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

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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.

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About Konstantinos Zournas

Studied Computer Engineering and Computer Science in London, UK and now living in Athens, Greece. Love domains and building websites. Went online in 1995, learned about HTML in 1996 and about domains in 2002. Started publishing the OnlineDomain.com blog in 2012.

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