Statistics About .de – 2013

Statistics of 2013

Top 20 Cities and Districts with the Most Domains

Ranking2013Domains2012Domains    
 1Berlin913,564Berlin884,053 
 2Hamburg 598,997Munich595,878
 3Munich 570,532 Hamburg 584,036
 4Cologne    350,891Cologne    338,829  
 5Frankfurt am Main230,088 Hanover Area    217,753
 6Hanover Area    222,346Frankfurt am Main216,341
 7Osnabrück 213,690Dusseldorf203,598
 8Dusseldorf 200,377 Stuttgart 170,157
 9Stuttgart     173,934Leipzig 149,309
10Nuremberg140,498Osnabrück148,086
11Bonn130,819 Nuremberg141,563
12District of Munich    124,520Bonn139,335
13Rhine-Sieg District124,067 District of Munich129,077
14Leipzig 121,129Rhine-Sieg District123,027
15Essen     114,763Essen     116,061
16Dresden 108,826District of Mettmann113,650             
17Bremen101,453Dresden 105,386     
18Rhine District Neuss    100,820 District of Esslingen   103,427
19Aachen City District100,812   Rhine District Neuss99,234   
20Dortmund  97,307Aachen City District98,982

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

Domain Data According to German Federal States in 2013

Federal State Domains 2013 Domains 2012Domain Increase 2012/2013 (%) Domains per 1,000 Population 2013 Population (per 31 Dec. 2011)
Baden-Württemberg     1,829,3811,809,8651.0817010,786,227
Bavaria    2,677,0932,665,465 0.4421312,595,891
Berlin   913,564884,053 3.34 261 3,501,872
Brandenburg    281,701 271,189 3.881132,495,635
Bremen  111,063107,960 2.87 168 661,301
Hamburg    598,997584,036 2.563331,798,836
Hesse1,177,7831,143,0713.041936,092,126
Mecklenburg Western Pomerania166,230166,940-0.43 1021,634,734
Lower Saxony1,328,4461,243,5606.83 1687,913,502
North Rhine-Westphalia     3,226,9883,212,7430.4418117,841,956
Rhineland-Palatinate615,167607,4521.27 1543,999,117
Saarland139,402137,1451.65 1381,013,352
Saxony522,518534,240-2.19 1264,137,051
Saxony-Anhalt182,513232,797-21.6792,313,280
Schleswig-Holstein     507,022495,6372.31792,837,641
Thuringia   226,467227,827-0,6102 2,221,222
Germany   14,504,33514,323,9801.2617781,843,743

Place of residence of domain holders from outside Germany


At the end of 2013, 985,701 .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 2013

RankingCity/District Federal State Domains 2013 Domains 2012 Domain Increase 2012-2013 Domains per 1,000 population Population (per 31 Dec. 2011)
 1Osnabrück Lower Saxony 213,690 148,086 43.6 1,295 165,021
 2District of Amberg-Sulzbach Bavaria 96,656 96,338 0.8 923 104,709
 3Memmingen Bavaria 27,505 7,173 282.9 670 41,030
 4District of Freising Bavaria 79,927 77,241 2.4 475 168,180
 5District of Starnberg Bavaria 61,340 63,444 -4.3 466 131,591
 6Munich Bavaria 570,532 595,878 -5.9 414 1,378,176
 7Bonn North  Rhine-Westphalia 130,819 139,335 -7 399 327,913
 8District of Munich Bavaria 124,520 129,077 -5 380 327,962
 9Regensburg Bavaria 47,574 47,151 0 348 136,577
10Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia 350,891 338,829 2.7 345 1,017,155

The 10 Cities and Districts With The Highest Pro-Rata Increase in 2012-2013 Domain Numbers

RankingCity/District Federal State Domains 2013 Domains 2012 Domain Increase 2012-2013 Domains per 1,000 population Population (per 31 Dec. 2011)
 1Memmingen Bavaria 27,505 7,173 282.9 670 41,030
 2Osnabrück Lower Saxony 213,690 148,086 43.6 1,295 165,021
 3District of Görlitz Saxony 33,427 26,332 28.4 122 273,511
 4District of Kleve North Rhine-Westphalia 47,348 41,049 15.8 154 308,085
 5Saale District Saxony-Anhalt 15,782 14,104 12.5 81 195,133
 6Erfurt Thuringia 43,524 38,493 12.2 211 206,384
 7Märkisch-Oderland District Brandenburg 23,106 21,218 9.9 122 189,673
 8District of Uelzen Lower Saxony 12,844 11,792 9.6 137 93,564
 9Braunschweig Lower Saxony 53,435 48,854 8.7 213 250,556
10Bremerhaven Bremen 9,610 9,033 6.3 85 112,982