Internet Grows to 329.3 Million Domain Name Registrations in the Fourth Quarter of 2016
February 28 2017 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
Verisign launches online version of the Domain
Name Industry Brief
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global leader in domain names
and internet security, today announced that approximately 2.3
million domain name registrations were added to the internet in the
fourth quarter of 2016, bringing the total number of domain name
registrations to approximately 329.3 million across all top-level
domains (TLDs) as of Dec. 31, 2016.1,2 This data is shared in the
online version of the Domain Name Industry Brief that launched
today.
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The increase of approximately 2.3 million domain name
registrations globally equates to a growth rate of 1.8 percent over
the third quarter of 2016.1 Domain name registrations have grown by
21 million, or 6.8 percent, year over year.1,2
The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of approximately
142.2 million domain name registrations in the domain name base3 in
the fourth quarter of 2016. This represents a 1.7 percent increase
year over year. As of Dec. 31, 2016, the .com domain name base
equaled 126.9 million domain name registrations, while the .net
domain name base equaled 15.3 million domain name
registrations.
New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 8.8 million
during the fourth quarter of 2016. In the fourth quarter of 2015,
new .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 12.2
million.
During the fourth quarter of 2016, Verisign’s average daily
Domain Name System (DNS) query load was approximately 143 billion
queries per day across all TLDs operated by Verisign, with a peak
of nearly 398 billion queries. Quarter over quarter, the daily
average query load increased 11.4 percent and the peak increased by
122.5 percent. Year over year, the daily average query load
increased by 16.0 percent, and the peak increased 105.1
percent.
Verisign publishes the Domain Name Industry Brief to provide
internet users throughout the world with statistical and analytical
research and data on the domain name industry. The third quarter
2016 Domain Name Industry Brief is also now available in the
archives section of Verisign.com.
About Verisign
Verisign, a global leader in domain names and internet security,
enables internet navigation for many of the world's most recognized
domain names and provides protection for websites and enterprises
around the world. Verisign ensures the security, stability and
resiliency of key internet infrastructure and services, including
the .com and .net domains and two of the internet's root servers,
as well as performs the root zone maintainer function for the core
of the internet's Domain Name System (DNS). Verisign’s Security
Services include intelligence-driven Distributed Denial of Service
Protection, iDefense Security Intelligence and Managed DNS. To
learn more about what it means to be Powered by Verisign, please
visit Verisign.com.
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1 .tk is a ccTLD that is provided for free to individuals and
businesses worldwide
(http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131216006048/en/Freenom-Closes-3M-Series-Funding#.UxeUGNJDv9s).
The zone size for .tk was last estimated by Zooknic in Q4 2014 and
this zone size was subsequently used in the Q4 2014 through Q2 2016
DNIBs. In Q3 2016, Zooknic reported a significant decline in the
.tk zone and restated the estimated zone size of .tk for each
quarter from Q4 2014 through Q3 2016 using a proprietary
methodology. As a result, for comparative purposes of this DNIB to
the Q3 2016 DNIB and the Q4 2015 DNIB, Verisign has applied an
updated estimate of the total zone size across all TLDs for Q3 2016
of 327.0 million and Q4 2015 of 307.7 million and an updated
estimate of the total ccTLD zone size for Q3 2016 of 140.1 million
and Q4 2015 of 138.1 million.
2 The generic top-level domain (gTLD) and ccTLD data cited in
the brief includes ccTLD Internationalized Domain Names, is an
estimate as of the time this brief was developed, and is subject to
change as more complete data is received.
3 The domain name base is the active zone plus the number of
domain names that are registered but not configured for use in the
respective Top-Level Domain zone file plus the number of domain
names that are in a client or server hold status.
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VeriSign, Inc.David Atchley, 703-948-4643Investor
Relationsdatchley@verisign.comorErin Collins, 703-948-4214Media
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