The ORG domain: 25 years and 8 million names

A few days ago, the .COM domain zone, the first domain zone of the modern Internet, celebrated its 25th anniversary. This year also marks the anniversary of other domains that emerged immediately after .COM: NET, ORG, INT, EDU, GOV, MIL, and ARPA.

The ORG domain celebrated its 25th anniversary with a milestone registration – it recently registered its 8 millionth domain name. This domain was created specifically for non-profit organizations. Its purpose remains the same today as it did 25 years ago.

ORG registrations grew 8.4% last year. It is one of the top three gTLD domains, behind only .COM and .NET. Among all domain extensions, ORG ranks sixth, behind China's .CN, Germany's .DE, and the United Kingdom's .UK.

Let us remind you that it recently became known that in the ORG domain zone there will be for the first timebe usedhigher level of security through the use of the DNSSEC system.