European ccTLDs Have Reached 66.5 Million Registrations, CENTR Reports

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European ccTLDs Have Reached 66.5 Million Registrations, CENTR Reports

By CircleID Reporter
September 25, 2014, 6:31 pm PDT Views: 7,335 Add Comment

According to the latest DomainWire, CENTR’s quarterly report, european ccTLDs closed August 2014 with 66.5 million registrations—a net growth of 0.3% over the past 3 months. Chart below shows growth rates (3m averages) for both European ccTLDs and legacy gTLDs over the past 12 months. It suggests a continued trend downward of both TLD types with a stabilization observed since July.

Over the past 12 months, European ccTLDs grew 2.8% as compared to 2.6% among legacy gTLDs. The largest contribution to the 3 month growth of European ccTLDs in terms of total domains came from .eu (European Union). On a sample of 34 European ccTLDs, the median rate of ‘new domains’ added to a ccTLD zone was 23% for 2013 and a rate of 81% for renewals. In terms of DNSSEC, roughly 68% of all ccTLDs within the European region are signed (32 ccTLDs) with several more in the planning stages.

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