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RESTON, VA – According to the latest VeriSign Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report from DNIB.com, the fourth quarter of 2024 concluded with 364.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs). This represents an increase of 2.0 million registrations, or 0.5%, compared to the third quarter of 2024, and a year-over-year growth of 4.4 million registrations, or 1.2%.
The combined total of .com and .net TLDs reached 169.0 million domain name registrations by the end of the fourth quarter, reflecting a decrease of 0.5 million registrations, or 0.3%, from the previous quarter, and a year-over-year decline of 3.7 million registrations, or 2.1%. As of December 31, 2024, the .com domain held 156.3 million registrations, while .net accounted for 12.7 million. Notably, new .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 9.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, up from 9.0 million in the same period of 2023.
Country-code TLDs (ccTLDs) saw a total of 140.8 million domain name registrations at the end of the fourth quarter, marking an increase of 0.8 million registrations, or 0.6%, from the third quarter of 2024, and a year-over-year rise of 2.5 million registrations, or 1.8%. The top 10 ccTLDs as of December 31, 2024, were .cn (China), .de (Germany), .uk (United Kingdom), .ru (Russia), .nl (Netherlands), .br (Brazil), .au (Australia), .fr (France), .in (India), and .eu (European Union).
In the realm of new generic TLDs (ngTLDs), there were 36.8 million domain name registrations by the end of the fourth quarter, an increase of 1.4 million registrations, or 4.0%, compared to the third quarter of 2024, and a significant year-over-year growth of 5.0 million registrations, or 15.9%.
This data confirms that while overall domain name registrations grew, .com domains specifically experienced a decline in total numbers. However, new .com and .net domain registrations did increase slightly from 9.0 million in Q4 2023 to 9.5 million in Q4 2024. This suggests that while new registrations are still happening, the rate of expirations or deletions has outpaced new growth for these legacy domains.
About The Author: John Colascione is Chief Executive Officer of SEARCHEN NETWORKS®. He specializes in Website Monetization, is a Google AdWords Certified Professional, authored a how-to book called ”Mastering Your Website‘, and is a key player in several online businesses.
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