The DNIB Quarterly Report Q1 2025

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Q1 2025

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The first quarter of 2025 closed with 368.4 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 4.2 million domain name registrations, or 1.1% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024. Domain name registrations increased by 6.1 million, or 1.7%, year over year.

The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 169.8 million domain name registrations in the domain name base at the end of the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 0.8 million domain name registrations, or 0.5% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined decrease of 2.6 million domain name registrations, or 1.5%, year over year. As of March 31, 2025, the .com domain name base totaled 157.2 million domain name registrations and the .net domain name base totaled 12.6 million domain name registrations. New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 10.1 million at the end of the first quarter of 2025, compared to 9.5 million domain name registrations at the end of the first quarter of 2024. The preliminary combined renewal percentage for the .com and .net TLDs is 75.3% for the first quarter of 2025.

Total country-code TLD (ccTLD) domain name registrations were 142.9 million at the end of the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 2.1 million domain name registrations, or 1.5% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024. ccTLDs increased by 3.4 million domain name registrations, or 2.4%, year over year. Available data is insufficient to estimate a combined quarterly renewal percentage across ccTLDs.

Total new generic TLD (ngTLD) domain name registrations were 37.8 million at the end of the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 1.0 million domain name registrations, or 2.6%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2024. ngTLDs increased by 4.5 million domain name registrations, or 13.5%, year over year. The most recent combined renewal percentage estimate for ngTLDs was 34.2%.

Total other legacy generic TLD (gTLD) domain name registrations, not including .com and .net, were 17.9 million at the end of the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 0.4 million domain name registrations, or 2.0%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2024. Other legacy gTLDs increased by 850.6 thousand domain name registrations, or 5.0%, year over year. The most recent combined renewal percentage estimate for other legacy gTLDs was 74.3%.

Top 10 Largest TLDs by Number of Reported Domain Names

As of March 31, 2025, the 10 largest TLDs by number of reported domain names were .com, .cn, .de, .net, .org, .uk, .ru, .nl, .br and .au. For the top 10 TLDs with available data, recent quarterly renewal percentage estimates ranged from 81.4% for .org to 68.3% for .ru.

For each TLD, bar height indicates total registrations and circle diameter indicates quarterly renewal percentage estimate, when available. Source: ZookNIC, Q1 2025; Verisign, Q1 2025; Centralized Zone Data Service, Q1 2025. For further information on The Domain Name Industry Brief methodology, please see https://dnib.com/methodology.

Top 10 Largest ccTLDs by Number of Reported Domain Names

The top 10 ccTLDs, as of March 31, 2025, were .cn, .de, .uk, .ru, .nl, .br, .au, .fr, .in and .eu. As of March 31, 2025, there were 316 global ccTLD extensions delegated in the root zone, including internationalized domain names, with the top 10 ccTLDs comprising 58.3% of all ccTLD domain name registrations. For the top 10 ccTLDs with available data, recent quarterly renewal percentage estimates ranged from 83.4% for .fr to 68.3% for .ru.

For each TLD, bar height indicates total registrations and circle diameter indicates quarterly renewal percentage estimate, when available. Source: ZookNIC, Q1 2025. For further information on The Domain Name Industry Brief methodology, please see https://dnib.com/methodology.

Top 10 Largest gTLDs by Number of Reported Domain Names

The top 10 gTLDs, as of March 31, 2025, were .com, .net, .org, .xyz, .info, .shop, .top, .online, .store and .site. As of March 31, 2025, there were 1,264 extensions delegated in the root zone, including IDNs, with the top 10 gTLDs comprising 89.5% of all gTLD domain name registrations and 54.8% of all TLD registrations. New gTLDs collectively accounted for 10.3% of all TLD registrations as of March 31, 2025. For the top 10 gTLDs, recent quarterly renewal percentage estimates ranged from 81.4% for .org to 13.4% for .shop.

For each TLD, bar height indicates total registrations and circle diameter indicates quarterly renewal percentage estimate. Source: ZookNIC, Q1 2025; Centralized Zone Data Service, Q1 2025. For further information on The Domain Name Industry Brief methodology, please see https://dnib.com/methodology.

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Methodology

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