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.DE and .CA note latest domain name data

.DE and .CA note latest domain name data

Germany’s ccTLD hits 17 million domains under management and Canada’s ccTLD notes strong growth.

A chart showing growth in .ca domain names

Both DENIC (the organization that operates Germany’s .de domain) and CIRA (the organization that operates Canada’s .ca domain) issued releases this stretch regarding their namespaces.

DENIC noted that it hit the 17 million domains under management mark on July 13. It hit the 16 million domain milestone in 2015.

CIRA released its Q1 .CA Insights Note. The group stated its rolling three-month growth rate was nearly 1%, compared to 0.35% a year ago.

Regarding 17% of .ca domains redirect and 32% are active.

CIRA provided interesting data regarding which CMS sites using .ca domains are using. WordPress accounts for just over half of the active sites, but website builders are doing well: Wix (9.05%), GoDaddy Website Builder (6.95%), Squarespace (6.11%) and Weebly (4.36%). 5.3% of developed sites use Shopify.

Amazon.ca, Google.ca and Canada.ca are the most visited .ca domains.

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