VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) announced that the fourth quarter of 2022 closed with 350.4 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), a rise of 0.5 million domain name registrations, or 0.1%, in comparison with the third quarter of 2022. Domain name registrations have increased by 8.7 million, or 2.6%, 12 months over 12 months.
The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 173.8 million domain name registrations within the domain name base at the tip of the fourth quarter of 2022, a decrease of 0.4 million domain name registrations, or 0.2%, in comparison with the third quarter of 2022. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined increase of 0.3 million domain name registrations, or 0.2%, 12 months over 12 months. As of Dec. 31, 2022, the .com domain name base totaled 160.5 million domain name registrations, and the .net domain name base totaled 13.2 million domain name registrations.
Recent .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 9.7 million at the tip of the fourth quarter of 2022, in comparison with 10.6 million domain name registrations at the tip of the fourth quarter of 2021.
Total country-code TLD (ccTLD) domain name registrations were 133.1 million at the tip of the fourth quarter of 2022, a rise of 0.7 million domain name registrations, or 0.5%, in comparison with the third quarter of 2022.
ccTLDs increased by 5.7 million domain name registrations, or 4.5%, 12 months over 12 months. The highest 10 ccTLDs, as of Dec. 31, 2022, were .cn, .de, .uk, .nl, .ru, .br, .au, .eu, .fr, and .it.
Total latest generic TLD (ngTLD) domain name registrations were 27.4 million at the tip of the fourth quarter of 2022, a rise of 0.1 million domain name registrations, or 0.5%, in comparison with the third quarter of 2022. ngTLDs increased by 2.7 million domain name registrations, or 11.1%, 12 months over 12 months.
