Global Domain Report: 293.8 Million Domains (Negative Growth In Some Legacy gTLDs)

At the end of Q2, 2015, total registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs) stood at 293.8 million.

Combined growth over the quarter has been small at around 0.2% due to negative growth in some legacy gTLDs as well as a large drop in one ccTLD mainly due to policy changes

in 2014.

Combined registrations in around 650 new gTLDs grew from 4.4 million in March to just under 6 million domains in June 2015 – a 32% increase or roughly 1.4 million domains. This growth has taken its total TLD market share from 1.7% to 2.0% (more on new gTLD stats later in this report).

The market share between ccTLDs and gTLDs is relatively even, however weighted in favour of legacy gTLDs which are currently at around 52% of all registrations. It’s worth noting that the market share values in the chart include TLDs that offer free domains (such as .tk and several new gTLDs).