The number of second-level domains is approaching 200 million.

At the end of the second quarter of 2010, the number of second-level domains on the Internet amounted to 196.3 million. This data was presented in a report by Verisign.

The number of new domain registrations increased by 7% compared to a year ago and by 2% compared to the first quarter of 2010.

After the two most popular international domain zones, .COM and .NET, among geographic domains, the fastest growing registrations were for .DE (Germany), .UK (United Kingdom), and .CN (China). Fourth and fifth place went to .NL (Netherlands) and .EU (European Union).

According to Verisign, DNSSEC (Domain Name Security Establishment) request volumes have increased by 40%.