Some ccTLD stats

[mis_chiff]

Received this email from europeregistry, thought this is worth
sharing...
Nice to see numbers going up, can't post the last results as
I lost them when my computer crashed...

112 Million Domain Names Worldwide and Counting

Domain name growth remained strong in the third quarter of 2006 according to Domain Name Industry Brief by Verisign. This is both in terms of total domain names and the number of new registrations.

The quarter ended with 112 million domain names worldwide across all of the Top Level Domain Names (TLDs). This represents a 30 per cent growth over the previous year and a six pe rcent growth over the second quarter of 2006.


40 Million Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs)

At the end of the third quarter of 2006, there were almost 40 million ccTLD names,

Although there are 248 different ccTLD extensions globally, the top ten continue to make up a large portion of those registrations, contributing to 63 per cent of the total.

Domain Amount Registered Country

.de 10.619.770 Germany
.uk 5.614.591 United Kingdom
.eu 2.492.656 European Union
.nl 2.230.804 Netherlands
.it 1.296.583 Italy
.ch 903.669 Belgium
.be 639.159 Swiss
.dk 766.530 Denmark
.fr 735.018 France
.at 710.462 Austria
.pl 578.720 Poland
.se 577.342 Sweden
.es 521.207 Spain
.no 312.527 Norway
.cz 285.788 Czech
.fi 138.876 Finland
.pt 120.441 Portugal
.ie 72.387 Ireland
.cn 1.801.026 China
.us 1.185.709 United States
.br 1.037.242 Brazil
.jp 889.698 Japan
.ca 790.196 Canada
.kr 702.781 Korea
.nz 264.232 New Zealand
.com 62.576.293 Generic
.net 8.874.024 Generic
.org 5.565.550 Generic


Germany really loves their .de :D
Surprised Canada is so low

 

[whitebark]

Those are old numbers for .ca - right at this minute it is 817,671
There has been over 21,000 registered in just the past four weeks. There are only just over 31 million of us Canucks!

The numbers of .nl is surprising to me - there are only 16.5 million Dutchman and Gals!

 

[mis_chiff]

Those are old numbers for .ca - right at this minute it is 817,671

:gl: figures, I always get old news...

There has been over 21,000 registered in just the past four weeks

WOW...why the sudden splurge? Something I'm not aware of? (no doubt) :lol:

 

[whitebark]

WOW...why the sudden splurge? Something I'm not aware of? (no doubt) :lol:

Just hitting critical mass I think - the run is on for the last pickings. There are some nice OVT .ca's left - one in my sig I got last month - ovt 1.8 million!

And a domain for you mis_chiff - canadiangirlskickass.ca! LOL

 

[mis_chiff]

Even the .com is available :lol:

I found some nice 3 letter .ca's still available, my
scanner doesn't pick them up so it's a manual search.

 

[whitebark]

I found some nice 3 letter .ca's still available, my
scanner doesn't pick them up so it's a manual search.

Manual!? Must take forever!

Here is a little something to speed that up:
http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=Downloads&req=viewdownload&cid=1

 

[mis_chiff]

thanks whitebark, I will download that when I get home...

That will definetly save some time :D

 

[jmcc]

Domain Amount Registered Country

.ie 72.387 Ireland

That figure for .ie registrations is old. The current count for .ie is 76016 registered .ie domains as of today. Also the .com figure is around 64M from what I remember. The problem with domain stats is that they change.

Regards...jmcc

 

[mis_chiff]

ok, so it's official...the news I get is always late...:p
I hadn't seen the stats since some time last year!


better late than never "they" say.....
Who are "they" anyway?

 

[Mark]

People always think I'm nuts when I mention .de is second to only .com on regs

It's a huge market - They also like .info's .....

Lets us not forget how many are being reg'd and dropped because of tasting too :p

 

[AdoptableDomains]

Surprised Canada is so low

Canada has about 32 million residents and 790k domains, that's about a 2.4% market penetration. Compare that to 1.1 million domains for 300 million US citizens and you get a market penetration of .4%.

I think a domain or every 40 people is pretty good for .ca. I'm surprised that .us is so low compared to population. I think that says a lot for the future of .us. However, it doesn't take into account that US users love .com and hold many.

 

[mis_chiff]

US users love .com

I've heard that rumour :D

Population vs ccTLD looks better in numbers when you put it that way :gl:
I wonder what the percentage is for those on the internet, per those that aren't?

There's some homework for ya

 

[Damion]

The .eu domains are a little bit offset to

Just checked Eurid and the current status is:

Total number of active domain names 2,598,423

I'm wondering what the numbers will be after 7th of April. One of my registrars i used for .eu domains told me that more and more .eu domains are being registered and the expected drop percentage within their system is far less as they expected.

 

[DomainBuyerBroker]

No mention of .tv. It is technically a country code, right?

 

[seeker]

However, it doesn't take into account that US users love .com and hold many.

Doesnt the entire planet love .coms?
the % ratio is indeed surprisingly low for .us despite less strict requirements than .ca, and so many investors in .us

 

[jmcc]

The .eu domains are a little bit offset to

Just checked Eurid and the current status is:

Total number of active domain names 2,598,423

I'm wondering what the numbers will be after 7th of April. One of my registrars i used for .eu domains told me that more and more .eu domains are being registered and the expected drop percentage within their system is far less as they expected.

Well the .eu domains are auto-renew Damion,
So the registrant, in effect, has to cancel the registration manually or renew it. This is going to cause problems for a lot of registrants who may be unused to this kind of renewal process. I'm just not seeing the natural growth in .eu that I've seen in other TLDs. Then there is the 40 day quarnatine due to the way that .eu is based on the .be system. The real drops won't start to appear until June or so. I've seen aggregators like Ovidio actually cleaning their portfolio and manually deleting some of their more problematic .eu registrations. But in real terms, the .eu registrations are running between 1500 and 3000 a day with an average of about 2000 (at a guess - I'd have to check the historical stats here to give a more precise figure).

Regards...jmcc

 

[Damion]

Yes, the Auto Renew as you mentioned is indeed a cause for unexpected renewals being made.
Interesting question would be how many people are actually so oblivious to this?

 

[jmcc]

Yes, the Auto Renew as you mentioned is indeed a cause for unexpected renewals being made.
Interesting question would be how many people are actually so oblivious to this?

Well I've seen one post on an e-commerce industry mailing list from somone who had registered a few .eu domains wondering if he was being phished. Apparently his registrar sent him the renewal notice with the live link to his account. Unfortunately he posted the live link to the list.

I think that quite a few people will be caught out by the auto-renew thing and it will hit the low end of the speculative market worst. Junk domains that would have been dropped after the first year will be retained for another year. Some of the other TLDs had a two year initial registration which meant that the real patterns of registration and deletion took about three years to become apparent and stablise.

The problem with .eu is that those long term stabilising effects of core business website development are absent. The core of business registrations and use is what gives a TLD its value. For example, .co.uk or .de might have a lot of junk domains but there is also a lot of usage and development. There hasn't been one serious .eu pureplay in over a year of registrations. By pureplay, I mean a high profile, well financed business that makes .eu its primary brand identity.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Damion]

Good point there indeed on the two year registration jmcc

 

[jmcc]

The strange thing is that I've learned more about domaining and what makes a good domain by forensically reconstructing .eu over the past year.

Some of the operators really knew what they were doing in the domains that they've targeted. The rank amateurs among some of the bigger operators are also quite apparent because of the complete lack of preparation. The difference between them would be the difference between an aggregator and a domain taster.

Some of the generic domains really make sense when looked at from a monetisation point of view. The portfolios of other larger players are riddled with stupid tm squats and US placenames and company names.

What is astounding is that there are comparatively so few ADRs. Businesses in EU seem to be concentrating on .com and .cctld as their primary brands.

Regards...jmcc