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A Domain Name Map of The World

March 9, 2016 by Raymond Hackney

Wired.co.uk published an article that included a map of the world ( courtesy of Nominet) which focused on domain extensions.

The story spent a lot of time on .TK the cctld of Tokelau being the largest spot on the map. With more than 31million regs it leads all extensions. Of course they are free.

From the article:

FreeDom makes money through adverts placed on lapsed .tk registrations, with a cut of this passed onto the people of Tokelau. In 2012 this cut accounted for one-sixth of its tiny $1.2m annual GDP.

More recently .ml (Mali), .cf (Central African Republic), .ga (Gabon) and .gq (Equatorial Guinea) have all opened themselves up to free registrations.

“Our visualisation of global internet use paints an interesting picture of the domain world,” said Nominet CEO Russell Haworth, adding that the high internet adoption rates in Europe gave it a much larger geographical size.

For a full size copy of the map go here

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Filed Under: Domain trends, domaining news

About Raymond Hackney

Raymond Hackney has been involved with domain names since 1997. One of the most prolific writers in the domain industry and founder of TLDinvestors.com and 3Character.com

Comments

  1. Joseph Peterson says

    March 9, 2016 at 8:43 pm

    Now THAT’S cool!

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