OnlineDomain.com Domain Name News & Opinions
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report from DNIB.com, the fourth quarter of 2024 closed with 364.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 2.0 million domain name registrations, or 0.5% compared to the third quarter of 2024. Domain name registrations also increased by 4.4 million, or 1.2%, year over year.
The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 169.0 million domain name registrations in the domain name base at the end of fourth quarter of 2024, a decrease of 0.5 million domain name registrations, or 0.3% compared to the third quarter of 2024. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined decrease of 3.7 million domain name registrations, or 2.1%, year over year. As of Dec. 31, 2024, the .com domain name base totaled 156.3 million domain name registrations and the .net domain name base totaled 12.7 million domain name registrations. New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 9.5 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to 9.0 million domain name registrations at the end of the fourth quarter of 2023.
Total country-code TLD (ccTLD) domain name registrations were 140.8 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of 0.8 million domain name registrations, or 0.6% compared to the third quarter of 2024. ccTLDs increased by 2.5 million domain name registrations, or 1.8%, year over year. The top 10 ccTLDs, as of Dec. 31, 2024, were .cn, .de, .uk, .ru, .nl, .br, .au, .fr, .in, and .eu.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The fourth quarter of 2024 closed with 364.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 2.0 million domain name registrations, or 0.5% compared to the third quarter of 2024. Domain name registrations increased by 4.4 million, or 1.2%, year over year.
The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 169.0 million domain name registrations in the domain name base at the end of fourth quarter of 2024, a decrease of 0.5 million domain name registrations, or 0.3% compared to the third quarter of 2024. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined decrease of 3.7 million domain name registrations, or 2.1%, year over year. As of Dec. 31, 2024, the .com domain name base totaled 156.3 million domain name registrations and the .net domain name base totaled 12.7 million domain name registrations. New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 9.5 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to 9.0 million domain name registrations at the end of the fourth quarter of 2023. The preliminary combined renewal percentage for the .com and .net TLDs is 73.9% for the fourth quarter of 2024.
Total country-code TLD (ccTLD) domain name registrations were 140.8 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of 0.8 million domain name registrations, or 0.6% compared to the third quarter of 2024. ccTLDs increased by 2.5 million domain name registrations, or 1.8%, year over year. Available data is insufficient to estimate a combined quarterly renewal percentage across ccTLDs.
Total new generic TLD (ngTLD) domain name registrations were 36.8 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of 1.4 million domain name registrations, or 4.0%, compared to the third quarter of 2024. ngTLDs increased by 5.0 million domain name registrations, or 15.9%, year over year. The most recent combined renewal percentage estimate for ngTLDs was 32.6%.
Total other legacy generic TLD (gTLD) domain name registrations, not including .com and .net, were 17.6 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of 0.3 million domain name registrations, or 1.5%, compared to the third quarter of 2024. Other legacy gTLDs increased by 535.0 thousand domain name registrations, or 3.1%, year over year. The most recent combined renewal percentage estimate for other legacy gTLDs was 73.1%.
OnlineDomain.com - © Copyright 2012-2025 - All Rights Reserved