.COM and .NET Breakdown
The .COM and .NET TLDs had a combined total of approximately 151.7 million domain name registrations in the domain name base[3] at the end of the third quarter of 2018, an increase of approximately 2.0 million domain name registrations, or 1.3 percent, compared to the second quarter of 2018. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined increase of approximately 5.9 million domain name registrations, or 4.0 percent, year over year. As of Sept. 30, 2018, the .com domain name base totaled approximately 137.6 million domain name registrations, while the .net domain name base totaled approximately 14.1 million domain name registrations.
New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled approximately 9.5 million at the end of the third quarter of 2018, compared to 8.9 million domain name registrations at the end of the third quarter of 2017.
TLD Breakdown
As of Sept. 30, 2018, the largest TLDs were:
ccTLD Breakdown
Total country-code TLD (ccTLD) domain name registrations were approximately 149.3 million at the end of the third quarter of 2018, a decrease of approximately 0.5 million domain name registrations, or 0.3 percent, compared to the second quarter of 2018. ccTLDs increased by approximately 4.6 million domain name registrations, or 3.2 percent, year over year. The top 10 ccTLDs, as of Sept. 30, 2018, were:
New gTLD Breakdown
Total new gTLDs (ngTLDs) domain name registrations were approximately 23.4 million at the end of the third quarter of 2018, an increase of approximately 1.6 million domain name registrations, or 7.5 percent, compared to the second quarter of 2018. ngTLDs increased by approximately 2.3 million domain name registrations, or 10.9 percent, year over year. The top 10 ngTLDs represented 52.6 percent of all ngTLD domain name registrations. The following chart shows ngTLD domain name registrations as a percentage of overall TLD domain name registrations, of which they represent 6.8 percent, as well as the top 10 ngTLDs as a percentage of all ngTLD domain name registrations for the third quarter of 2018.
For more domain stats from the third quarter of 2018, check out the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief .
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