RESTON, Va. - Thursday, 11. July 2024 AETOSWire
(BUSINESS
WIRE) -- VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of critical
internet infrastructure and domain name registry services, today
announced that, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief
Quarterly Report from DNIB.com, the first quarter of 2024 closed with
362.4 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains
(TLDs), an increase of 2.5 million domain name registrations, or 0.7%,
compared to the fourth quarter of 2023. Domain name registrations also
increased by 7.5 million, or 2.1%, year over year.
The .com and
.net TLDs had a combined total of 172.5 million domain name
registrations in the domain name base at the end of the first quarter of
2024, a decrease of 0.3 million domain name registrations, or 0.2%,
compared to the fourth quarter of 2023. The .com and .net TLDs had a
combined decrease of 2.3 million domain name registrations, or 1.3%,
year over year. As of March 31, 2024, the .com domain name base totaled
159.4 million domain name registrations and the .net domain name base
totaled 13.1 million domain name registrations.
New .com and .net
domain name registrations totaled 9.5 million at the end of the first
quarter of 2024, compared to 10.3 million domain name registrations at
the end of the first quarter of 2023.
Total country-code TLD
(ccTLD) domain name registrations were 139.5 million at the end of the
first quarter of 2024, an increase of 1.2 million domain name
registrations, or 0.9%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2023. ccTLDs
increased by 3.7 million domain name registrations, or 2.7%, year over
year. The top 10 ccTLDs, as of March 31, 2024, were .cn, .de, .uk, .ru,
.nl, .br, .au, .fr, .in, and .eu.
Starting with the Q1 2024
report, the DNIB Quarterly Report now includes new information on
quarterly renewal percentages for all TLDs, as available, summary
information on legacy gTLDs other than .com and .net and expanded
analysis of all gTLDs as a group, while continuing to offer key
statistics on legacy and new gTLDs.
Information about the
statistical methodology used in creating the Domain Name Industry Brief
Quarterly Report and DNIB.com’s dashboards is available here.
About DNIB.com
DNIB.com,
sponsored by Verisign, provides global statistical and analytical
research and data on the domain name industry, plus analyses of key
policy, security, and technology trends. The latest Domain Name Industry
Brief Quarterly Report, previous reports, and interactive dashboards
with expanded domain name industry data are all available at DNIB.com.
About Verisign
Verisign
(NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of critical internet infrastructure
and domain name registry services, enables internet navigation for many
of the world’s most recognized domain names. Verisign helps enable the
security, stability, and resiliency of the Domain Name System and the
internet by providing root zone maintainer services, operating two of
the 13 global internet root servers, and providing registration services
and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net top-level domains,
which support the majority of global e-commerce. To learn more please
visit verisign.com.
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