CENTR publishes its CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q2/2018

The CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q2/2018 has been published. The report covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with additional focus on the European ccTLD market.

Highlights from the report

• Global TLD market grew 2.0% YOY at the end of Q2 2018, taking total recorded domains to an estimated 337 million
• Growth rates in .com are increasing (currently 5.2% YOY) while .net is contracting 6% YOY
• Several African-based ccTLDs such as .ng (Nigeria), .ke (Kenya) and .za (South Africa) see strengthening growth
• ccTLDs make up an estimated 62% of the European domain market with average growth rates of 2-4% annually; however, deletion rates of the top 25 have increased over 2018
• gTLDs globally grew 1.6% YOY to 189 million; average growth of the top 300 largest gTLDs is around 12% with the deletion rate showing signs of decline