Third Quarter of 2017 Closes with 330.7 Million Domain Name Registrations on the Internet
December 19 2017 - 3:57PM
Business Wire
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global leader in domain names
and internet security, today announced that the third quarter of
2017 closed with approximately 330.7 million domain name
registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), a decrease of
approximately 1.2 million domain name registrations as of Sept. 30,
2017.1
The decrease of approximately 1.2 million domain name
registrations globally equates to a decline rate of 0.4 percent
over the second quarter of 2017.1 Domain name registrations have
grown by 1.1 percent, year over year.1
The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of approximately
145.8 million domain name registrations in the domain name base in
the third quarter of 2017. This represents a 1.2 percent increase
year over year. As of Sept. 30, 2017, the .com domain name base
totaled 130.8 million domain name registrations, while the .net
domain name base totaled 15.0 million domain name
registrations.
New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 8.9 million
during the third quarter of 2017. In the third quarter of 2016, new
.com and .net domain name registrations totaled 8.3 million.
Verisign publishes the Domain Name Industry Brief to provide
internet users throughout the world with statistical and analytical
research and data on the domain name industry. The third quarter
2017 Domain Name Industry Brief, as well as previous reports, can
be obtained at Verisign.com/DNIB.
About Verisign
Verisign, a global leader in domain names and internet security,
enables internet navigation for many of the world's most recognized
domain names and provides protection for websites and enterprises
around the world. Verisign ensures the security, stability and
resiliency of key internet infrastructure and services, including
the .com and .net domains and two of the internet's root servers,
as well as performs the root zone maintainer function for the core
of the internet's Domain Name System (DNS). Verisign’s Security
Services include Distributed Denial of Service Protection and
Managed DNS. To learn more about what it means to be Powered
by Verisign, please visit Verisign.com.
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1 .tk is a free ccTLD that provides free domain names to
individuals and businesses. Revenue is generated by monetizing
expired domain names. Domain names no longer in use by the
registrant or expired are taken back by the registry and the
residual traffic is sold to advertising networks. As such, there
are no deleted .tk domain names.
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The .tk zone reflected here is based on data from Q3 2016, which is
the most recent data available.
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VeriSign, Inc.Investor Relations:David Atchley,
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703-948-4214ecollins@verisign.com
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