Simone Catania from InterNetX published an article on DotMagazine.online about country code domain names.
The focus of the article was the European market.
Simone writes,
Undeterred by the numerous alternate naming options, Europe relies strongly on ccTLDs with roughly 54.2% median market. The popularity of ccTLDs within this region is linked to many factors, chief among which is the perception of domain names under ccTLDs as an authentic mark of trust, guaranteeing security and safety. Thus, European ccTLD registries show strong efforts to combat DNS abuse and unlawful content.
Most domainers know that the German country code .de is by far tops when it comes to European country code domains registered. I will say I did not know .NL was third, I thought top 5 but thought maybe .FR would have more.
Takeaways:
The German ccTLD .de is Europe’s most widely registered ccTLD, boasting almost 18 million registrations.
.uk with 10.7 million domain registrations is in second place.
.nl comes in third with 6.3 million domain registrations
Full article here