Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief: 367.3 Million Domain Name Registrations in Q2 2021

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Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief: 367.3 Million Domain Name Registrations in Q2 2021

	By Verisign (Sponsored Post) A Global Provider of Critical Internet Infrastructure and Domain Name Registry Services
	September 02, 2021 Views: 10,184

Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief Q2 2021 – Download Full Report

Today, we released the latest issue of The Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the second quarter of 2021 closed with 367.3 million domain name registrations across 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 have decreased by 2.8 million, or 0.7%, year over year.^{1, 2}

Check out the latest issue of The Domain Name Industry Brief to see domain name stats from the second quarter of 2021, including:

This quarter’s The Domain Name Industry Brief also includes an overview of how Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) improves upon the legacy WHOIS protocol.

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

By Verisign, A Global Provider of Critical Internet Infrastructure and Domain Name Registry Services

Verisign, a global provider of domain name registry services and internet infrastructure, enables internet navigation for many of the world’s most recognized domain names. Verisign enables the security, stability, and resiliency of key internet infrastructure and services, including providing root zone maintainer services, operating two of the 13 global internet root servers, and providing registration services and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net top-level domains, which support the majority of global e-commerce. To learn more about what it means to be Powered by Verisign, please visit Verisign.com.

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