DNIB.com reports the Internet had 356.6 million domain name registrations at the end of Q2 2023

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of domain name registration services and Internet infrastructure, today announced that, according to the latest Quarterly Domain Industry Briefing from DNIB. com, Q2 2023 closed with 356.6 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 1.7 million domain name registrations, or 0.5%, compared to with the first quarter of 2023. Domain name registrations also increased by 4.3 million, or 1.2%, compared to the same period last year.

The .com and .net TLDs had a total of 174.4 million domain name registrations in the domain name base at the end of Q2 2023, a decrease of 0.3 million domain name registrations, or 0.2%, compared to first quarter of 2023. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined increase of 0.1 million domain name registrations, or 0.1% year-over-year. As of June 30, 2023, the .com domain name base totaled 161.3 million domain name registrations and the .net domain name base totaled 13.1 million domain name registrations.

Total new .com and .net domain name registrations reached 10.2 million at the end of Q2 2023, compared to 10.1 million domain name registrations at the end of Q2 2022.

Total country code TLD (ccTLD) domain name registrations were 137.0 million at the end of Q2 2023, an increase of 1.1 million domain name registrations, or 0.8% compared to Q1 2023. ccTLD an increase of 2.7 million domain name registrations, or 2.0%, over the previous year. The top 10 ccTLDs as of June 30, 2023 are .cn, .de, .uk, .nl, .ru, .br, .au, .fr, .eu and .it.

With the launch of the DNIB.com dashboard, 16 additional TLDs have been included in the adoption calculation. Current and current historical data presented in this edition of the quarterly report have been adjusted accordingly and current quarterly and annual trends have been calculated using the adjusted figures. that’s it. More information is available at DNIB.com.

Information on the statistical methodology used in creating DNIB.com’s Quarterly Domain Industry Summary Report and DNIB.com dashboard is available here.

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