Q1 2021 PROGRESS REPORT Quarterly Update Q1 Q1 2021 AT A GLANCE

KEY FIGURES

Q1 2021 186,488 new registrations were recorded in Q1 2021, contributing to 186 488 a total of 3,681,337 domain registrations at the end of the quarter. NEW DOMAIN NAME The top country for registration growth in the quarter was Ireland (9.3%), REGISTRATIONS IN Q1 2021 followed by Latvia (4.4%) and Malta (3.8%).

In Q1 we published our latest findings on the use of .eu, joined forces with the Global Cyber Alliance for the Domain Trust project, and became NGI (Next Generation of Internet) Ambassadors. We also launched the second edition of the SAFEonLINE Art competition, introduced a KYC (Know Your Customer) project, and announced changes regarding Brexit-related .eu domain names.

HEADCOUNT PER OFFICE TOP GROWTH COUNTRY IRELAND 56 EMPLOYEES WORKING AT EURID’S 4 OFFICES AT THE END OF Q1 2021. +9.3 % Q1 2021 VS Q4 2020

46.0 42.7

3.0 2.4 5.0 4.8 2.0 2.0 Diegem Pisa Prague 26 Headcount Full-time equivalents DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES FILED IN Q1 2021

EURid's Progress Report Q1 2021 2 Q1 2021 DEVELOPMENTS Q1 2021

The third Brexit notice was sent to registrants and registrars, informing them of upcoming changes to .eu registrations. The most memorable moments JAN 02 of the 2020 .eu Web Awards gala 2021 were published. JAN 12 2021 EURid published the latest findings on the use of .eu: out of 150,000 .eu domain names crawled, 82.5% are connected to a web server, and 77,760 have content-rich websites. JAN 27 EURid joined forces with 2021 the Global Cyber Alliance for the Domain Trust project. EURid strengthened the collaboration FEB 01 with FundingBox and became an NGI 2021 Ambassador. FEB 02 2021

EURid published the latest update on Brexit-related .eu domain names, prolonging the “SUSPENDED” status to 30 June 2021, instead of the previously EURid published an update published date of 31 March 2021. on COVID-related domain name FEB 10 checks, which will continue until 2021 September 2021. FEB 12 2021

ADR fees remain discounted until the end of 2021. FEB 17 EURid launches the second edition 2021 of the SAFEonLINE Art Competition. EURid implements a KYC project to MAR 08 ensure that the information contained 2021 in any EURid-maintained database is accurate and up-to-date. MAR 16 2021

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EURid's Progress Report Q1 2021 Q1 2021 THE .eu, .ею AND .ευ TLDs

TOTAL NUMBER OF .eu, .ею AND .ευ REGISTRATIONS AT THE END OF Q1 2021

January 3 690 165 3 681 337 February 3 687 229 The total number of .eu, .ею March 3 681 337 and .ευ domain names registered at the end of Q1 2021. 0 1 000 000 2 000 000 3 000 000 4 000 000

79.3% 186 488 AVERAGE RENEWAL NEW .eu REGISTRATIONS RATE DURING Q1 2021* IN Q1 2021

INTERNATIONALISED MULTI-YEAR DOMAIN NAMES (IDNs) REGISTRATIONS (MYRs)

42 163 IDNs under .eu 9 267 MYRs 1 366 2 700 Total amount of new IDNs under .eu IDNs under .eu MYRs in Q1 2021 in Cyrillic in Greek

To learn more about IDNs, visit idnworldreport.eu.

* Please note, that the renewal rate is always an interim number till 40 days after the period finishes (and the reactivations from quarantine finish for that period).

EURid's Progress Report Q1 2021 4 Q1 2021 ccTLD REGISTRATIONS

TOP 10 CENTR ccTLDs BASED ON REGISTRATIONS AS OF Q1 2021

.de 16 798 080 .uk 10 922 477 .nl 6 160 189 .ru 4 991 923 .fr 3 727 275 .eu 3 648 525 .it 3 404 013 .au 3 239 582 .ca 3 072 749 .pl 2 488 300 .eu Statistics provided courtesy of CENTRstats.

3 648 525

EURid's Progress Report Q1 2021 5 Q1 2021 THE REGISTRANTS

TOTAL NUMBER OF .eu, .ею & .ευ DOMAIN NAMES BY COUNTRY OF REGISTRANT Germany Country Names Country Names Aland Island 02 131 Latvia 15299 Austria 07 157518 631 Netherlands 08 147841 Lithuania 29016 Bulgaria 37113 Luxembourg 16620 Croatia 12611 Malta 15526 France Cyprus 20717 Martinique 158 06 183269 Mayotte 4 Denmark 34636 Netherlands 02 474533 Estonia 31885 25527 Poland Finland 18835 Poland 05 233651 03 France 308504 Portugal 82252 Czech Republic French Guiana 62 Reunion 305 Germany 01 1001019 Romania 30031 Austria Gibraltar 225 Saint Martin 2 Belgium Greece 52266 Slovakia 49087 Spain Guadeloupe 231 Slovenia 18173 Ireland Hungary 49355 Spain 09 128897 434 Sweden 69717 Ireland 10 85381 United Kingdom 59779 Top 10 countries with Italy 04 278801 Eligibility based on citizenship 15308 the most registrations

The table above is based on country codes. Some EU Member State territories (such as Gibraltar, the Åland Islands and Guadeloupe) have their own country codes, which is why they are included in the list.

GROWTH BY COUNTRY, QUARTER OVER QUARTER AND YEAR OVER YEAR

Country Q1 2021 Q1 2021 Country Q1 2021 Q1 2021 vs. vs. vs. vs. Q1 2020 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q4 2020 Austria 3.0% 2.9% Iceland -20.4% 0.2% Aland Island -9.0% 0.0% Italy 5.6% 1.7% Belgium 3.7% 1.3% Liechtenstein 25.4% 2.1% Bulgaria 8.7% 0.8% Lithuania 12.9% 2.4% Cyprus -23.1% -10.7% Luxembourg 0.7% 1.4% Czech Republic 12.8% 0.4% Latvia 02 30.0% 4.4% IRELAND +9.4% Germany 2.2% 0.5% Saint Martin 0.0% 100.0%

Denmark 1.7% 0.9% Martinique -10.2% -4.2% LATVIA +4.4% Estonia 9.0% 3.1% Malta 03 12.9% 3.8% Spain 5.6% 0.9% Netherlands 2.9% 0.5% Finland -2.2% 2.3% Norway -12.1% -3.6% France -3.5% -2.2% Poland -1.4% 0.7% United Kingdom -58.1% -22.6% Portugal 2.0% -22.3% French Guiana -4.6% 3.3% Reunion -6.4% 2.3% Gibraltar -53.1% -31.4% Romania 12.7% 0.3%

Guadeloupe 2.7% 0.4% Sweden 0.4% 1.0% MALTA +3.8% Greece 10.4% 2.5% Slovenia 7.9% -0.7% Croatia 14.3% 3.5% Slovakia 7.2% 1.7% Top growth countries Hungary 5.6% 1.1% Mayotte 0.0% -20.0% Q1 2021 vs. Q4 2020 Ireland 01 66.9% 9.4% Eligibility based 634.8% 185.8% with over 1000 registrations on citizenship

EURid's Progress Report Q1 2021 6 Q1 2021 THE REGISTRARS

TOP 10 COUNTRIES BASED ON THE NUMBER KEY FIGURES OF EURid ACCREDITED REGISTRARS

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50 87.87 % REGISTRATIONS BY TOP 100 REGISTRARS IN Q1 2021 USA Italy Spain France Austria Belgium Hungary Germany Netherlands United Kingdom

MARKET SHARE OF TOP 10, TOP 100 AND TOP 500 REGISTRARS The top 100 EURid accredited registrars manage about 88 % of all registrations, which means that many registrars are small businesses. 718 EURid ACCREDITED REGISTRARS Q4 2020 Q1 2021 AT THE END OF Q1 2021

99.7% 99.7% 88.0% 87.9%

36.9% 37.2%

Top 10 Top 100 Top 500 1 369 734 3 234 375 3 670 547 in Q1 2021 in Q1 2021 in Q1 2021

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