EURid Q1 2021 report: registrations decreased slightly to 3,681,337

EURid released its Q1 2021 progress report, sharing its quarterly statistics and developments.

Highlights include:

• 186,488 new domain name registrations recorded;
• Ireland tops the list of countries for registration growth at +9.3%;
• An average renewal rate of 79.3%.

Total registrations decreased slightly from 3,684,984 at the end of Q4 2020 to 3,681,337 at the end of Q1 2021, indicating an ongoing deletion of Brexit-related domain names registered in the UK.

The main developments throughout the quarter included:

• Joining forces with the Global Cyber Alliance for the Domain Trust project;
• Launching the second edition of the SAFEonLINE Art competition;
• Prolonging the “SUSPENDED” status of Brexit-related .eu domain names to 30 June 2021, instead of the previously published date of 31 March 2021;
• Implementing a KYC tool to ensure that the information contained in any EURid-maintained database is accurate and up-to-date.

Read more from EURid’s Q1 2021 Progress Report.