VeriSign, Inc. announces that approximately 6.0 million domain name registrations were added to the internet in the second quarter of 2018, bringing the total number of domain name registrations to approximately 339.8 million across all top-level domains (TLDs).
The increase of approximately 6.0 million domain name registrations globally equates to a growth rate of 1.8 percent over the first quarter of 2018.1,2 The Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB) further shows that domain name registrations have grown by approximately 7.9 million, or 2.4 percent, year over year.
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Verisign publishes the Domain Name Industry Brief to provide statistical and analytical research and data on the domain name industry. The second quarter 2018 Domain Name Industry Brief, as well as previous reports, can be obtained at Verisign.com/DNIB.