.Org Grows By 7.6% in 1st 6 Months of 2010 To 8.5 Million Domain Names

The .Org registry released its bi-annual domain name report, “The Dashboard,” today and reported a higher growth rate for .Org domain names for the first six months of 2010, than .com or .net.

The .ORG domain grew by 7.6%, more than doubling last year’s first half gain of 3.2%.

This increase in registrations has brought .ORG’s total domains under management to 8.5 million.

The “Dashboard”  other key findings:

• .ORG surpassed the growth of the two largest gTLDs — .COM and .NET — by posting a growth rate of 7.6%.

• 77.1% of organizations renewed .ORG domains for 1 to 3 years — an increase of 4% over 2009

• .ORG realized a 16.5% growth in the first half of 2010 for New Creates, staying on par with results posted from .COM and .NET.

• A .ORG content analysis showed that healthcare and education related domains had the most significant growth for 2010, increasing 6 percent and 13.6 percent respectively since 2009.

• North America and European Union (EU) continue to represent the regions with the most significant .ORG registrations, though China grew from 2 percent to 4 percent, and the Netherlands grew 1 percent to 3 percent in 2010.

You can read the full report here (pdf)