Now exceeding 25.1 million domain names – up 4 million year on year - the South Pacific Island Tokelau’s .tk continues to reign The Online World: 2019 supreme as the world’s largest country code domain name, driven by its free registration With over 13 million domains policy. The rest of the top ten include: the .UK namespace remains one The .us for the USA China (.cn): 20,868,593 of the world’s most popular country has continued to see a .no .fi Germany (.de): 16,264,004 code domains. It saw 12% growth last 775,077 steady decline in registrations, 475,158 United Kingdom (.uk): 13,270,812 .gl .fo year, supported by the end of the UK .dk dropping a further 4% on last 5,311 Entering the top Netherlands (.nl): 5,888,350 5,528 right-of-registration period, which held 1,313,108 .ax year’s 17% decline. With a 10 leader board for Russian Federation (.ru): 4,964,156 back second level .uk domains for owners 3,099 population of over 325 million, the 2019, Italy (.it) has Brazil (.br): 4,106,520 of the equivalent third level .co.uk until proportion of the domains to .se overtaken Australia (.au) European Union (.eu): 3,581,478 .is June 2019. Of the top ten citizens is significantly below other 69,605 1,508,462 to become the 10th France (.fr): 3,422,687 country-code domains, .UK is the developed nations. This is easily largest ccTLD, with Italy (.it): 3,221,809 One fastest growing, second only to explained however by the 3,221,809 domain of the biggest Tokelau. country’s preference for registrations. growers in 2019 is .com domains. Guernsey (.gg). Up by 107%, the domain has proven popular with video game and eSports websites, with the .ru .ca initialisation "gg" being a .nl 4,964,156 2,830,200 common abbreviation for 5,888,350 the phrase "good .im .ee 28,939 .pl 124,592 game". .us 2,553,614 124,620 .lv 1,855,611 .kz .kp .bm .lt 37 196,758 148,458 2,956 .cz .mn .tc .de 1,327,551 .by 17,299 .ai 398,618 .bs 7,599 .ms 80,508 16,264,004 .sk 133,317 .mx .pm .ky 2,586 .cu 8,934 .az.uz .kr 6,678 .vg 33,356 70,540 1,172,369 6,433 5,484 .ht .ie .hu 4,551 .be 758,005 2,766 .uk .ua 1,389,399 277,454 13,270,812 .je 1,619,630 .at 535,864 .gg 1,310,584 .md .gp 15,274 5,759 22,499 .kg 2,148 .ro 11,536 603,280 .af .bz .lu .rs .am .tj 5,417 .cn .tk 30,591 .jm .do .dm 101,081 107,435 36,178 6,718 .pk 29,975 2,453 .bg .tm .gt 7,265 .tr 81,408 20,868,593 25,100,000 60,469 18,287 16,884 .ag 405,277 .bt .sv .hn .pr.vi 18,809 .mk 7,594 .mq Did you know? 8,372 4,679 1,604 .bb 29,938 .np 2,241 .ni 1,077 1,507 .ge .ir 4,709 .lb .sy 69,131 .kn .vc .al .cy 35,791 4,475 2,598 1,113,810 15,848 .cr 788 22,944 14,063 16,084 .li .pa .aw .cw .gd .fr 64,186 .me .bh There are now nearly 160 million country code 10,133 663 .lc 2,458 956,029 .iq 4,825 858 3,786 .tt 3,422,687 .qa .vn 1,798 18,031 .jp 4,001 .ps .th 416,534 domains registered around the world. .gy .ae .in 72,079 .mo .ve 3,017 .ch 7,681 161,213 2,848 1,577,397 100,800 .gr 2,096,594 .ad 2,239,961 .it 456,047 2,180 .il .om .bd .sr 3,221,809 .sm 248,608 3,511 19,331 Top Level Domains (TLDs) don’t just stop with 3,085 .ye .tw .gf 2,213 .la 219,621 .mh 1,248 .mm 40,450 940 .si .hr .ba 4,630 .hk 10 .mc 133,601 106,634 22,020 .jo countries. Region specific TLDs such as .london and .sa 237,224 .co .es 3,938 5,337 59,636 2,374,430 .my .ph .mp 325,740 .nyc are also available, as are TLDs linked to .pt .kw .bn .pw 85,940 1,913,634 652 3,694 991 395,186 .ki professions such as .accountant and .law. 1,020,974 550 .gu .br .va .mv .sg .pg 56 394 2,043 .nr .ec 4,106,520 4,633 174,935 712 40,898 .gi .lk 2,230 62,867 .kh .fm .tv In 2012, ICANN launched a programme to release 16,308 .pe .py .ng 3,679 482,772 99,679 117,759 19,794 hundreds of new generic TLDs. The most popular are .ma .sb .fj .bo 76,048 .id 1,488 3,174 .wf 288,944 .tl 11,367 .tn .cx 1,735 1,892 .icu, .top and .xyz. 42,914 9,436 .vu 1,628 .bf .dz .cc .sn 1,503 11,089 .ly .ar .sh 5,115 428,261 Some ccTLDs are 11,672 17,773 666,957 .nc .ws Nominet’s award-winning Dispute Resolution Service .gw 5,636 .as 158,543 212 .eg .sd 14,169 registered not for their .mr 10,205 3,671 Malta’s country .gm 747 (DRS) uses a panel of over 45 international .cl 1,461 .ug .to 7,430 .mt 22,376 link to a country but rather for .ne .td .cm 18,546 .au 591,254 code .mt is one of the 692 453 25,566 .dj .nf independent Experts to mediate on disputed .UK 7,604 3,196,532 .uy the meaning of the letters and .bj 1,097 .cv 1,358 .tg .cf fastest growing, expanding domains. Last reported figures saw cases brought by 71,218 2,184 .ml 1,566 2,382,938 their potential for marketing. 1,276,762 .nu by 147% in the last year. This 262,054 .pf 1,941 complainants from 26 countries, with respondents Ascension Island’s .ac has seen 130% .gn .so .et .ck .ac .sl 381 10,176 2,684 growth mirrors the country’s 18,410 1,605 .ke 1,303 .gs 95,122 .pn from 41 countries. 8,841 .lr .gh .fk growth driven by interest from the 360 2,682 economic success, with Malta 789 142 .ci academic community, and 8,619 .ga predicted to see the greatest .nz 2,973,094 711,945 Nominet, responsible for .UK, is a profit with a Anguilla’s .ai has seen continued .mw economic growth in the EU .gq .rw 1,969 purpose company and has donated more than £47 interest from the boom in 3,847 .tz 17,444 2,148,087 .sc in 2020. .cg 5,148 million to tech for good causes since 2008, helping Artificial Intelligence 1,508 .bi .ao 2,716 .cd 726 companies. 5,797 .mz .yt more than 10 million people. Current initiatives are 6,097 .km .zm 129 3,519 5,270 .mu .zw .sz .mg 9,095 .na 38,753 1,670 tackling some of the most important digital issues 4,366 .bw .ls 4,180 6,920 1,471 facing young people today. .za .re .st 1,235,257 28,258 13,348 Percentage increases are based on comparisons with our 2018 online map available from the Nominet website. 21,196,45821,196,45821,196,45825,100,000 Europe lt Lithuania 196,758 gi Gibraltar 2,230 ky Cayman Islands 6,433 ve Venezuela 100,800 tn Tunisia 42,914 bi Burundi 2,716 Asia mn Mongolia 17,299 bh Bahrain 4,825 pf French Polynesia 1,941 IDNs excluded from the graphic: de Germany 16,264,004 si Slovenia 133,601 sm San Marino 2,213 cu Cuba 5,484 uy Uruguay 71,218 zw Zimbabwe 38,753 et Ethiopia 2,684 cn China 20,868,593 kg Kyrgyz Republic 11,536 lb Lebanon 4,475 wf Wallis and Futuna 1,892 eu (European Union) 3,581,478 by Belarus 133,317 ad Andorra 2,180 ni Nicaragua 4,709 ec Ecuador 40,898 re Reunion 28,258 gh Ghana 2,682 tj Tajikistan 6,718 kw Kuwait 3,694 tl Timor-Leste 1,735 РФ (Russia) 763,709 uk United Kingdom 13,270,812 ru Russian Federation 4,964,156 中国 (China) 517,366 nl Netherlands 5,888,350 lv Latvia 124,620 gp Guadeloupe 2,148 pr Puerto Rico 4,679 py Paraguay 19,794 cm Cameroon 25,566 cv Cape Verde 2,184 in India 2,096,594 af Afghanistan 5,417 om Oman 3,511 vu Vanuatu 1,628 台灣 (Taiwan) 172,217 fr France 3,422,687 ee Estonia 124,592 va Holy See (City Vatican State) 394 vg British Virgin Islands 4,551 sh Saint Helena 11,672 ly Libya 17,773 mw Malawi 1,969 jp Japan 1,577,397 mv Maldives 4,633 sy Syrian Arab Republic 2,598 sb Solomon Islands 1,488 su (Soviet Union) 112,824 it Italy 3,221,809 rs Serbia 107,435 tt Trinidad and Tobago 4,001 bo Bolivia 11,367 tz Tanzania 17,444 sz Swaziland 1,670 kr Korea, Rep. 1,389,399 mm Myanmar 4,630 iq Iraq 1,798 ck Cook Islands 1,303 한국 (Korea) 40,702 hr Croatia 106,634 lc St.