367.3 million domain name registrations in Q2 2021

Today we published the latest issue of The Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the second quarter of 2021 ended with 367.3 million domain name registrations in all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.8 million domain name registrations , or 1.0%, compared to the first quarter of 2021.^{1, 2} Domain name registrations were down 2.8 million, or 0.7%, year-over-year.^{1, 2}

Discover the latest issue of The Domain Name Industry Brief to view Q2 2021 domain name statistics, including:

This trimester The Domain Name Industry Brief also includes an overview of how the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) enhances the legacy WHOIS protocol.

To view past issues of The Domain Name Industry Brief, visit verisign.com/dnibarchives.

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