The Domain Name Industry Q2 2023 Data And Analysis

The second quarter of 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 the first quarter of 2023. Domain name registrations have increased by 4.3 million, or 1.2%, year over year.

Top 10 Largest TLDs by Number of Reported Domain Names

The 10 largest TLDs by number of reported domain names were .com, .cn, .de, .net, .uk, .org, .nl, .ru, .br and .au.

The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 174.4 million domain name registrations in the domain name base at the end of the second quarter of 2023, a decrease of 0.3 million domain name registrations, or 0.2%, compared to the 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.

New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 10.2 million at the end of the second quarter of 2023, compared to 10.1 million domain name registrations at the end of the second quarter of 2022.

Total country-code TLD (ccTLD) domain name registrations were 137.0 million at the end of the second quarter of 2023, an increase of 1.1 million domain name registrations, or 0.8%, compared to the first quarter of 2023. ccTLDs increased by 2.7 million domain name registrations, or 2.0%, year over year.

Top 10 Largest ccTLDs by Number of Reported Domain Names

The top 10 ccTLDs .cn, .de, .uk, .nl, .ru, .br, .au, .fr, .eu and .it.

Total new generic TLD (ngTLD) domain name registrations were 28.1 million at the end of the second quarter of 2023, an increase of 0.8 million domain name registrations, or 3.0%, compared to the first quarter of 2023. ngTLDs increased by 1.1 million domain name registrations, or 4.0%, year over year.