205 million domain names in the world

According to the company's 2010 Domain Name Industry Brief, the number of domain names in all domain zones increased by 3.5 million in the last quarter of 2010. By the beginning of 2011, their number had already reached 205 million. In the fourth quarter of 2010, the growth in the number of domain names was 1.7%.

There are 80.1 million domain names registered in national domain zones. In the fourth quarter, the national domains of Poland, Australia, Canada, and Switzerland, which are among the top 20 largest, grew by 4%. Thus, Poland and Australia have caught up with the domains of Russia and the United States, which have been growing at rates exceeding 20% ​​for several years now. 61% of all registrations are accounted for by the top ten most popular ccTLDs:

1. DE (Germany)

2. UK (Great Britain)

3. CN (China)

4. NL (Netherlands)

5. EU (European Union)

6. RU (Russian Federation)

7. AR (Argentina)

8. BR (Brazil)

9. IT (Italy)

10. PL (Poland)

In the fourth quarter of 2010, the number of .COM and .NET domains increased by 7.6 million. Today, there are 105.2 million domain names ending in .COM and .NET. ORG is the fourth most popular top-level domain. Thus, the top ten largest top-level domains include COM, DE, NET, ORG, UK, INFO, CN, NL, EU, and RU.