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.
