The number of domain names in the .Net zone file fell below 15 Million as of the last update by Verisign
There are now officially 14,998,816 .Net domain registered.
.Net first passed the 15 million mark in August 2013.
At the end of the first quarter of 2014 (March 31st 2014) there were around 15.2 million registrations according to Verisign.
However the reduction in .Net domains which were generally regarded with .Org as the new best choice to a .Com was expected with the launched of hundred of other new choices otherwise known as gTLD’s.
In 2014 .info feel below 5.5 million registrations, .Org fell below 10.5 million registrations, .Biz fell below 2.5 million registrations (actually under 2.4); .US fell below 1.8 million.
On the other hand .Com gained around 3.3 million domain registrations in 2014 which compares to around a little less than the 3.7 million total registrations in the new gTLD space in 2014, but with many of those being given away for free or registered to the new gTLD registries themselves or parties related to the registry.
The last time we backed out the free domains and registry/related registration new gTLD domain names, we came to a number close to 2.7 million (which was when total number of new gTLD registrars were at 3.5 Million) which would be below the number of .com domains registered in 2014
Is there some way to find out how many domain names are registered under extensions handled by CentralNIC? They are public trading company, so I hope such information should be somewhere available.
.net are registered as a second choice/blocking move rather than as a prime choice,IMHO . Domaining can sometimes be a bit like playing “Draughts” I think, especially with the new tlds.
in the end dot net is just 1 off thousands of non dot coms – no better – no worse
Really? Make a list of the pros and cons
for .NET versus .ENTERPRISES
or .NET versus .OOO
or .NET versus .HORSE
Tell me that they tally up the same!
In terms of familiarity, authority, and especially versatility, I think .NET is considerably better than all but perhaps 1 of the nTLDs. Specific brand and specific applications may find some nTLD a good fit. But that nTLD doesn’t offer everything .NET offers. So to say that .NET is just like .PRODUCTIONS, .FEEDBACK, .XYZ, or .NINJA – “no better, no worse” – is stretching credulity.
I see what you’re saying … Second choices are all not first choices. But not all second choices are equal! And .NET isn’t always the second choice. Believe it or not, I’ve offered a matching .COM to someone with a developed .NET domain … doing so 100% for FREE … and been rejected. (The guy turned out to be real jerk, but he preferred .NET as a representation of his IT / tech leanings. Right or wrong, he did.)
@Joseph Peterson I have got to agree, that .net is better than almost all of the new tlds. That said ,it is still a definate underling to .com If I reg a good .com I almost always reg the .net at same time just to block someone taking it ,and also can then offer pair.
whether your sister has lipstick on or not – it is still like kissing your sister.
.000 !!!!!!
That would make registering .COM – what? – kissing your mother? Father? Would that be without lipstick?
Brilliant reasoning.
@Joseph Peterson
So as clearly a DOT NET bigot – you are feeling squeezed on the bunny hill next to the 14,000 foot dot com peak??
I’m a bigot? For suggesting that .NET – although not in .COM’s dominant position – is preferable to some other TLDs?
Would that bigotry were all so tame!
No, I’m not feeling squeezed. Compared to .NET, I own a higher proportion of .COM domains.
But I do own Bigoted.net, as a matter of fact. When I begin cataloguing the internet’s various bigots, maybe I’ll open a category for obnoxious domainers.
OMG –
Another Robert “.co” Cline