.Tech Turns 2

Posted on the 06 August 2017 by Worldwide @thedomains

.Tech turns 2 years old today, Radix ( an advertiser on TheDomains) has put together an infographic and look back at the first two years of this new gtld.

Certainly the keyword tech is a very popular keyword,

Popularity Index

“tech” is the 4th most popular topic on the internet by domain count.

#1. web
#2. net
#3. art
#4. tech
#5. cloud
#6. shop
#7. home

Source: LeanDomainSearch.com

I own one .tech domain, I do wish the price was lower to renew or transfer. But it is one of the new gtlds that I do like.

On the 1 year anniversary .tech stood at approximately 174,000 registrations. Today they are at 334,000 according to Ntldstats.com.

Registrations up substantially from year 1

a snapshot of the .TECH journey so far:

  • Programming Schools: .TECH partnered with 10+ Programming Schools with a reach of 200k+ students globally. Some of the schools like CoderDojo run up to 1500 dojos  that are spread across 69 countries

  • Hackathons:  .TECH has participated and sponsored 150+ of the best hackathons globally, that reached 30,000 students across 20 countries.  .TECH was also a part of Angel Hack’s Global Hackathon. This series runs through 50+ cities, 30+ Countries & brings together 10,000+ developers
  • Universities:  Technology Clubs at top Universities are using .tech:

    • warwick.tech – University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    • goldsmiths.tech – Goldsmiths University, United Kingdom

    • Hsg.tech – University of St Gallen, Switzerland

  • Startups & Brands:  .TECH has emerged as the top online destination of emerging startups with 7000+ Startups. One of them sourced.tech, from Spain also raised $6 million in a Series A funding round

  • Conferences: Other than startups, .TECH has also been a popular choice for a lot of business and events  in the technology space – be it the world’s largest tech conference in Vegas ces.tech (with 4,000+ exhibiting companies, 600+ startups, 180,000+ industry professionals)  or Southeast’s premier annual conference connect.tech

  • Influencers:  Leading Tech Influencers like Austin Evans, John Maeda, Edgar.tech, Dom.tech, having a combined base of 5 million+ subscribers. Some of these also feature on the the top 30 Tech influencer list collated by Inc.com

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