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3 million .eu domain names
Eurid announced that the registration of the third millionth .eu domain name was granted on 11 January 2009.
Reaching this milestone provides an occasion to underline the success of the European extension. The press release does indeed praise such success and also provides some statics on domain names in the European countries:
[.eu] is the fourth most popular internet domain among European country domains and the ninth worldwide.
By reaching the third million domain, .eu has well consolidated its place among the ten largest top-level domains in the world, such as .com, .net. and .org. Registrations for .eu domains have been steadily growing since its introduction in 2006. In addition, .eu domains enjoy a good reputation: a recent survey carried out for EURid, the registry for .eu, shows that users not only perceive .eu as the genuine European internet identity, but also believe that .eu domains are innovative and modern.
Most .eu domains have been registered in EU countries with the largest populations and highest internet penetration. Germany continues to lead with 30%, followed by the Netherlands (14%), the United Kingdom (12%), France (8%) and Poland (6%).
Number of .eu domain names compared to national top-level internet domains per 1000 inhabitants (as of January 2009)
Country | No. of .eu domains per 1000 inhabitants | No. of country domains per 1000 inhabitants |
Cyprus | 66.1 | n/a |
Luxembourg | 54.9 | 86.2 |
Netherlands | 24.7 | 193.6 |
Ireland | 13.1 | 25.6 |
Germany | 11.1 | 151.7 |
Belgium | 8.9 | 80.0 |
Austria | 8.7 | 95.7 |
Sweden | 8.7 | 90.2 |
Denmark | 8.0 | 175.0 |
Czech Republic | 7.4 | 47.9 |
Malta | 6.4 | n/a |
UK | 6.0 | 118.1 |
Estonia | 6.0 | 47.0 |
Poland | 4.5 | 34.7 |
France | 3.8 | 20.5 |
Slovakia | 3.2 | 31.9 |
Latvia | 3.2 | 28.7 |
Slovenia | 2.9 | 30.8 |
Hungary | 2.8 | 40.4 |
Lithuania | 2.7 | 28.1 |
Finland | 2.7 | 37.0 |
Italy | 2.7 | 27.0 |
Greece | 2.2 | n/a |
Spain | 1.5 | 23.8 |
Bulgaria | 1.2 | n/a |
Portugal | 1.1 | 25.9 |
Romania | 0.9 | 16.4 |
Posted by: Frédéric Glaize @ 21.55
Tags: ccTLD, Domain names,



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