DENIC's 2006 Domain Statistics: Fastest Growth Rate in Thuringia – Nuremberg catching up on Munich –Record Popularity for .de Domains outside of Germany too

Munich has clawed its way back into the number-one position in DENIC's domain statistics. Taking the parameter of the number of .de domains registered divided by the number of inhabitants, there is no city in Germany that can equal the Bavarian capital. That is one of the key outcomes of the annual regional domain statistics published for 2006 by the German registry, DENIC. Looking at the individual German federal states, it was Thuringia in the east that achieved the highest growth rate at 10.4%, but there is still a very evident west/east differential in the distribution of domains. Nearly all the big domain concentrations are still to be found in the large conurbations in the western part of Germany, such as Hamburg, the Rhine/Main region and the Rhineland.

It is also clear that .de domains are becoming more and more attractive outside of Germany too. At the end of 2005, around 160 000 .de domains were registered in the name of a holder outside of Germany. In the course of just one year, this figure rose to more than 580 000 – a gain of 266%.

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