The Domain Name Industry closed 2009 with more than 192 million domain name registrations across all of the Top Level Domain Names (TLDs), an increase of nearly 15 million domain name registrations since the end of 2008.
In terms of total registrations, .com continues to have the highest base followed by .cn (China), .de (Germany), .net, .uk (United Kingdom), .org, .info, .nl (Netherlands), .eu (European Union), and .ru (Russia).
The last quarter of 2009 ended with 78.6 million ccTLD domain name registrations, an increase of nearly 7.5 million domain name registrations since the end of 2008.
There are more than 240 ccTLD extensions globally, with the top 10 ccTLDs comprising 66% of the total number of ccTLD registrations.
There was notable growth among several of the top 25 largest ccTLDs, principally: Russian Federation (.ru), Brazil (.br), Australia (.au), France (.fr), and Poland (.pl). Five ccTLDs surpassed the 20% mark for year over year growth including .ru (37%), .br (27%), .pl (26%), .au (23%) and .fr (23%). The .cn, which had been experiencing remarkable growth as high as 467%, slowed its growth and ended the fourth quarter with a 1% decline.
However, the Chinese ccTLD, .cn, regained its position as the largest ccTLD in terms of the total base of domain name registrations, with .de and .uk as the next largest ccTLDs. Year over year, .uk’s growth rate topped the list at 11%. Together, the bases of domain name registrations for these three ccTLDs represented 44% of all ccTLD domain name registrations.
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