What are the most popular internet domains?
New surveys show that the number of registered domains has reached its peak. The reason for this is the attempt to acquire better domains.
Surveys show that online domain registration has increased by 4.6 percent compared to the first quarter of this year. This is an increase of 4.6% compared to the same period last year. At the end of the second quarter of the year, totaled 3 million domains, an increase of 4.6 percent compared to the first quarter.
In the aforementioned timeframe, in the com. And net. About 1.5 million registered addresses. That number in the second quarter of the year was about 1.5 million addresses. In the meantime, 1.5 million addresses have been registered on new format domains called top .xyz domains. And site. Most popular in this section.
Google’s most popular and least popular top level domains
What are the most popular top level domains, or at least, which are the ones that show up most on pages indexed in Google?
I wondered this yesterday after seeing a news article stating that the registration of .cn (china) top level domain names topped 1 million for the first time ever by the end of 2005. The seed for my wonderment was probably planted when EGOL, at Cre8asite Forums, asked about using a .info top level domain earlier that day.
So I decided to check to see which were the most popular top level domains in Google, since that was the easiest place to get some statistics.
I found a couple of lists of top level domains (generic tlds and country code tlds), and searched for the number of results that appeared in Google, using the advanced “site” search operator and my tld lists. For example, a search for “site:.com” without the quotation marks might show me approximately how many pages appear in Google’s index that are on sites using a “.com” top level domain.
I’ve listed the 20 most popular top level domains, then the 20 least popular top level domains, and finally the whole list.
The 20 most popular top level domains with the most page results in Google:
| .com | Commercial | 4,860,000,000 |
| .org | Noncommercial | 1,950,000,000 |
| .edu | US accredited postsecondary institutions | 1,550,000,000 |
| .gov | United States Government | 1,060,000,000 |
| .uk | United Kingdom | 473,000,000 |
| .net | Network services | 206,000,000 |
| .ca | Canada | 165,000,000 |
| .de | Germany | 145,000,000 |
| .jp | Japan | 139,000,000 |
| .fr | France | 96,700,000 |
| .au | Australia | 91,000,000 |
| .us | United States | 68,300,000 |
| .ru | Russian Federation | 67,900,000 |
| .ch | Switzerland | 62,100,000 |
| .it | Italy | 55,200,000 |
| .nl | Netherlands | 45,700,000 |
| .se | Sweden | 39,000,000 |
| .no | Norway | 32,300,000 |
| .es | Spain | 31,000,000 |
| .mil | United States Military | 28,400,000 |
The 20 least popular top level domains with the least page results in Google:
| .gw | Guinea-Bissau | 26 |
| .ax | Aland Islands | 28 |
| .wf | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 30 |
| .yt | Mayotte | 34 |
| .sj | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands | 37 |
| .mobi | Consumers and providers of mobile products and services | 37 |
| .eh | Western Sahara | 53 |
| .mh | Marshall Islands | 53 |
| .bv | Bouvet Island | 55 |
| .ap | African Regional Industrial Property Organization | 68 |
| .cat | Catalan linguistic and cultural community | 121 |
| .kp | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic | 122 |
| .iq | Iraq | 133 |
| .um | United States Minor Outlying Islands | 140 |
| .arpa | Technical infrastructure on the web | 162 |
| .pm | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 184 |
| .gb | United Kingdom | 186 |
| .cs | Serbia and Montenegro | 316 |
| .td | Chad | 332 |
| .so | Somalia | 512 |
Page amounts from all of the top level domains looked up in Google:
These are in alphabetical order within two groups. The generic top level domains (three letters or more) and special “arpa” domain first, and then the country code domains (two letters).
.aero |
Air-transport industry |
342,000 |
.arpa |
Technical infrastructure on the web |
162 |
.biz |
Businesses |
6,870,000 |
.cat |
Catalan linguistic and cultural community |
121 |
.com |
Commercial |
4,860,000,000 |
.coop |
Cooperative associations |
1,360,000 |
.edu |
US accredited postsecondary institutions |
1,550,000,000 |
.gov |
United States Government |
1,060,000,000 |
.info |
Information |
21,900,000 |
.jobs |
Human resource managers |
695 |
.mil |
United States Military |
28,400,000 |
.mobi |
Consumers and providers of mobile products and services |
37 |
.museum |
Museums |
280,000 |
.name |
Individuals |
3,220,000 |
.net |
Network services |
206,000,000 |
.org |
Noncommercial |
1,950,000,000 |
.pro |
Credentialed professionals |
101,000 |
.travel |
Travel industry |
12,400 |
.ac |
Ascension Island |
2,060,000 |
.ad |
Andorra |
321,000 |
.ae |
United Arab Emirates |
3,310,000 |
.af |
Afghanistan |
101,000 |
.ag |
Antigua and Barbuda |
1,310,000 |
.ai |
Anguilla |
149,000 |
.al |
Albania |
389,000 |
.am |
Armenia |
2,080,000 |
.an |
Netherlands Antilles |
78,100 |
.ao |
Angola |
153,000 |
.ap |
African Regional Industrial Property Organization |
68 |
.aq |
Antarctica |
36,000 |
.ar |
Argentina |
10,700,000 |
.as |
American Samoa |
1,220,000 |
.at |
Austria |
23,000,000 |
.au |
Australia |
91,000,000 |
.aw |
Aruba |
34,400 |
.az |
Azerbaijan |
1,340,000 |
.ax |
Aland Islands |
28 |
.ba |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2,760,000 |
.bb |
Barbados |
131,000 |
.bd |
Bangladesh |
342,000 |
.be |
Belgium |
25,100,000 |
.bf |
Burkina Faso |
239,000 |
.bg |
Bulgaria |
3,480,000 |
.bh |
Bahrain |
241,000 |
.bi |
Burundi |
60,600 |
.bj |
Benin |
36,200 |
.bm |
Bermuda |
238,000 |
.bn |
Brunei Darussalam |
157,000 |
.bo |
Bolivia |
1,590,000 |
.br |
Brazil |
25,800,000 |
.bs |
Bahamas |
37,700 |
.bt |
Bhutan |
123,000 |
.bv |
Bouvet Island |
55 |
.bw |
Botswana |
244,000 |
.by |
Belarus |
2,540,000 |
.bz |
Belize |
2,790,000 |
.ca |
Canada |
165,000,000 |
.cc |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
4,050,000 |
.cd |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
475,000 |
.cf |
Central African Republic |
703 |
.cg |
Congo, Republic of |
193,000 |
.ch |
Switzerland |
62,100,000 |
.ci |
Cote d’Ivoire |
95,200 |
.ck |
Cook Islands |
43,300 |
.cl |
Chile |
18,500,000 |
.cm |
Cameroon |
119,000 |
.cn |
China |
26,700,000 |
.co |
Colombia |
4,270,000 |
.cr |
Costa Rica |
2,060,000 |
.cs |
Serbia and Montenegro |
316 |
.cu |
Cuba |
2,040,000 |
.cv |
Cape Verde |
81,900 |
.cx |
Christmas Island |
1,830,000 |
.cy |
Cyprus |
2,500,000 |
.cz |
Czech Republic |
18,800,000 |
.de |
Germany |
145,000,000 |
.dj |
Djibouti |
150,000 |
.dk |
Denmark |
19,700,000 |
.dm |
Dominica |
30,100 |
.do |
Dominican Republic |
1,510,000 |
.dz |
Algeria |
326,000 |
.ec |
Ecuador |
2,580,000 |
.ee |
Estonia |
6,790,000 |
.eg |
Egypt |
2,990,000 |
.eh |
Western Sahara |
53 |
.er |
Eritrea |
15,800 |
.es |
Spain |
31,000,000 |
.et |
Ethiopia |
142,000 |
.eu |
European Union |
45,100 |
.fi |
Finland |
28,100,000 |
.fj |
Fiji |
466,000 |
.fk |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
10,500 |
.fm |
Micronesia, Federal State of |
4,580,000 |
.fo |
Faroe Islands |
623,000 |
.fr |
France |
96,700,000 |
.ga |
Gabon |
17,900 |
.gb |
United Kingdom |
186 |
.gd |
Grenada |
13,600 |
.ge |
Georgia |
2,480,000 |
.gf |
French Guiana |
926 |
.gg |
Guernsey |
322,000 |
.gh |
Ghana |
107,000 |
.gi |
Gibraltar |
193,000 |
.gl |
Greenland |
526,000 |
.gm |
Gambia |
59,300 |
.gn |
Guinea |
18,700 |
.gp |
Guadeloupe |
980 |
.gq |
Equatorial Guinea |
1,450 |
.gr |
Greece |
13,500,000 |
.gs |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
772,000 |
.gt |
Guatemala |
904,000 |
.gu |
Guam |
12,800 |
.gw |
Guinea-Bissau |
26 |
.gy |
Guyana |
68,700 |
.hk |
Hong Kong |
9,510,000 |
.hm |
Heard and McDonald Islands |
194,000 |
.hn |
Honduras |
628,000 |
.hr |
Croatia/Hrvatska |
6,080,000 |
.ht |
Haiti |
17,700 |
.hu |
Hungary |
18,500,000 |
.id |
Indonesia |
2,850,000 |
.ie |
Ireland |
17,000,000 |
.il |
Israel |
17,800,000 |
.im |
Isle of Man |
276,000 |
.in |
India |
9,330,000 |
.io |
British Indian Ocean Territory |
108,000 |
.iq |
Iraq |
133 |
.ir |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
2,940,000 |
.is |
Iceland |
5,310,000 |
.it |
Italy |
55,200,000 |
.je |
Jersey |
202,000 |
.jm |
Jamaica |
290,000 |
.jo |
Jordan |
601,000 |
.jp |
Japan |
139,000,000 |
.ke |
Kenya |
301,000 |
.kg |
Kyrgyzstan |
1,440,000 |
.kh |
Cambodia |
262,000 |
.ki |
Kiribati |
427,000 |
.km |
Comoros |
533 |
.kn |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
9,830 |
.kp |
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic |
122 |
.kr |
Korea, Republic of |
13,700,000 |
.kw |
Kuwait |
356,000 |
.ky |
Cayman Islands |
172,000 |
.kz |
Kazakhstan |
2,680,000 |
.la |
Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
932,000 |
.lb |
Lebanon |
1,890,000 |
.lc |
Saint Lucia |
86,400 |
.li |
Liechtenstein |
3,990,000 |
.lk |
Sri Lanka |
1,770,000 |
.lr |
Liberia |
588 |
.ls |
Lesotho |
81,900 |
.lt |
Lithuania |
6,040,000 |
.lu |
Luxembourg |
4,940,000 |
.lv |
Latvia |
6,970,000 |
.ly |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
388,000 |
.ma |
Morocco |
3,030,000 |
.mc |
Monaco |
307,000 |
.md |
Moldova, Republic of |
3,230,000 |
.mg |
Madagascar |
255,000 |
.mh |
Marshall Islands |
53 |
.mk |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of |
2,980,000 |
.ml |
Mali |
73,500 |
.mm |
Myanmar |
367,000 |
.mn |
Mongolia |
1,160,000 |
.mo |
Macau |
1,310,000 |
.mp |
Northern Mariana Islands |
861,000 |
.mq |
Martinique |
19,000 |
.mr |
Mauritania |
210,000 |
.ms |
Montserrat |
2,160,000 |
.mt |
Malta |
1,650,000 |
.mu |
Mauritius |
651,000 |
.mv |
Maldives |
125,000 |
.mw |
Malawi |
87,000 |
.mx |
Mexico |
13,700,000 |
.my |
Malaysia |
4,610,000 |
.mz |
Mozambique |
288,000 |
.na |
Namibia |
1,650,000 |
.nc |
New Caledonia |
265,000 |
.ne |
Niger |
151,000 |
.nf |
Norfolk Island |
54,900 |
.ng |
Nigeria |
101,000 |
.ni |
Nicaragua |
4,240,000 |
.nl |
Netherlands |
45,700,000 |
.no |
Norway |
32,300,000 |
.np |
Nepal |
1,910,000 |
.nr |
Nauru |
466,000 |
.nu |
Niue |
5,100,000 |
.nz |
New Zealand |
18,500,000 |
.om |
Oman |
204,000 |
.pa |
Panama |
1,040,000 |
.pe |
Peru |
2,740,000 |
.pf |
French Polynesia |
240,000 |
.pg |
Papua New Guinea |
211,000 |
.ph |
Philippines |
4,080,000 |
.pk |
Pakistan |
3,180,000 |
.pl |
Poland |
20,100,000 |
.pm |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
184 |
.pn |
Pitcairn Island |
80,900 |
.pr |
Puerto Rico |
1,920,000 |
.ps |
Palestinian Territories |
559,000 |
.pt |
Portugal |
9,100,000 |
.pw |
Palau |
3,010,000 |
.py |
Paraguay |
962,000 |
.qa |
Qatar |
259,000 |
.re |
Reunion Island |
146,000 |
.ro |
Romania |
7,990,000 |
.ru |
Russian Federation |
67,900,000 |
.rw |
Rwanda |
131,000 |
.sa |
Saudi Arabia |
2,770,000 |
.sb |
Solomon Islands |
11,800 |
.sc |
Seychelles |
949,000 |
.sd |
Sudan |
11,700 |
.se |
Sweden |
39,000,000 |
.sg |
Singapore |
8,770,000 |
.sh |
Saint Helena |
547,000 |
.si |
Slovenia |
4,420,000 |
.sj |
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands |
37 |
.sk |
Slovak Republic |
8,040,000 |
.sl |
Sierra Leone |
13,800 |
.sm |
San Marino |
225,000 |
.sn |
Senegal |
503,000 |
.so |
Somalia |
512 |
.sr |
Suriname |
242,000 |
.st |
Sao Tome and Principe |
2,490,000 |
.sv |
El Salvador |
1,320,000 |
.sy |
Syrian Arab Republic |
115,000 |
.sz |
Swaziland |
81,500 |
.tc |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
2,610,000 |
.td |
Chad |
332 |
.tf |
French Southern Territories |
777,000 |
.tg |
Togo |
36,000 |
.th |
Thailand |
6,470,000 |
.tj |
Tajikistan |
153,000 |
.tk |
Tokelau |
2,170,000 |
.tl |
Timor-Leste |
18,100 |
.tm |
Turkmenistan |
136,000 |
.tn |
Tunisia |
1,060,000 |
.to |
Tonga |
2,490,000 |
.tp |
East Timor |
151,000 |
.tr |
Turkey |
8,310,000 |
.tt |
Trinidad and Tobago |
1,170,000 |
.tv |
Tuvalu |
7,170,000 |
.tw |
Taiwan |
14,000,000 |
.tz |
Tanzania |
405,000 |
.ua |
Ukraine |
6,820,000 |
.ug |
Uganda |
337,000 |
.uk |
United Kingdom |
473,000,000 |
.um |
United States Minor Outlying Islands |
140 |
.us |
United States |
68,300,000 |
.uy |
Uruguay |
2,020,000 |
.uz |
Uzbekistan |
2,610,000 |
.va |
Holy See (Vatican City State) |
852,000 |
.vc |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
239,000 |
.ve |
Venezuela |
3,050,000 |
.vg |
Virgin Islands, British |
882,000 |
.vi |
Virgin Islands, U.S. |
202,000 |
.vn |
Vietnam |
2,490,000 |
.vu |
Vanuatu |
5,050,000 |
.wf |
Wallis and Futuna Islands |
30 |
.ws |
Western Samoa |
3,000,000 |
.ye |
Yemen |
93,800 |
.yt |
Mayotte |
34 |
.yu |
Yugoslavia |
3,270,000 |
.za |
South Africa |
16,400,000 |
.zm |
Zambia |
324,000 |
.zw |
Zimbabwe |
507,000 |
The total number of documents returned was 11,828,505,634. That’s likely an approximation, since there seems to be a lot of rounding going on, but it’s about as large a number as I expected to see.
