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Statistics About .de – 2015

Statistics of 2015

Top 20 Cities and Districts with the Most Domains

Ranking 2015 Domains 2014 Domains    
 1 Berlin 995,563 Berlin 955,484 
 2 Munich 605,511 Hamburg 592,192
 3 Hamburg 592,440 Munich 591,199  
 4 Cologne    375,520 Cologne    348,692   
 5 Hanover Area 230,739 Frankfurt am Main 230,561         
 6 Frankfurt am Main 225,904 Hanover Area    226,609        
 7 Osnabrück 225,741 Osnabrück 220,397
 8 Dusseldorf 205,312 Dusseldorf 207,814
 9 Stuttgart     178,201 Stuttgart     173,761    
10 Nuremberg 138,525 Nuremberg 140,602
11 Bonn 129,194 Bonn 130,899   
12 Rhine-Sieg District    125,085 District of Munich    125,927
13 District of Munich 124,330 Rhine-Sieg District 122,491
14 Leipzig 118,920 Leipzig 119,152    
15 Dresden 116,918 Essen     115,479
16 Essen    116,708 Dresden 113,243               
17 Aachen City District 103,750 Aachen City District 101,610      
18 Rhine District Neuss    103,334 Rhine District Neuss    101,052
19 Bremen 102,106 Bremen 100,556     
20 Dortmund 98,574 Dortmund 97,441

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

Absolute Number of .de Domains in Cities and Districts in Germany 2015
Number of Registered .de Domains per 1,000 Inhabitants in Rural and Urban District in Germany 2015

Domain Data According to German Federal States in 2015

Federal State Domains 2015 Domains 2014 Domain Increase 2014/2015 (%) Domains per 1,000 Population 2015  Population (per 31 Dec. 2013)
Baden-Württemberg     1,884,399 1,851,973 1.8 175 10,631,278
Bavaria    2,635,457 2,610,952 0.9 209 12,604,244
Berlin   995,563 955,484 4.2 291 3,421,829
Brandenburg    286,708 285,705 0.4 117 2,449,193
Bremen  111,171 109,704 1.3 169 657,391
Hamburg    592,440 592,192 0.0 339 1,746,342
Hesse 1,205,041 1,188,028 1.4 199 6,045,425
Mecklenburg Western Pomerania 168,811 167,273 0.9 106 1,596,505
Lower Saxony 1,351,041 1,351,022 0.0 173 7,790,559
North Rhine-Westphalia     3,296,754 3,251,846 1.4 188 17,571,856
Rhineland-Palatinate 636,479 626,662 1.6 159 3,994,366
Saarland 140,890 140,426 0.3 142 990,718
Saxony 525,257 525,656 -0.1 130 4,046,385
Saxony-Anhalt 183,035 182.805 0.1 82 2,244,577
Schleswig-Holstein     540,745 527,670 2.5 192 2,815,955
Thuringia   229,754 228,689 0.5 106 2,160,840
Germany   14,783,545 14,596,087 1.28 183 80,767,463

Place of Residence of Domain Holders from outside Germany

At the end of 2015, 1,114,358 .de domains were registered for holders domiciled outside Germany. The graph shows how they are distributed over the various countries in the world.

Graph Domain Holder outside Germany

The 10 Cities and Districts with the most Domains per Inhabitant 2015

RankingCity/District Federal State Domains 2015 Domains 2014 Domain Increase 2014-2015 Domains per 1,000 population 2015 Population (per 31 Dec. 2013) 
 1Osnabrück Lower Saxony 225,741 220,397 2.4 1,444 156,315
 2Starnberg, rural district  Bavaria 61,861 61,409 0.7 473 130,811
 3District of Freising Bavaria 72,591 76,497 -5.1 430 169,010  
 4Munich Bavaria 605,511 591,199 2.4 430 1,407,836
 5Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia 129,194 130,899 -1.3 415 311,287
 6District of Munich Bavaria 124,330 125,927 -1.3 377 329,981  
 7Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia 375,520 348,692 7.7 363 1,034,175
 8Dusseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia 205,312 207,814 -1.2 343 598,686
 9Hamburg Hamburg 592,440 592,192 0 339 1,746,342 
10Regensburg Bavaria    46,948 45,932 2.2 335 140,276

The 10 Cities and Districts with the highest Pro-Rata Increase in 2014-2015 Domain Numbers

RankingCity/District Federal State Domains 2015 Domains 2014 Domain Increase 2014-2015 in %      Domains per 1,000 population 2015 Population (per 31 Dec. 2013)
 1District of Borken North Rhine-Westphalia 62,721 52,391 19.7 172 364,271
 2District of Rhön-Grabfeld Bavaria 10,271 8,746 17.4 128 79,965
 3Kaiserslautern Rhineland-Palatinate 24,988 21,506 16.2 257 97,162
 4District of Böblingen Baden-Württemberg 75,517 67,285 12.2 204 370,392
 5District of Gießen Hesse 50,287 45,448 10.6 198 253,820
 6District of Landsberg am Lech Bavaria 32,544 29,653 9.7 283 114,926   
 7District of Bayreuth Bavaria 15,360 14,158 8.5 147 104,637   
 8Ostalb District Baden-Württemberg 41,695 38,471 8.4 136 306,933
 9Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia 375,520 348,692 7.7 363 1,034,175  
10District of Bad Kissingen Bavaria 12,276 11,426 7.4 119 102,865