The Domain Name Industry Q2 2024 Data And Analysis

The second quarter of 2024 closed with 362.4 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), unchanged compared to the first quarter of 2024. Domain name registrations increased by 5.8 million, or 1.6%, year over year.

The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 170.6 million domain name registrations in the domain name base at the end of the second quarter of 2024, a decrease of 1.8 million domain name registrations, or 1.1%, compared to the first quarter of 2024. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined decrease of 3.8 million domain name registrations, or 2.2%, year over year. As of June 30, 2024, the .com domain name base totaled 157.6 million domain name registrations and the .net domain name base totaled 13.0 million domain name registrations. New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 9.2 million at the end of the second quarter of 2024, compared to 10.2 million domain name registrations at the end of the second quarter of 2023. The preliminary combined renewal percentage for the .com and .net TLDs is 72.6% for the second quarter of 2024.

Total country-code TLD (ccTLD) domain name registrations were 140.0 million at the end of the second quarter of 2024, an increase of 0.4 million domain name registrations, or 0.3%, compared to the first quarter of 2024. ccTLDs increased by 3.0 million domain name registrations, or 2.2%, 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 34.6 million at the end of the second quarter of 2024, an increase of 1.3 million domain name registrations, or 4.0%, compared to the first quarter of 2024. ngTLDs increased by 6.5 million domain name registrations, or 23.2%, year over year. The most recent combined renewal percentage estimate for ngTLDs was 38.0%.

Total other legacy generic TLD (gTLD) domain name registrations, not including .com and .net, were 17.2 million at the end of the second quarter of 2024, an increase of about 122,100 domain name registrations, or 0.7%, compared to the first quarter of 2024. Other legacy gTLDs increased by about 154,200 domain name registrations, or 0.9%, year over year. The most recent combined renewal percentage estimate for other legacy gTLDs was 71.8%.

Top 10 Largest TLDs by Number of Reported Domain Names

As of June 30, 2024, the 10 largest TLDs by number of reported domain names were .com, .cn, .de, .net, .org, .uk, .ru, .nl, .br and .au. For the top 10 TLDs with available data, recent quarterly renewal percentage estimates ranged from 77.1 % for both .net and .ru to 72.3 % for .com.

Top 10 Largest ccTLDs by Number of Reported Domain Names

The top 10 ccTLDs, as of June 30, 2024, were .cn, .de, .uk, .ru, .nl, .br, .au, .fr, .in and .eu. As of June 30, 2024, there were 316 global ccTLD extensions delegated in the root zone, including internationalized domain names (IDNs), with the top 10 ccTLDs comprising 59.0% of all ccTLD domain name registrations. For the top 10 ccTLDs with available data, recent quarterly renewal percentage estimates ranged from 83.4% for .fr to 75.8% for .uk.

Top 10 Largest gTLDs by Number of Reported Domain Names

The top 10 gTLDs as of June 30, 2024, were .com, .net, .org, .xyz, .info, .online, .shop, .top, .site and .store. As of June 30, 2024, there were 1,264 gTLD extensions delegated in the root zone, including IDNs, with the top 10 gTLDs comprising 90.1% of all gTLD domain name registrations and 55.3% of all TLD registrations. New gTLDs collectively accounted for 9.5% of all TLD registrations as of June 30, 2024. For the top 10 gTLDs, recent quarterly renewal percentage estimates ranged from 77.1 % for .net to 18.5 % for .top.