Simone Catania published a very long and detailed post on CircleID about how predictions or sentiments with regards to their 2025 Survey took shape.
Did 2025 live up to expectations?
Going into 2025, survey respondents were cautiously optimistic:
- Almost 40% expected their domain registration activity to increase in 2025
- 24% expected a contraction, with about 10% predicting a significant decrease
Their expectations were shaped by a visible cooling in 2024, when global domain registrations grew by only about 1.2%, reaching roughly 364.3 million domains at the beginning of 2025. New gTLDs were the clear growth segment, expanding by around 15.9% YoY to 36.8 million domains, while legacy gTLDs stagnated and ccTLDs grew only modestly. Within the new gTLD space,.xyz, .shop, .online and .top each reach roughly 8—10% market share within their segment, underlining their role as key growth drivers.
You can read the full article on CircleID