It’s a big world out there - 200 or so countries, around seven billion people, etc.  And it’s a big Internet, too, as a new report from Verisign attests.

There are a total of about 183 million registered domain names in existence, according to Verisign’s 2009 Domain Name Industry Brief.  As a statement points out, “This represents a three percent increase over the fourth quarter of 2008 and a 12 percent increase over the same quarter from last year.”  Recession, reschmession, huh?

What’s more, “Country Code TLDs (ccTLDs) rose to 74.1 million domain names during the first quarter, a four percent jump from the previous quarter and an 18 percent increase year over year.”  So nation-specific activity is really picking up.

Anyway, if you’re wanting a more specific breakdown, know that .com remains the most popular top level domain, followed by .cn, .de, .net. org, .uk, .info, .nl, .eu, and .biz.  These 10 account for 64 percent of all registrations.  Plan accordingly if you intend to start any new sites in the near future.

Otherwise, just keep in mind that there are a lot of things out there competing for people’s attention and it’d probably be best to stay on the ball.

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