information Verisign data shows new gTLDs drive almost three quarters of Q2 growth

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The domain universe increased to 334.6 million names at the end of June, according to the latest DNIB, which was published (pdf) last week.

That’s a 8.2 million increase on the 326.4 million it reported in its Q1 DNIB report (pdf).

That’s the biggest contribution new gTLDs have made to growth in any quarter to date.

Meanwhile, .com and .net combined contributed just 700,000 domains to growth and .net actually shrunk by 100,000 names, its first dip since Q1 2015....

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