The DNIB Quarterly Report Q3 2024

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Q3 2024

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The third quarter of 2024 closed with 362.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), a decrease of 0.1 million domain name registrations, or less than 0.05%, compared to the second quarter of 2024. Domain name registrations increased by 3.0 million, or 0.8%, year over year.

The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 169.6 million domain name registrations in the domain name base at the end of the third quarter of 2024, a decrease of 1.1 million domain name registrations, or 0.6%, compared to the second quarter of 2024. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined decrease of 4.4 million domain name registrations, or 2.5%, year over year. As of Sept. 30, 2024, the .com domain name base totaled 156.7 million domain name registrations and the .net domain name base totaled 12.9 million domain name registrations. New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 9.3 million at the end of the third quarter of 2024, compared to 9.9 million domain name registrations at the end of the third quarter of 2023. The preliminary combined renewal percentage for the .com and .net TLDs is 72.3% for the third quarter of 2024.

Total country-code TLD (ccTLD) domain name registrations were 140.1 million at the end of the third quarter of 2024, an increase of 0.1 million domain name registrations, or less than 0.05%, compared to the second quarter of 2024. ccTLDs increased by 2.0 million domain name registrations, or 1.4%, 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 35.4 million at the end of the third quarter of 2024, an increase of 0.8 million domain name registrations, or 2.4%, compared to the second quarter of 2024. ngTLDs increased by 5.2 million domain name registrations, or 17.4%, year over year. The most recent combined renewal percentage estimate for ngTLDs was 35.7%.

Total other legacy generic TLD (gTLD) domain name registrations, not including .com and .net, were 17.3 million at the end of the third quarter of 2024, an increase of 0.1 million domain name registrations, or 0.6%, compared to the second quarter of 2024. Other legacy gTLDs increased by 0.2 million domain name registrations, or 1.3%, year over year. The most recent combined renewal percentage estimate for other legacy gTLDs was 85.2%.

Top 10 Largest TLDs by Number of Reported Domain Names

As of Sept. 30, 2024, 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 88.4% for .org to 72.2% for .com.

For each TLD, bar height indicates total registrations and circle diameter indicates quarterly renewal percentage estimate, when available. Source: ZookNIC, Q3 2024; Verisign, Q3 2024; Centralized Zone Data Service, Q3 2024. 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 Sept. 30, 2024, were .cn, .de, .uk, .ru, .nl, .br, .au, .fr, .in and .eu. As of Sept. 30, 2024, there were 316 global ccTLD extensions delegated in the root zone, including internationalized domain names (IDNs), with the top 10 ccTLDs comprising 58.6% 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 75.8% for .ru.

For each TLD, bar height indicates total registrations and circle diameter indicates quarterly renewal percentage estimate, when available. 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 Sept. 30, 2024, were .com, .net, .org, .xyz, .info, .shop, .online, .top, .store and .site. As of Sept. 30, 2024, there were 1,264 extensions delegated in the root zone, including IDNs, with the top 10 gTLDs comprising 89.9% of all gTLD domain name registrations and 55.2% of all TLD registrations. New gTLDs collectively accounted for 9.8% of all TLD registrations as of Sept. 30, 2024. For the top 10 gTLDs, recent quarterly renewal percentage estimates ranged from 88.4% for .org to 14.8% for .top.

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Methodology

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