Charts
IDN Numbers
IDN Totals by Year
Total number of IDNs since 2009. Chart includes both top and second level IDN registrations . . .
IDNs by level
Growth is strong in second level between 2015-2016. Nearly all the growth during that . . .
IDNs by type
IDNs in ccTLDs have grown strongly between 2015-2016. Nearly all of that growth is . . .
Top 10 top level IDN regis . .
Chinese (Han) script TLDs dominate the top 10 of top level IDN registries. However, the . . .
Top 20 second level IDNs
During 2016, second level domains under .cn grew to more than 2 million, making the . . .
Top 20 IDN Spaces
Top 20 IDN spaces as at December 2016. Chart includes both top level and second . . .
Top 20 by type and level
More than half of the top 20 are ccTLDs at the second level . . .
IDN Growth Rate Comparison
Annual growth rate of IDNs compared with all (ASCII) domain names.
In earlier years (2009 . . .
IDN Date of Deployment
Cumulative number of IDN launches, both at top and second level, since 2000. Chart shows . . .
Top level vs second level . .
Three-quarters of IDN registrations are at the second level; one quarter at the top . . .
IDNs and linguistic diversity
IDN script accurately sign . .
There is a close relationship between the script of IDN and the language of web . . .
IDNs and linguistic diversity
IDNs are associated with greater linguistic diversity in website content, compared with traditional (ASCII) domain . . .
.eu IDNs
.eu and .ею IDNs by script
Latin script represents 88% of IDNs in the .eu namespace. The new .ею TLD gives an . . .
EU IDN active sites and re . .
This chart tracks the rate of .eu IDNs with redirects and active websites from 2013 . . .
Language of websites, .ею . .
Bulgarian is the most popular language of the Cyrillic script .ею domain names . . .
Language of Latin script . . .
An array of European languages are associated with Latin script .eu IDNs at the second . . .
Language of Greek script . . .
While English is the most popular language of Greek script .eu IDNs, Greek comprises 35 . . .
Language of Cyrillic scrip . .
While English is the most popular website language for .eu IDNs in Cyrillic script (second . . .
Use of IDNs
Active name servers by level
A domain name must have active name servers in order to support services such as . . .
Redirects by level
From our sample of 2.4 million IDNs, we categorised the status of each domain . . .
Active web content by level
Our sample of 2.4 million IDNs contains approximately 2 million second level IDNs (including . . .
Active web content by script
From our sample of 2.4 million IDNs, we reviewed the language of any web . . .
Active web content by TLD
From our sample of 2.4 million IDNs, we reviewed the language of any web . . .
Active name servers by TLD . .
From our sample of 2 million second level IDNs, we have reviewed the rate of . . .
Active name servers by TLD . .
From our sample of 400 000 top level IDNs, we have reviewed the rate of . . .
IDNs by Script
IDNs by Script (Second Level)
Nearly half of second level domains are in Han script, thanks to 400% growth in . . .
IDNs by Script (Top Level)
Han and Cyrillic scripts represent more than 90% of top level IDNs . . .
IDNs by Script (All)
Three scripts comprise 90% of IDN registrations: Han, Latin and Cyrillic script. During 2016, Han . . .
Industry Opinions
Uptake of IDNs
Registry opinions on how uptake of IDNs compares with their expectations . . .
Support by Registrars
Registry opinions on how well registrars support IDNs, compared with registry expectations . . .
End user awareness
How would you rate end user awareness of IDNs? 0 = below expectations, 5 = exceeds expectations . . .
What single change?
Each year we ask our industry experts to identify ‘What single change would improve IDN . . .