27 Years of .com Domains

27 YEARS OF .COM DOMAINS THE OLDEST COM DOMAINS SYMBOLICS.COM MARCH 15, 1985 BBN.COM APRIL 24, 1985 THINK.COM MC.COM MAY 24, 1985 DEC.COM SEPTEMBER 30, 1985 JULY 11, 1985 1985 1986 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 27 YEARS AGO, SYMBOLICS.COM BECAME THE FIRST.COM DOMAIN TO BE REGISTERED. DOMAIN COUNT OF THE TEN LARGEST TOP-LEVEL DOMAINS IN MILLIONS, AS OF MARCH 1, 2012 .COM 101.4 .DE 14.9 .NET 14.6 .UK 9.9 .ORG 9.9 INFO 8.4 .NL 4.9 .EU 3.6 .CN 3.4 TODAY, THERE ARE MORE THAN 100 MILLION ACTIVE .COM DOMAINS, MAKING IT BY FAR THE LARGEST TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN. .BIZ 2.2 20 40 60 80 100 THE NUMBER OF .COM DOMAINS IS STILL GROWING, BUT NOT AS QUICKLY AS IT USED TO. .COM DOMAINS SINCE 2004 IN MILLIONS, AS OF MARCH 1 ANNUAL GROWTH IN PERCENT 120 60 100 50 80 40 60 30 40 20 20 10 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 THE 100TH .COM DOMAIN WAS REGISTERED 990 DAYS AFTER THE FIRST ONE. ON MARCH 11, 2012, MORE THAN 100,000 NEW .COM DOMAINS WERE REGISTERED IN 24 HOURS. THE MOST EXPENSIVE DOMAIN NAMES IN MILLION U.S. DOLLARS 20 15 16 13 10 9.9 5 OVER THE YEARS, DOMAIN NAMES HAVE BECOME A VALUABLE ASSET. statista OEommons creative Sources: DENIC, HosterStats.com, iwhois.com, complex.com ts BUSINESS .COM * PORN.COM FUND.COM SEX.COM INSURE.COM