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Statistics About .de – 2016

Statistics of 2016

Top 20 Cities and Districts with the Most Domains

Position2016Domains 2015Domains 
  1Berlin1,006,806 Berlin995,563
  2Munich600,538 Munich605,511
  3Hamburg585,772 Hamburg592,440
  4Cologne372,708 Cologne375,520
  5Hanover Area239,025 Hanover Area230,739
  6Osnabrück237,866 Frankfurt am Main225,904
  7Frankfurt am Main226,986 Osnabrück225,741
  8Dusseldorf207,826 Dusseldorf205,312
  9Stuttgart181,970 Stuttgart178,201
10Nuremberg132,357 Nuremberg138,525
11Bonn129,616 Bonn129,194
12Rhine-Sieg District126,142 Rhine-Sieg District125,085
13District of Munich125,445 District of Munich124,330
14Dresden118,935 Leipzig118,920
15Essen117,015 Dresden116,918
16Leipzig116,271 Essen116,708
17Aachen City District104,929 Aachen City District103,750
18Bremen104,549 Rhine District Neuss103,334
19District of Esslingen103,088 Bremen102,106
20Rhine District Neuss103,086 Dortmund98,574

Excel Spreadsheet with Data of All Cities and Districts in Germany 2016.

Absolute Number of .de Domains in Cities and Districts in Germany 2016
Number of Registered .de Domains per 1,000 Inhabitants in Rural and Urban District in Germany 2016

Domain Data According to German Federal States in 2016

Federal State Domains 2016 Domains 2015 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%) Domains per 1,000 Population 2016  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)
Federal StateBaden-Württemberg     Domains 20161,918,435 Domains 20151,884,399 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)1.8 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016179  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)10,716,644
Federal StateBavaria    Domains 20162,630,613 Domains 20152,635,457 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)-0.2 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016207  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)12,691,568
Federal StateBerlin   Domains 20161,006,806 Domains 2015995,563 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)1.1 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016290  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)3,469,849
Federal StateBrandenburg    Domains 2016287,744 Domains 2015286,708 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)0.4 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016117  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)2,457,872
Federal StateBremen  Domains 2016113,705 Domains 2015111,171 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)2.3 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016172  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)661,888
Federal StateHamburg    Domains 2016585,772 Domains 2015592,440 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)-1.1 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016332  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)1,762,791
Federal StateHesse Domains 20161,215,230 Domains 20151,205,041 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)0.8 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016199  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)6,093,888
Federal StateLower Saxony Domains 20161,380,508 Domains 20151,351,041 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)2.2 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016176  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)7,826,739
Federal StateMecklenburg Western Pomerania Domains 2016170,191 Domains 2015168,811 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)0.8 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016106  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)1,599,138
Federal StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia     Domains 20163,294,917 Domains 20153,296,754 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)-0.1 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016187  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)17,638,098
Federal StateRhineland-Palatinate Domains 2016642,088 Domains 2015636,479 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)0.9 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016160  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)4,011,582
Federal StateSaarland Domains 2016142,289 Domains 2015140,890 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)1 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016144  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)989,035
Federal StateSaxony Domains 2016525,441 Domains 2015525,257 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)0 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016130  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)4,055,274
Federal StateSaxony-Anhalt Domains 2016184,595 Domains 2015183,035 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)0.9 Domains per 1,000 Population 201683  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)2,235,548
Federal StateSchleswig-Holstein     Domains 2016525,732 Domains 2015540,745 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)-2.8 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016186  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)2,830,864
Federal StateThuringia   Domains 2016232,621 Domains 2015229,754 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)1.2 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016108  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)2,156,759
Federal StateGermany    Domains 201614,856,687 Domains 201514,783,545 Domain Increase 2015/2016 (%)0.49 Domains per 1,000 Population 2016183  Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)81,197,537

 

Place of Residence of Domain Holders from Outside Germany

At the end of 2016,  1,146,500 .de domains were registered for holders domiciled outside Germany. The graph shows how they are distributed over the various countries in the world.

Domain Holders Outside Germany

Domain Holders Outside Germany

The 10 Cities and Districts with the most Domains per Inhabitant 2016

Ranking City/District Federal State Domains 2016 Domains 2015 Domain Increase 2015-2016 Domains per 1,000 population 2016 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014) 
Ranking 1 City/DistrictOsnabrück Federal StateLower Saxony Domains 2016237,866 Domains 2015225,741 Domain Increase 2015-20165.4 Domains per 1,000 population 20161.516 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014) 156,897
Ranking 2 City/DistrictDistrict of Freising Federal StateBavaria Domains 201674,240 Domains 201572,591 Domain Increase 2015-20162.3 Domains per 1,000 population 2016436 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014) 170,357
Ranking 3 City/DistrictMunich Federal StateBavaria Domains 2016600,538 Domains 2015605,511 Domain Increase 2015-2016-0.8 Domains per 1,000 population 2016420 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014) 1,429,584
Ranking 4 City/DistrictBonn Federal StateNorth Rhine- Westphalia Domains 2016129,616 Domains 2015129,194 Domain Increase 2015-20160.3 Domains per 1,000 population 2016413 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014) 313,958
Ranking 5 City/DistrictDistrict of Starnberg Federal StateBavaria Domains 201653,584 Domains 201561,861 Domain Increase 2015-2016-13.4 Domains per 1,000 population 2016406 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014) 131,873
Ranking 6 City/DistrictDistrict of Munich Federal StateBavaria Domains 2016125,445 Domains 2015124,330 Domain Increase 2015-20160.9 Domains per 1,000 population 2016377 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014) 332,800
Ranking 7 City/DistrictCologne Federal StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia Domains 2016372,708 Domains 2015375,520 Domain Increase 2015-2016-0.7 Domains per 1,000 population 2016356 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014) 1,046,680
Ranking 8 City/DistrictDusseldorf Federal StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia Domains 2016207,826 Domains 2015205,312 Domain Increase 2015-20161.2 Domains per 1,000 population 2016344 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014) 604,527
Ranking 9 City/DistrictHamburg Federal StateHamburg Domains 2016585,772 Domains 2015592,440 Domain Increase 2015-2016-1.1 Domains per 1,000 population 2016332 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014) 1,762,791
Ranking10 City/DistrictRegensburg Federal StateBavaria Domains 201645,833 Domains 201546,948 Domain Increase 2015-2016-2.4 Domains per 1,000 population 2016322 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014) 142,292

The 10 Cities and Districts with the Highest Pro-Rata Increase in 2015-2016 Domain Numbers

Ranking City/District Federal State Domains 2016 Domains 2015 Domain Increase 2015-2016 in %      Domains per 1,000 population 2016 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)
Ranking 1 City/DistrictDistrict of Dachau Federal StateBavaria Domains 201627,782 Domains 201524,347 Domain Increase 2015-2016 in %     14.1 Domains per 1,000 population 2016190 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)146,279
Ranking 2 City/DistrictMain-Taunus District Federal StateHesse Domains 201659,921 Domains 201554,105 Domain Increase 2015-2016 in %     10.7 Domains per 1,000 population 2016261 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)229,976
Ranking 3 City/DistrictDistrict of Esslingen Federal StateBaden-Württemberg Domains 2016103,088 Domains 201595,200 Domain Increase 2015-2016 in %     8.3 Domains per 1,000 population 2016199 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)516,779
Ranking 4 City/DistrictDistrict of Haßberge Federal StateBavaria Domains 201610,461 Domains 20159,741 Domain Increase 2015-2016 in %     7.4 Domains per 1,000 population 2016124 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)84,152
Ranking 5 City/DistrictDistrict of Amberg-Sulzbach Federal StateBavaria Domains 201611,095 Domains 201510,446 Domain Increase 2015-2016 in %     6.2 Domains per 1,000 population 2016108 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)103,045
Ranking 6 City/DistrictDistrict of Böblingen Federal StateBaden-Württemberg Domains 201679,711 Domains 201575,517 Domain Increase 2015-2016 in %     5.6 Domains per 1,000 population 2016213 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)374,279
Ranking 7 City/DistrictOsnabrück Federal StateLower Saxony Domains 2016237,866 Domains 2015225,741 Domain Increase 2015-2016 in %     5.4 Domains per 1,000 population 20161,516 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)156,897
Ranking 8 City/DistrictDistrict of Emmendingen Federal StateBaden-Württemberg Domains 201626,646 Domains 201525,325 Domain Increase 2015-2016 in %     5.2 Domains per 1,000 population 2016167 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)159,708
Ranking 9 City/DistrictDistrict of Wolfenbüttel Federal StateLower Saxony Domains 201615,826 Domains 201515,045 Domain Increase 2015-2016 in %     5.2 Domains per 1,000 population 2016132 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)120,035
Ranking10 City/DistrictDistrict of Straubing-Bogen Federal StateBavaria Domains 20169,624 Domains 20159,174 Domain Increase 2015-2016 in %     4.9 Domains per 1,000 population 201698 Population (per 31 Dec. 2014)97,967