The legacies of long tail and the unfolding of consolidation and concentration in the top-level domain sector

Figures & data

Table 1. Domains under management top 10 TLDs.

2012		2020		2022
.com	105.937.945	.com	152.373.883	.com	164.413.895
.net	15.099.633	.net	13.689.848	.net	13.502.970
.org	9.700.000	.org	10.652.302	.org	11.170.010
.biz	2.303.447	.icu	6.178.600	.xyz	4.563.254
.mobi	1.037.343	.info	4.688.275	.info	3.966.719
.tel	287.294	.top	3.356.859	.online	2.345.820
.asia	236.185	.xyz	3.182.692	.top	2.124.008
.name	227.684	.site	1.951.838	.shop	1.527.515
.pro	146.143	.online	1.636.875	.biz	1.434.749
.xxx	136.548	.biz	1.503.275	.site	1.296.714

Source: DNSRF DAP.live and ICANN transactions report.

Table 2. Main registry groups.

Registry company	Total Number of TLDs	Estimated TLD market share (2022)
Amazon Registry Services	54	≤1%
Charleston Road Registry Inc (Google)	45	≈2%
Identity Digital	264	≈3%
Radix	10	≈3%
Registry Services LLC (GoDaddy group)	34	≈2%
Verisign (group)	16	≈82%
XYZ LLC	34	≈2%

Source: ICANN Registry Reports. The name of the company is the commercial name, not necessarily the IANA administrative contact of the TLD.

Figure 1. Source: ICANN Open Data, DNSRF DAP.live.

Figure 2. Source: ICANN Open Data, DNSRF DAP.live.

Figure 3. Market share of gTLDs (in %) of top 5. Source: ICANN Open Data and registry Transactions. DNSRF DAP.live.

Figure 4. Number of ICANN accredited registrars per year based on DNSRF DAP.live (2020).

Figure 5. Percentage of domain name market share top 20 registrars based on DNSRF DAP.live (2020).

Figure 6. Absolute market share back-end platforms registrars based on IANA Root Zone Database (June 2023).