.EU has moved upwards, and it is now the 3rd biggest TLD in Europe only exceeded by co.uk and .de, and the number is continuing its growth at a rapid pace. More than 2 million .eu domains are registered up until now. There has been a lot of speculation about how many registrations would be made within the first year.

“When we opened .eu for the public in April this year we were convinced it would prove popular, but no one anticipated these high numbers. We are pleased to see that people from all European countries have shown interest in conveying a European Identity on the Internet,” says Marc Van Wesemael, Managing Director for EURid which is the not-for-profit organisation appointed by the European Commission to operate .eu The German .de ccTLD passed an important milestone end of June - the registry processed the ten millionth registration. .de is the second biggest TLD on the Internet, right after .com. .cn domain name extension is also growing fast. The online activity in China has by now exceeded over one million registrations.

*.uk includes all the 3rd level domains, e.g. co.uk



Sources: zooknic, EURid, cnNIC