Thread: Domain Name Registration Statistics 2008

Via John McCormac's blog at http://blog.whoisireland.com/2008/10...tistics-posted , I came across some handy domain name registration statistics. You can find a chart that shows the number of ccTLD versus gTLD registrations for 2008.

While some of the registries have yet to reply to requests for statistics, there is a very interesting trend developing in the numbers of ccTLD versus gTLD registrations - without domain tasting, the indications are that as a group ccTLDs are beginning to equal and perhaps outnumber new gTLD registrations. This does not mean that the ccTLDs will overtake the gTLDs any time soon. It does mean that without domain tasting, the market in some countries has shifted towards ccTLDs. As markets develop in other countries, they reach a point where the number of local ccTLD domains will exceed the number of locally registered .com and gTLD domains. This tipping point is linked to the market and the level of broadband penetration in that country.

You can view the chart at:

HosterStats.com: gTLD and ccTLD Domain Name Counts 2008

There are no stats for .in registrations.

Sad that they left out .in domains, especially given that they beat many of the countries listed. I wonder if the IN registry simply doesn't provide the stats often enough.

(They don't seem to offer .ca stats either, even though these are readily available).

Nice. It's a pity that we cant compare to our local TLDs, because as well as .in that Jeff mentioned, *.uk domains also sell a fair few (maybe not as many) and Nominet don't tend to release that info