Statistics About .de – 2006

Top 20 Cities and Districts with the Most Domains

Ranking2006Domains2005Domains    
1Berlin547,762Berlin500,867
2Hamburg 385,927Hamburg350,542
3Munich 355,737Munich 316,447
4Cologne 223,775Cologne 202,501
5Hanover Area159,348Dusseldorf146,148
6Dusseldorf141,717Hanover Area144,850
7Frankfurt am Main 135,425Frankfurt am Main127,392
8Nuremberg 132,080Stuttgart 105,111
9Stuttgart  109,362Nuremberg 90,698
10Bonn81,394Bonn75,278
11Rhine-Sieg District78,525Rhine-Sieg District73,638
12Munich, rural district77,870Munich, rural district71,533
13Essen   74,896Essen    68,053
14Neuss, rural district68,113Leipzig66,702
15Dortmund67,746District of Mettmann64,845
16Bremen67,268Dortmund64,197
17District of Mettmann67,070Bremen63,838
18District of Esslingen 66,519District of Esslingen 62,886
19Dresden66,036District of Erft60,253
20District of Erft64,434Rhine-Neckar District59,436

Excel spreadsheet with data of all cities and districts in Germany.

Domain Data According to German Federal States in 2006

Federal State Domains 2006 Domains 2005Domain Increase 2005/2006(%) Domains per 1,000 Population 2006 Population 2005
Baden-Württemberg     1,253,1701,169,0587.1911710,735,701
Bavaria    1,669,9891,515,624 10.1813412,468,726
Berlin   547,762500,8679.361613,395,189
Brandenburg    181,208166,6908.71712,559,483
Bremen  75,44171,7135.20 114663,467
Hamburg    385,927350,54210.092211,743,627
Hesse820,296773,6916.021356,092,354
Mecklenburg Western Pomerania104,50095,2149.75 611,707,266
Lower Saxony799,844744,0107.50 1007,993,946
North Rhine-Westphalia     2,251,4782,101,6567.1312518,058,105
Rhineland-Palatinate440,049413,5996.40 1084,058,843
Saarland98,44191,8497.18 941,050,293
Saxony317,144299,9135.75 744,273,754
Saxony-Anhalt124,169113,0269.86502,469,716
Schleswig-Holstein     351,417320,4379.671242,832,950
Thuringia   151,100136,90410.37652,334,575
Germany   9,571,9358,864,7937.9811682,437,995

 

Place of residence of domain holders from outside Germany

At the end of 2006,  582,383 .de domains were registered for holders not domiciled in Germany. The graph shows how they are distributed over the various countries in the world.

The 10 Cities and Districts with the most Domains per Inhabitant

RankingCity/District Federal State Domains at the end of '06 Inhabitants at the end of '05 DOM'06/ POP*05* 1,000 Increase '05/'06 Domains '05
 1Citiy of Munich Bavaria 355,737 1,259,677 282 12.42 316,447
 2Nuremberg Bavaria 132,080 499,237 265 45.63 90,698
 3Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia 81,394 312,818 260 8.12 75,278
 4District of Munich Bavaria 77,870 309,080 252 8.86 71,533
 5Dusseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia 141,717 574,514 247 -3.03 146,148
 6Regensburg Bavaria 29,721 129,859 229 17.80 25,229
 7Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia 223,775 983,347 228 10.51 202,501
 8Karlsruhe Baden-Württemberg 63,438 285,263 222 8.44 58,498
 9Darmstadt Hesse 31,144 14,0562 222 14.99 27,085
10Hamburg Hamburg 385,927 1,743,627 221 10.09 350,542

The 10 Cities and Districts With The Highest Increase in Domain Numbers in 2005/2006

Ranking City/District Federal State Domains 2006 Inhabitants 31,12.'05 DOM'06/ POP '05* 1,000 Increase Domains '05
 1Saale-Holzland District Thuringia 9,195 90,761 101 71.87 5,350
 2Schleswig-Flensburg Schleswig-Holstein 28,290 199,671 142 56.99 18,020
 3Nuremberg Bavaria 132,080 499,237 265 45.63 90,698
 4Fürth Bavaria 14,948 113,422 132 30.42 11,461
 5Aschersleben-Staßfurt Saxony-Anhalt 4,367 95,325 46 27.91 3,414
 6Altmark Salzwedel District Saxony- Anhalt 4,319 96,040 45 25.66 3,437
 7Hagen North Rhine-Westphalia 23,704 196,934 120 23.14 19,250
 8 Unterallgäu Bavaria 14,792 135,708 109 22.52 12,073
 9Müritz Mecklenburg Western Pomerania 3,876 67,495 57 21.35 3,194
10Ostalb District Baden-Württemberg 30,289 316,760 96 21.03 25,027