discuss .COM vs .Net vs .Info domain counts

[garptrader]

Per Hosterstats.com (very useful for tracking history (December) of domain registrations)...

Note that .COM registration growth has continued every year while the launch of hundreds of new TLDs does seem to have affected speculation in .Net and .Info.

.Info
2011 - 8.25 million registrations
2012 - 7.2 million
2013 - 5.9 million
2014 - 5.5 million
2015 - 5.1 million
2016 - 5.4 million
2017 - 6.3 million
2018 - 4.9 million

.Net
2011 - 14.3 million registrations
2012 - 14.9 million
2013 - 15.2 million
2014 - 15.0 million
2015 - 15.7 million
2016 - 15.6 million
2017 - 14.4 million
2018 - 13.8 million

.COM
2011 - 98.9 million registrations
2012 - 105.8 million
2013 - 111.5 million
2014 - 115.2 million
2015 - 122.7 million
2016 - 127.1 million
2017 - 130.5 million
2018 - 137.1 million