According to a recent VeriSign report, the total number of domain names registered worldwide has recently crossed the 200 million mark. Also check Obsessed With Facebook Infographic.
This infographic just reveals the domain name registrations and the total number of websites on the Internet may be much higher than that.
Suppose 16 million blogs are currently hosted on WordPress.com, they are separate websites but since they are all part of one domain, they won’t have any effect on the overall VeriSign numbers.
The most popular Top Level Domains (TLDs), in terms of registrations, were .com, .de, .net, .uk, .org, .info, .cn, .nl, .eu and .ru in the same order.
[via Digital Inspiration and VeriSign]
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I myself have 13 domain names now but only 3 are live now :-P. Each time Godaddy has promotional code, I register one :-P. I think, there are many other bloggers also do it like me.
Almost people like to using .com domain. In next few years, I think this number will double.
Just one word to say OMG !
That is a hell lot of domain names. So Pradeep, how many percent of those belong to you?
I used to buy & sell domain names. 😛
Interesting post Pradeep.
OMG this is too much….
Unfortunately, a huge part of those domains are unused/spams. :S
Yeah, i agree with that… other domain are just present without any use.
If I am interpreting the graph right, this means 15 million new domains this year. At this rate there is no wonder that the IPv4 addresses will be exhausted and IP version 6 addresses are needed.
domain name registration will increase in coming time and godaddy $1 coupon code making it easier to register a domain name. looking forward to get started with domain business 🙂
Yes, Domain Registration is increasing with faster rate but it will increase drastically in next few years. Good Infograph.. Thanks for sharing this information.