Premium
This is an archive article published on December 22, 2015

Internet grows to around 299 million domain names in Q3 2015

The increase of approximately 3.1 million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.1 per cent over Q2 2015.

google-preferred-btn
Internet, verisign, domain names, top-level domains, .com, .net, top-level domains, technology news The increase of approximately 3.1 million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.1 per cent over Q2 2015.

Domain names and Internet security firm VeriSign has announced that approximately 3.1 million domain names were added to the Internet in the third quarter of 2015, bringing the total number of registered domain names to approximately 299 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of September 30.

The increase of approximately 3.1 million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.1 per cent over the second quarter of 2015. Worldwide registrations have grown by 14.8 million, or 5.2 per cent, year over year.

The .com and .net TLDs experienced aggregate growth in the third quarter of 2015, reaching a combined total of approximately 135.2 million .com and .net domain names in the domain name base. This represents a 3.4 per cent increase year over year. As of September 30, the domain name base of .com equaled 120.1 million names, while .net equaled 15.1 million names.

Story continues below this ad

In the third quarter, Verisign processed 9.2 million new domain name registrations for .com and .net, as compared to 8.7 million domain names for the same period in 2014.

During the third quarter of 2015, Verisign’s average daily Domain Name System (DNS) query load was approximately 120 billion queries per day across all TLDs operated by Verisign, with a peak of nearly 593 billion. Compared to the previous quarter, the daily average query load increased 8.0 per cent and the peak increased by 225.3 per cent. Year over year, the daily average query load increased by 4.8 per cent, and the peak increased by 86.4 per cent.

 

© IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd
Latest Comment
Post Comment
Read Comments
Advertisement
Top Stories
GST cuts passed on, GST cuts, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Ashwini Vaishnaw, GST, Goods and Services tax (GST), GDP, GDP growth, GDP growth rate, Indian express news, current affairs
‘Multiplier effects in investment, industry’GST cuts passed on, spurred consumption, may show in GDP: Govt
Sunny Deol recalled the time he was slapped by father Dharmendra
EntertainmentAngry Dharmendra made Sunny Deol redo Betaab dubbing; recalled slapping him only once in life: 'Had two fingers imprinted on my face'
office Diwali gifts
TrendingEmployees show off ‘expensive’ Diwali gifts at work; netizens react: ‘90% of corporate slaves have gone into depression’
IND vs AUS 1st ODI Live Cricket Score India Australia
SportsIndia vs Australia Live Updates, 1st ODI
employment, infrastructure development, Reserve Bank of India, Ministry of Finance, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, job creation, editorial, Indian express, opinion news, current affairs
OpinionMany perspectives, one conclusion
Express shorts
Bihar
Congress releases second list for Bihar elections, fields 5 candidates
India9 hr ago

Congress released its second list of candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections, but the Mahagathbandhan is still working on a seat-sharing arrangement for the first phase of polling. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) will contest six seats on its own. The elections will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11, with results on November 14.

View all shorts
Live Blog
Loading Taboola...
Advertisement