When it comes down to absolute numbers, .com is king.
With more than 91 million registrations, dot com – one of the three original TLDs along with .net and .org – is ruling the domain registration waves.
The .com TLD increased its numbers by more than 7 million domains, or roughly 8.5% during 2010.
While most generic TLDs increased their caches as well, there is one TLD that recorded a huge drop since the beginning of the year.
Not all TLDs gained in 2010 - there is one big loser.
No, that TLD is surprisingly NOT .tel 
Let me repeat that: dot tel is not the big loser of 2010 in terms of numbers.
But allow me to extend the anticipation a little longer for you.
Of all the generic TLDs, .info recorded the biggest growth this year, with a staggering 28.4% increase since January. This is due to a number of promotions, practically giving away .info domains for as little as $1.99 – making .info the TLD of choice for cheap spamming.
Other details:
- .net gained 7%
- .org increased its numbers by 9.7%
- .biz crawled up by 1.95%
- .mobi inched up by 2.64%
- .tel gained 3.6%
- .eu received a 5.34% increase
- .me – a ccTLD often used as a novelty TLD – gained a hefty 22%
And who was the biggest loser of 2010?
That title goes to .asia – the only regional geoTLD in existence besides .eu 
Losing 36,000 registrations that represent 16% of its numbers, dot .asia is unfortunately in the deep red for 2010.
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…the only geoTLD in existence … with .eu (Europe) and all ccTLDs
Francois – you are right, I forgot .eu represents a region as well
C’est ma faute.
Interesting, thanks for sharing.
Wouldn’t .cat be a regional TLD as well?
Nom de domaine – In theory, it is but technically, it isn’t; it’s a cultural and linguistic TLD with many restrictions.
Thanks for sharing the numbers, who doesn’t enjoy some name related stats with their morning coffee? Where’s the legend for random pie graph?
Interesting that .mobi just lost 2.64%
Richard – If we had to invest in pie-graphics generating software we’d have to charge for the news
Liror – The figures above are all positive, .mobi gained 2.64% – the only TLD that lost from the ones listed is .asia
glad to see not a single .co has been dropped
Kandyjet – Dot .co is not a year old yet. The comparison only includes TLDs that existed in January 2010.
…and .cn dropped half its registration base – some 6 million domain names.
Interesting post…I figured it would have been .tel also but .asia sounds about right. Well I just wanted to comment on your post about .info being registered just for spamming. I think that is quite wrong and I have seen way more .info domains developed then quite a few other extensions. I just think you are being rather closed minded on .info domains and pigeon holing them into spam sites. Now to be completely honest I’m a .info investor so I guess you could say I took it to heart.
Anyhow I enjoy the site and I try to read quite a few of the articles and such…I enjoy the flare you post with and most of the time I agree…”minus the .info=spam comment”
Cheers
Blake A. Worthington
Blake – Unfortunately, the low promotional pricing of .info has given spammers and junk mailers a cheap tool for their practices. This is not a guesstimate, it’s based on the number of such registrations observed (many of which are trademark violations). Obviously, there are plenty of legitimate registrations of .info
Very useful article today. I like both the 100% articles and the humorous (0% ?) ones.
Thanks