RESTON, Va. - Friday, 06. February 2026
(BUSINESS WIRE) --
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of critical internet
infrastructure and domain name registry services, today announced that,
according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report from
DNIB.com, the fourth quarter of 2025 closed with 386.9 million domain
name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of
8.4 million domain name registrations, or 2.2% compared to the third
quarter of 2025. Domain name registrations also increased by 22.7
million, or 6.2%, year over year.
The .com and .net TLDs had a
combined total of 173.5 million domain name registrations in the domain
name base at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, an increase of 1.6
million domain name registrations, or 0.9% compared to the third quarter
of 2025. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined increase of 4.5 million
domain name registrations, or 2.6%, year over year. As of Dec. 31, 2025,
the .com domain name base totaled 161.0 million domain name
registrations and the .net domain name base totaled 12.5 million domain
name registrations. New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled
10.7 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to 9.5
million domain name registrations at the end of the fourth quarter of
2024.
Total country-code TLD (ccTLD) domain name registrations
were 145.6 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, an increase
of 0.8 million domain name registrations, or 0.6% compared to the third
quarter of 2025. ccTLDs increased by 4.8 million domain name
registrations, or 3.4%, year over year. The top 10 ccTLDs, as of Dec.
31, 2025, were .cn, .de, .uk, .ru, .nl, .br, .fr, .au, .in and .eu.
Information
about the statistical methodology used in creating the Domain Name
Industry Brief Quarterly Report and DNIB.com’s dashboards is available
here.
About DNIB.com
DNIB.com, sponsored by Verisign,
provides global statistical and analytical research and data on the
domain name industry, plus analyses of key policy, security, and
technology trends. The latest Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly
Report, previous reports, and interactive dashboards with expanded
domain name industry data are all available at DNIB.com.
About Verisign
Verisign
(NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of critical internet infrastructure
and domain name registry services, enables internet navigation for many
of the world’s most recognized domain names. Verisign helps enable the
security, stability, and resiliency of the Domain Name System and the
internet by providing root zone maintainer services, operating two of
the 13 global internet root servers, and providing registration services
and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net top-level domains,
which support the majority of global e-commerce. To learn more please
visit verisign.com.
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