The .NET domain extension might soon overtake Germany's .DE as second largest top-level domain after the market leading .COM web address according to the latest domain name statistics:
| 1. .COM | 88.7 million |
| 2. .DE | 13.7 million |
| 3. .NET | 13.3 million |
| 4. .UK | 8.7 million |
| 5. .ORG | 8.5 million |
| 6. .CN | 6.9 million |
| 7. .INFO | 6.6 million |
| 8. .NL | 4.0 million |
| 9. .EU | 3.2 million |
| 10. .RU | 2.9 million |
Source: Hoster Stats
It's interesting to see how some positions have changed in comparison to the top 10 domain name statistics from last year. While most domain extensions growing strongly, e.g. .ORG grew from 7.7 to 8.5 million names, the Chinese .CN suffix dropped from 2nd into 6th place after having changed the registration rules a few months back.
Another milestone for the domain name industry will be the passing of 300 domain extensions with the introduction of more internationalized country code domains. A number we will likely see increase over the coming years with the introduction of new top-level domains.
