Today the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) revealed the applications for domain names.
What is a domain name?
A domain name is an easy to remember name that defines a realm of the Internet. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. It authorizes domain name registrars, through which domain names may be registered and reassigned.
Who was the most frequent applicant?
Here's a chart showing the top applicants:
It shows that is the top applicant is "Charleston Road Registry Inc." When we look at the applications made by Charleston Road Registy we see:
.ads, .and, .android, .app, .are, .baby, .blog, .boo, .book, .buy, .cal, .car, .channel, .chrome, .cloud, .corp, .cpa, .dad, .day, .dclk, .dds, .dev, .diy, .docs, .dog, .dot, .drive, .earth, .eat, .esq, .est, .family, .film, .fly, .foo, .free, .fun, .fyi, .game, .gbiz, .gle, .gmail, .gmbh, .goo, .goog, .google, .guge, .hangout, .here, .home, .how, .inc, .ing, .kid, .live, .llc, .llp, .lol, .love, .mail, .map, .mba, .med, .meme, .mom, .moto, .mov, .movie, .music, .new, .nexus, .page, .pet, .phd, .play, .plus, .prod, .prof, .rsvp, .search, .shop, .show, .site, .soy, .spot, .srl, .store, .talk, .team, .tech, .tour, .tube, .vip, .web, .wow, .you, .youtube, .zip, .みんな, .グーグル, .谷歌
All very Google focused. The countries with the most applicants is shown in this Google map:
From the data released today we can see that overwhelmingly it is the US where most applications originate.
What are the applications for?
The most popular applications are shown here:
You can see that .app is the most popular.
Any other interesting applications?
Here are a couple of things to look out for:
- Apple simply applied for .apple
- There are many other applications for domains using the Charleston Road Registry Inc email address but not listed as from that company
Here's the full data set for you to explore. Let us know what you think in the comments.
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