|
Domain
statistics
Worldwide domain registration
(last updated October, 2001).
| gTLD's |
|
(Generic
Top Level Domains) |
| .com |
|
22,373,097 |
| .net |
|
4,244,092 |
|
.org |
|
2,688,657 |
| ccTLD's |
|
(Country
code Top Level Domains) (eg.co.uk) |
| .co.uk |
|
2,851,000 |
| .org.uk
|
|
199,571 |
| Total
worldwide domain registration |
| Total
|
|
36,128,653
|
Total
.com domain names registered by quarter
1996 through Q2 2000
Longer domains create new opportunities.
Since January 2000 domain name length
has increased from a maximum of 26 to 67 characters and
businesses are already showing substantial interest in
longer domain names (92% of long domain names are used
by businesses, while only 8% are used by consumers).
The chart below shows that registration
rates for long domain names (more than 22 characters preceding
the .com. net or .org).
|
|
Longer
domains names 2000
|
|
| |
|
| |
 Volume
of long domain names |
| |
|
| |
Forcast
volume of long domain names |
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| Register
a new domain that includes your key words, such
as www.total-registrations-the -domain-registrar.com
and direct it to your existing site ie www.totalregistration.com
and search engines may find your site more readily
than if you were simply using meta-tagging. In doing
so, you could well receive more hits and thus gain
an edge over your competitors. |
|
International
Top 20 Rankings
All Time (outside U.S.) Top 20 International Cities through
August 2000
All Time Domain Names Registered.
| Rank |
International
City |
International
country |
| 1 |
Soeul |
KOREA |
| 2 |
London |
UNITED
KINGDOM |
| 3 |
Toronto |
CANADA |
| 4 |
Hong
Kong |
HONG
KONG |
| 5 |
Paris |
FRANCE |
| 6 |
Tokyo |
JAPAN |
| 7 |
Vancouver |
CANADA |
| 8 |
Madrid |
SPAIN |
| 9 |
Singapore |
SINGAPORE |
| 10 |
Calgary |
CANADA |
| 11 |
Barcelona |
SPAIN |
| 12 |
Stockholm |
SWEDEN |
| 13 |
Montreal |
CANADA |
| 14 |
Amsterdam |
NETHERLANDS |
| 15 |
Munich |
GERMANY |
| 16 |
Milano |
ITALY |
|
Rank
|
International
Country
|
|
1
|
UNITED
KINGDOM
|
|
2
|
CANADA
|
|
3
|
KOREA
|
|
4
|
GERMANY
|
|
5
|
FRANCE
|
|
6
|
ITALY
|
|
7
|
JAPAN
|
|
8
|
SPAIN
|
|
9
|
NETHERLANDS
|
|
10
|
COLOMBIA
|
|
11
|
CHINA
|
|
12
|
SWEDEN
|
|
13
|
INDIA
|
|
14
|
AUSTRALIA
|
|
15
|
HONG
KONG
|
|
16
|
SWITZERLAND
|
|
17
|
BELGIUM
|
|
18
|
NORWAY
|
|
19
|
BRAZIL
|
|
20
|
SINGAPORE
|
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