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Statistics About .de – 2012

Statistics of 2012

Top 20 Cities and Districts with the Most Domains

Ranking2012Domains2011Domains    
1Berlin884,053  Berlin840,324
2Munich 595,878Munich609,152
3Hamburg 584,036Hamburg 556,460
4Cologne    338,829Cologne    324,263
5Hanover Area217,753 Hanover Area    210,879
6Frankfurt am Main  216,341Frankfurt am Main207,580
7Dusseldorf 203,598Dusseldorf199,900
8Stuttgart  170,157Stuttgart 164,745
9Leipzig 149,309Nuremberg149,523
10Osnabrück148,086Leipzig142,287
11Nuremberg141,563Bonn133,638
12Bonn139,335Osnabrück122,928
13District of Munich 129,077Rhine-Sieg District119,423
14Rhine-Sieg District123,027District of Munich119,236
15Essen     116,061Essen     107,301
16District of Mettmann 113,650    Dresden101,947
17Dresden 105,386      District of Esslingen 101,181
18District of Esslingen 103,427Aachen City District98,373
19Rhine District Neuss99,234    Wuppertal97,650
20Aachen City District98,982Rhine District Neuss96,846

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

Absolute Number of .de Domains in Cities and Districts in Germany in 2012

Absolute Number of .de Domains in Cities and Districts in Germany in 2012

Domain Data According to German Federal States in 2012

Federal State Domains 2012 Domains 2011Domain Increase 2011/2013 (%) Domains per 1,000 Population 2012 Population (per 31 Dec. 2010)
Baden-Württemberg     1,809,8651,747,9523.5416810,753,880
Bavaria    2,665,4652,618,495 1.7921312,538,696
Berlin   884,053840,3245.202553,460,725
Brandenburg    271,189 260,4704.121082,503,273
Bremen  107,960105,465 2.37 163 660,706
Hamburg    584,036556,4604.963271,786,448
Hesse1,143,0711,109,5103.021886,067,021
Mecklenburg Western Pomerania166,940159,6704.55 1021,642,327
Lower Saxony1,243,5601,181,2315.28 1577,918,293
North Rhine-Westphalia     3,212,7433,107,3773.3918017,814,154
Rhineland-Palatinate607,452590,0312.95 1524,003,745
Saarland137,145132,6123,42 1351,017,567
Saxony534,240511,7244.40 1294.149,477
Saxony-Anhalt232,797173,72834.001002,335,066
Schleswig-Holstein     495,637479,0093.471752,834,259
Thuringia   227,827215,0135.96102 2,235,025
Germany   14,323,98013,789,0713.8817581,751,602

Place of Residence of Domain Holders from outside Germany

At the end of 2012, 864,691 .de domains were registered for holders domiciled outside 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 2012 Domains 2011 Domain Increase 2011-2012 Domains per 1,000 population Population (per 31 Dec. 2010)
 1District of Amberg-Sulzbach Bavaria 96,338 92,741 3.9 916 105,180
 2Osnabrück Lower Saxony 148,086 122,928 20.5 902 164,119
 3 District of Starnberg Bavaria 63,444 57,315 10.7 487 130,283
 4District of Freising Bavaria 77,241 72,558 6.5 464 166,375
 5Munich Bavaria 595,878 609,152 -2.2 440 1,353,186
 6Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia 139,335 133,638 4.3 429 324,899
 7 District of Munich Bavaria 129,077 119,236 8.3 400 323,015
 8Regensburg Bavaria 47,151 47,545 -0.8 348 135,520
 9Dusseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia 203,598 199,900 1.9 346 588,735
10Halle (Saale) Saxony-Anhalt 80,043 25,596 212.7 344 232,963

The 10 Cities and Districts With The Highest Pro-Rata Increase in 2011-2012 Domain Numbers

RankingCity/District Federal State Domains 2012 Domains 2011 Domain Increase 2011-2012 (%) Domains per 1,000 Population Population (per 31 Dec. 2010)
 1Halle (Saale) Saxony-Anhalt 80,043 25,596 212.7 344 232,963
 2District of Hameln-Pyrmont Lower Saxony 25,538 18,876 35.3 166 154,085
 3Erfurt Thuringia 38,493 29,938 28.6 188 204,994
 4District of Mettmann North Rhine-Westphalia 113,650 89,383 27.2 230 495,155
 5Heilbronn Baden-Württemberg 32,205 25,493 26.3 262 122,879
 6District of Nordwestmecklenburg Mecklenburg Western Pomerania 17,040 13,958 22.1 106 160,423
 7 Osnabrück Lower Saxony 148,086 122,928 20.5 902 164,119
 8 District of Regensburg Bavaria 26,178 22,166 18.1 142 183,796
 9Memmingen Bavaria 7,173 6,381 12.4 175 41,025
10District of Bamberg Bavaria 19,458 17,484 11.3 135 144,211