearly 33 million domain name registrations since the close of 2006.

In the last quarter of 2007, the base of domain name registrations grew 27 percent over the fourth quarter of 2006 and fi ve percent over the third quarter of 2007. This growth rate is slightly lower than the rest of the quarters in 2007 but is in line with the traditional seasonal slowing due to the fourth quarter holidays including Christmas and the New Year. The total base of Country Code Top Level Domain Names (ccTLDs) was 58 million, a 33 percent increase year over year and a six percent increase quarter over quarter. Across all of the gTLDs and ccTLDs, .com has the highest base followed by .de (Germany), .net and .cn (China). The fi fth spot is shared by .uk (United Kingdom) and .org. with approximately the same size base of domain name registrations.

New registrations in the fourth quarter of 2007 came in at just over four million domain name registrations per month to total approximately 12.2 million new domain names. New registrations grew by four percent quarter over quarter and by fi ve percent year over year.

The composition of the domain name industry and rank order in terms of base size remained relatively constant. The largest TLDs in terms of base size were .com, .de, .net, .cn, .uk, .org, .info, .eu (European Union), .biz and .mobi.

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