Verisign Reports 2011 Closed With 225 Million Domain Registrations: .Com/Net Almost 114 Million

Posted on March 8, 2012

Verisign just published its  Domain Name Industry Brief report for the 4th Quarter of 2011.

The fourth quarter of 2011 closed with a base of more than 225 million domain name registrations across all Top Level Domains (TLDs), which represents a 10 percent increase since the fourth quarter of 2010.

The .com and .net TLDs reached 113.8 million names combined at the end of the fourth quarter of 2011, which marks an 8 percent increase in the base over the same quarter in 2010.

New .com and .net registrations totaled 7.9 million during the quarter;  a 4 % increase year-over-year in new registrations.

The increase of 5.9 million domain names equates to a growth rate of 2.7 percent over the third quarter of 2011, and marks the fourth straight quarter with greater than 2%.

Registrations have grown by more than 20.4 million, or 10%, since the fourth quarter of 2010.

The .com and .net Top Level Domains (TLDs) experienced aggregate growth in the fourth quarter, reaching a combined total of 113.8 million names.

A 2% increase in the base over the third quarter of 2011 and an 8% percent increase over the same quarter in 2010.

New .com and .net registrations totaled 7.9 million during the quarter,  a 4% increase year-over-year in new registrations.

The .com/.net renewal rate for the fourth quarter was 73.5 percent, up from 73.3 percent for the third quarter.

Verisign’s average daily Domain Name System (DNS) query load during the quarter was 64 billion, with a peak of 117 billion. Compared to the previous quarter, the daily average increased 8 percent and the peak grew 51 percent.

8 thoughts on “Verisign Reports 2011 Closed With 225 Million Domain Registrations: .Com/Net Almost 114 Million”

  1. Interesting to note that the average DAILY DNS query load was 64 billion with 225 million registrations. That perhaps illustrates attempts to register domains which are already registered and trying variations until some less desirable reg fee alternative is found.

  5. It shows .com and .net has same share in number of domain as they have % in Alexa top 1 million websites, taht are using .com and .net. That also imply the possibility of selling a mediocre .com is not more than a strong .cctld domain.

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