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Last Updated April 23, 2008
Copyright 1998-2008, ZookNIC Inc.
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Growth of Domains in US and the World
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Com, Org, Net and Edu |
Country Code Domains |
Total |
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US |
World |
% in US |
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Jul-98 |
1,610,689 |
543,945 |
74.8% |
1,127,483 |
3,282,117 |
Jan-99 |
3,003,950 |
1,033,925 |
74.4% |
1,466,276 |
5,504,151 |
Jul 99 |
4,886,550 |
2,165,800 |
69.3% |
2,045,716 |
9,098,066 |
Jan-00 |
6,673,650 |
3,334,825 |
66.7% |
3,393,973 |
13,402,448 |
Jul-00* |
10,120,208 |
7,294,171 |
58.1% |
6,450,232 |
23,864,611 |
Jan-01* |
13,973,233 |
8,993,471 |
60.8% |
10,078,693 |
33,045,397 |
Jul-01* |
14,942,175 |
10,131,818 |
59.6% |
12,465,548 |
37,539,541 |
* A few extremely large collections of domains owned by single entities were removed to
reduce the geographical bias this introduced. See the table below for the
total figures.
See the Top Holdings page for more information on
the domain holdings that were removed.
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Com, Org, Net and Edu |
Country Code Domains |
Total |
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US |
World |
% in US |
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|
Jul-00- Including large holdings |
11,124,933 |
7,523,696 |
59.7% |
6,450,232 |
25,098,861 |
Jan-01- Including large holdings |
17,355,733 |
10,124,471 |
63.2% |
10,078,693 |
37,558,897 |
Jul-01-Including
large holdings |
19,003,575 |
11,079,593 |
63.2% |
12,465,548 |
42,548,716 |
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COM |
ORG |
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US |
World |
% in US |
US |
World |
% in US |
Jul-98 |
1,409,538 |
469,963 |
75.0% |
108,002 |
26,858 |
80.1% |
Jan-99 |
2,566,275 |
859,350 |
74.9% |
233,100 |
114,450 |
67.1% |
Jul 99 |
4,024,100 |
1,724,000 |
70.0% |
389,575 |
141,375 |
73.4% |
Jan-00 |
5,357,525 |
2,648,575 |
66.9% |
557,250 |
222,700 |
71.4% |
Jul-00-all* |
8,794,300 |
5,885,975 |
59.9% |
952,600 |
497,175 |
65.7% |
Jul-00-revised* |
8,002,575 |
5,718,600 |
58.3% |
894,050 |
487,925 |
64.7% |
Jan-01-all* |
13,310,650 |
7,713,050 |
63.3% |
1,650,850 |
839,100 |
66.3% |
Jan-01-revised* |
10,855,050 |
7,010,700 |
60.8% |
1,291,400 |
656,650 |
66.3% |
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NET |
EDU |
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US |
World |
% in US |
US |
World |
% in US |
Jul-98 |
89,580 |
46,499 |
65.8% |
3,569 |
625 |
85.1% |
Jan-99 |
201,775 |
59,600 |
77.2% |
2,800 |
525 |
84.2% |
Jul 99 |
469,525 |
299,375 |
61.1% |
3,350 |
1,050 |
76.1% |
Jan-00 |
754,550 |
462,200 |
62.0% |
4,325 |
1,350 |
76.2% |
Jul-00-all* |
1,373,600 |
1,138,825 |
54.7% |
4,433 |
1,721 |
72.0% |
Jul-00-revised* |
1,219,150 |
1,085,925 |
52.9% |
4,433 |
1,721 |
72.0% |
Jan-01-all* |
2,389,800 |
1,570,600 |
60.3% |
4,433 |
1,721 |
72.0% |
Jan-01-revised* |
1,822,350 |
1,324,400 |
57.9% |
4,433 |
1,721 |
72.0% |
The January 1999, July 1999, January 2000 and
July 2000 numbers are based on a four percent sample of domain names.
They January 2001 survey is based on a two percent survey.
You are welcome to use the data presented
here but I ask that you credit me (Matthew Zook, UC Berkeley) as the source and provide
the url for this page.
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