Edition 1, Oct 2014
BEHIND THE DOT
state of the .au domain
“It does exactly what
it says on the tin”
Security Minded
Registrar ISS - a new
standard for the industry
Aussies Online
Extra findings from our
.au survey 2014. Understanding
The Australian Internet User
Exposed Facts
3 things you didn’t know
about .au, and should
@AusRegistry_au
ausregistry.com.au
2,881,387
.au domain names
currently registered
Contents
.au Under the Microscope ................................................................. 1
.au Domains Under Management.............................................................................................. 1
.au Monthly Creates ................................................................................................................ 1
Domain Numbers in the APTLD Region - Sept 2014................................................................... 2
.au Renewal Rates by Domain Age............................................................................................ 2
.au Research and Surveys................................................................... 3
Security Mindfulness................................................................................................................. 3
Zone Preference for Security Purposes....................................................................................... 3
.au Focus on Domains........................................................................ 4
.au Domains per Australian State ............................................................................................. 4
Age of the .au Domains Under Management............................................................................. 4
Domains by String Length (excluding zone)................................................................................ 5
.au Governance ................................................................................. 6
.au Policy Deletes (and Reinstatement Rate)............................................................................... 6
.au DNS and Security.......................................................................... 7
.au DNS Query Traffic................................................................................................................ 7
.au DNS Query Traffic - Global Distribution................................................................................ 7
Glossary of Terms............................................................................... 8
BEHIND THE DOT • STATE OF THE .AU DOMAIN
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“Both AusRegistry and auDA are confident .au
will maintain its relevance and continue to be the
preferred choice of Australian Internet consumers”
Foreword
Welcome to the first edition of ‘Behind the Dot – the state of the .au domain’
report, an initiative by AusRegistry, the Registry Operator for the open .au
second level domains (2LDs) including com.au and net.au and the closed 2LDs
edu.au and gov.au.
Each quarter we’ll be presenting a regular series of .au domain statistics plus
a featured section which will explore a new topic or theme. To add value, this
report will also include expert commentary accompanying the statistics which
will hopefully provide insight and context for our readers.
We’d like to use this first edition to place a spotlight on the current .au
landscape and highlight the strengths of the namespace.
As the data explored in this report shows, the open second-level domains are
widely used in Australia with a solid base of long-term names and a steady
inflow of new creates. Name availability remains good and when surveyed
there is a strong perception that .au best represents Australian businesses. The
increased transparency that initiatives like this report represent will also help
foster trust and growth in .au.
Importantly, the reliance on .au for Australians is immeasurable and therefore
the focus on security is of paramount importance. To address this reality, a
number of security-focused enhancements have been implemented in the
namespace over the past year.
For example, in 2013 auDA developed the Information Security Standard (ISS)
for .au Registrars, which set a world first in establishing a minimum security
standard for Registrars.
Along with ISS, AusRegistry implemented .auLOCKDOWN to allow .au
domain name holders to lock domain name-server delegations and prevent
unauthorized access and erroneous changes that could significantly affect online
businesses and their customers. The introduction of .auLOCKDOWN was in
direct response to the current climate of cybercrimes wherein hacking and social
engineering has become more common in our online world.
Both security initiatives have been well received in the market and based on
the .au performance to date, both AusRegistry and auDA are confident .au will
maintain its relevance and continue to be the preferred choice of Australian
Internet consumers. Importantly, .au domain names remain the single best call
to action marketers can use to promote an Australian business online.
We hope you find the information presented in this report useful. Your feedback
is greatly appreciated and we encourage you to continue the conversation with
us via Twitter: @AusRegistry_au.
Thanks for reading.
Adrian Kinderis
CEO, AusRegistry
.au Under the Microscope
.au consistently
places in the
top 10 of all 283
country codes
Delegated in 1986, Australia’s top level domain, .au, is a namespace of approximately 2.9
million domains. Since 2002 .au has experienced tremendous growth attributed to new and
modified policy, market competition amongst registrars, more businesses getting online and
domain name investing.
The rapid expansion rate of the early years has since stabilised with a consistent number of
domains now created each year, supported by stable and healthy renewal rates. Domains under
management volumes continue to grow albeit at a slower pace. This growth correction is
indicative of a mature namespace consistent with other established ccTLDs including .uk, .de,
.ca and .nz, and provides support for sustainable growth over the long term.
In 2014 .au remains strong and relevant to .au Registrants. With respect to zone size, .au
consistently places in the top 10 of all 283 country codes; a significant achievement when
considering a population size of approximately 23 million.
Our .au Survey 2014 report found that the majority of respondents (Australian Internet
users) trust .au and interact with .au because of its connection to Australia. This suggests the
management of the .au namespace is succeeding in promoting and maintaining a stable and
secure utility.
The .au Survey 2014 report can be accessed at www.ausregistry.com.au/research.
60,000
50,000
40,000
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com.au currently represents 83% of all domain creates
for the last 12 months, followed by .net.au at 15%. Both
com.au and net.au domains have the same eligibility
requirements and are specifically for commercial entities,
such as companies and businesses.
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4
The first quarter of 2014/15 has seen slightly fewer creates
than the same period last year, but numbers are still well
within normal variation.
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The .au creates market is seasonal with higher numbers
of creates recorded in the key Australian business months
of March to November, although April is typically also
impacted by the four day Easter holiday. Low numbers
are generally experienced in the Christmas holiday season
during December and January.
.au Monthly Creates
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Create numbers for .au remained stable in 2014, with
a spike in May being driven by a highly effective net.au
marketing promotion.
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.au remains dominated by com.au, which accounts for
86% of all domains under management. net.au is the only
other significant 2LD, while org.au, asn.au and id.au make
up the remainder of the open 2LDs. Smaller zones such as
org.au have a longer life and are more likely to renew – thus
they are a bigger portion of domains under management
than new creates.
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The first quarter of 2014/15 has been the third consecutive
quarter of 6% growth, indicating that the .au growth rate has
stabilised. This is an expected result following the growth rate
decline after the early exponential growth experienced.
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In September 2014 .au domains under management reached
2,881,387. This number has steadily increased over time.
Examining the 12 month period from September 2013 to
September 2014, the .au growth rate was 5.99%.
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.au is a member of Asia Pacific Top Level Domains (APTLD),
an organisation for country-code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs)
registries in the Asia Pacific region.
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.au
.cn
.id
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.jp
.kr
.nz
.qa
.sg
.my
.hk
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Domains per 1000 people
Domains per 1000 people
Domain Numbers in the APTLD Region - Sept 2014
The ccTLDs included in the graph are all members of APTLD.
The countries represented have been selected based on
availability of up-to-date domain data as well as to include a
range of significant regional interests.
Due to its large number of domains under management the
.au namespace is a significant zone within the APTLD region.
It also features amongst the highest per capita (number
of domains held per 1,000 people) ccTLDs. This holds true
regardless of the level of internet access in the general
population, because several highly connected countries have
much lower domain ownership rates. This suggests that .au
offers Australians value, hence corresponding with its high
uptake and utilisation.
Information about APTLD is available at www.aptld.org.
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The first time renewal is the group least likely to renew
due to a number of factors. Some of these factors include
impulse purchases, failed businesses, speculation and
unused domains. Names that have been owned for a
number of years are also more likely to have website
and email assets built up, which contributes to the lower
volatility of second and subsequent renewal rates.
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The length of time any .au domain name has been
registered is the best indicator of propensity to renew.
Domain names that are at least 6 years old (having been
renewed for the third or subsequent time) are more than
80% likely to renew again.
.au Renewal Rates by Domain Age
Renewal Rate
In the .au namespace the standard domain name license
period is 2 years. A domain name may be renewed a
maximum of 90 calendar days before the expiry date, and
30 calendar days after the expiry date providing the same
eligibility criterion is met.
1st Renewal
2nd Renewal
Subsequent Renewal
Overall
Large portfolios divesting in late 2013 are the only significant variation from this behaviour. This was a brief period where
domain investors and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) businesses rationalised domain name holdings after Google search
algorithm updates introduced by Penguin 2.0 and Hummingbird. These changes affected ‘keyword rich’ domain names which
were no longer returning the value they once held and drove the dip in second time renewal rates in late 2013.
BEHIND THE DOT • STATE OF THE .AU DOMAIN
2
.au Research and Surveys
“Business websites
continue to be the
main use for a .au
domain name”
AusRegistry in conjunction with the .au Domain Administration (auDA) conducts yearly
surveys of Australian Internet Users. Data collected from the surveys delivers valuable
insight into the current sentiments of Internet users in Australia. This information
contributes to the development of key technical and policy implementations and provides
important feedback in relation to the performances of both AusRegistry and auDA.
Source: 2014 .au Survey
The data provided in this section is taken from the 2013/2014 .au survey which attracted
3,118 responses which came from:
•
2,748 General respondents who sourced the survey from a public website
not associated with the domain name industry
•
370 Industry respondents who sourced the survey from the AusRegistry
or auDA website
Of the respondents, 50.3% were female and 49.7% were male.
The 2014 .au survey can be accessed at http://www.ausregistry.com.au/research-au.
In the 2014 survey, security mindfulness (being aware of the
inherent risks when transacting online) was given particular
consideration. This approach was undertaken to gain
insight into online behaviour and to understand the level
of importance placed on safe interaction online. This feeds
into more focused marketing and education campaigns and
influences policy and technical change and implementation.
Security Mindfulness
70%
60%
50%
40%
The survey question asked if the respondent was more likely
to provide accurate personal information (such as credit card
details, name and address) to a website if it had one of the
possible characteristics provided.
30%
20%
10%
0
It’s a
secure site
It’s an
It’s deemed A friend has
It looks
I don’t
organisation secure by vouched for professional worry about
I trust
my security the website
security
software
online
Other
“In the 2012/2013 financial year over 11
million Australians used the Internet to
purchase goods and services and to pay
bills and perfrom banking”
Source: ABS Catalogue 8146.0 - Household use of
Information Technology, Australia, 2012-13
The results indicate that Australian Internet users on the
whole are security conscious individuals – 61% of respondents
focused on a site being secure and 64% focused on an
organisation being one they trust. Pleasingly only 2% of all
respondents say they do not worry about online security.
Zone Preference for Security Purposes
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
A second survey question asked the respondent what
website extensions were they more likely to provide accurate
personal information to (such as credit cards details, name
and address). Respondents could nominate multiple zones to
which two-thirds of all respondents chose .au while only a
third chose .com
10%
0
.au
.com
The overwhelming support for .au above the other zones
indicates.au survey respondents trust the .au ccTLD.
BEHIND THE DOT • STATE OF THE .AU DOMAIN
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.net
.nz
.te
I don’t pay
attention
Other
.au Focus on Domains
Three things
you didn’t know
about .au
The extensive data within .au allows for a rich analysis of the namespace. The information
obtained supports further .au development, helps shape policy, fosters technical changes
and implementations, and contributes towards research, education and marketing.
This section looks more broadly at .au statistics and provides information of interest that is
rarely presented in general reporting. This data may be seasonal or specifically related to a
once off event.
In the first quarter of 2014/15 we focus on three things you didn’t know about .au. These
facts include a breakdown of domains per state, the age of all domains under management
and the typical length of .au domain names.
43%
.au Domains per Australian State
While domain names are not physically located within an
Australian state, registrants supply an address at time of
registration. State is not a compulsory field, but where it was
not available the state has been inferred from the postcode
supplied. There are a small number of registrants who have
neither provided a state or legal Australian postcode – these
individuals have been placed in the ‘other’ category along with
international registrants.
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
of all .au domains under
management are under
2 years old
NSW
VIC
QLD
WA
SA
Other
ACT
TAS
NT
While domain names are licensed for a two year period,
renewals allow names to be continuously held for much
longer periods. This graph describes the length of time
domain names currently registered have been held. Where
a name has lapsed and been repurchased the length of time
calculation starts from the latest ‘Create’. A lower renewal
rate for .au domains at the end of the first registration term
(at just over 50%) coupled with the rapid growth in the
namespace over the past 10 years, means that many domain
names are less than 4 years old.
Forecasts point to a shift from this state as the namespace
further matures, providing a more even spread in the 4-6
years and 6-8 years categories. This will be as a consequence
of maturation and predicted higher renewal rates, as the
result of auto-renew being introduced in 2013.
Distribution of .au domain holding is broadly proportional to
the population size of each Australian state, although there
are slightly higher ownership rates per capita for the eastern
seaboard states of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.
Age of the .au Domains Under Management
3% 2% 2%
5%
43%
Under 2 years
9%
2 - 4 years
2 - 4 years
4 - 6 years
6 - 8 years
8 - 10 years
13%
10 - 12 years
Over 14 years
23%
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Domains by String Length (excluding zone)
450,000
400,000
350,000
No. of Domains
300,000
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
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25
27
+
Number of Characters
String length is the number of characters in a domain name
to the left of the dot, for example ausregistry.com.au has an
11 character string length.
In .au the composition of domain names must:
•
Be at least two characters long
•
Contain only letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), hyphens (-),
or a combination of these;
•
Start and end with a number or a letter, not a hyphen
•
Not contain hyphens in the third and fourth position
(eg ab--cd.com.au)
Shorter, more memorable domain names are limited due to
the finite number of character combinations available. These
names are generally deemed more valuable in the secondary
market. However, while almost all two and three character
combinations available are currently in use, registrants show
a strong preference for domain name meaning provided
by longer names rather than the brevity of two or three
character combinations.
Names between 9 and 15 characters long appear to be
popular, with more than 48% of all registered names falling
in this bracket.
The graph shows the breakdown of .au domains by string
length with names in the 10 -13 character count being
the most common.
BEHIND THE DOT • STATE OF THE .AU DOMAIN
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.au Governance
The .au domain
space ‘does what it
says on the tin’
One of auDA’s key roles is to set and enforce the policy rules for .au domain names, so that the
.au domain space ‘does what it says on the tin’.
Strict eligibility criteria ensures that .au domain names can only be registered by Australian
entities and individuals, or those registered to trade in Australia. The eligibility criteria also help
to maintain the distinct purposes of the different .au 2LDs, such that com.au and net.au are for
commercial purposes, whereas org.au and asn.au are for non-commercial purposes.
Each .au domain name registrant enters into a licence agreement which requires them to
comply with the eligibility criteria and other auDA published policies. Where a registrant is
found to have breached auDA policy, then either auDA or the registrar of record is entitled to
cancel their domain name licence and delete the domain name.
When auDA or the registrar of record deletes a domain name for breach of policy, the domain
name is placed into “pending policy delete” status for 14 calendar days. The domain name can
be reinstated during this period, if the registrant is able to correct their breach of policy. If not,
then the domain name is purged from the registry database at the end of the period.
700
90%
.au Policy Deletes (and Reinstatement Rate)
80%
600
70%
500
No. of Domains
60%
400
50%
40%
300
30%
200
20%
100
10%
0%
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com.au
net.au
org.au
This graph illustrates the number of policy deletes occurring in
a given month over a 2 year rolling period. The reinstatement
rate indicates when a policy deleted domain name is reinstated
or ‘undeleted’ – which occurs when a registrant corrects their
breach of policy. The ‘undeleted’ domain is tied back to the
month the policy delete originally occurred.
It should be noted that in April 2014, auDA commenced an
audit of .org.au domain names with respect to eligibility,
id.au
asn.au
Reinstatement Rate
which has resulted in the marked increase in org.au policy
deletes during the year. 54% of the policy deletes in the
last year have been org.au compared with only 9% in the
previous year.
The graph is published on a one month delay to ensure all
reinstatements are captured as names marked for deletion
late in one quarter may be reinstated in the first two weeks
of the next.
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6
.au DNS and Security
The ISS was
developed in
consultation with
AusRegistry,
Registrars and
other industry
participants.
Upholding the operational stability and utility of the .au namespace in light of increased and
more sophisticated cyber security incidents (mainly Distributed Denial of Service attacks) has
been a large focus of the .au namespace in 2014.
To mitigate against the impact of DNS outages AusRegistry operates a global Anycast
DNS network across 18 DNS sites covering every continent. The Anycast DNS network is
ISO27001:2006 Certified and includes DNSSEC capability, full IDN capability, and delivers
services over IPv4 and IPv6.
As an added level of protection against website hijacking, as well as unintended technical
mistakes, AusRegistry launched .auLOCKDOWN – a security protocol allowing .au domain
name holders to lock their domains’ name server delegations, and prevent changes other than
those by a pre-authorised Registrar with strict authenticated access keys.
It was approved by
the auDA Board in
February 2013.
auDA has invested extensive resources to develop the Information Security Standard (ISS).
The ISS sets minimum standards that are aimed at safeguarding Registrant data. Existing .au
Registrars are permitted 2 years to achieve ISS accreditation. For new Registrars entering the
.au market, ISS forms part of the accreditation process. The objective of the ISS is to protect .au
registrants and the overall integrity and stability of the .au DNS as well as encourage and assist
Registrars to manage and improve the security and resiliency of their own businesses.
This section reports on the quarterly DNS traffic in .au and its global distribution.
Billions
Millions
.au DNS Query Traffic
45
40
10%
1,000
30
25
800
20
600
15
400
10
Average Daily Queries
1,200
35
Monthly Queries
.au DNS Query Traffic - Global Distribution
1,400
2% 1%
43%
North America
ANZ
14%
Europe
Asia
South America
Africa
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DNS traffic in .au is steadily increasing, up 5% from the year
previous. Whilst the increase in traffic is similar to current
registration growth across the .au 2LD namespace the two are
driven by different factors that don’t generally move together.
Therefore a correlation between the two should not be made.
Rather the increase shows the growing number of end users
and ISPs making use of the DNS system.
IPv6 requests are also increasing at a steady rate. This quarter
over 10% of clients are using IPv6 to query AusRegistry’s
systems. This number highlights an overall trend toward IPv6
adoption however the actual number of end users are less
once infrastructure services are accounted for.
As earlier graphs in the report have shown, while most .au
domains are held by Australians DNS data demonstrates
that they are accessed from all over the world. The global
distribution graph illustrates the network traffic received
in .au. Network traffic needs to be considered relative
to population size and therefore the 30% ANZ figure
represents a high uptake in a smaller population (and the
high international figures are driven by the larger connected
population of those continents.)
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Glossary of Terms
.au Domain Administration Ltd
auDA
The policy authority and industry self-regulatory body for the
.au domain space.
AusRegistry Pty Ltd
AusRegistry
The Registry Operator for the open 2LDs (com.au,net.au,
org.au, asn.au, and id.au); the community geographic 2LDs
(act.au, nsw.au, nt.au, qlzd.au, sa.au, tas.au, vic.au and
wa.au); and two closed 2LDs (edu.au and gov.au).
Auto renewal
Auto-renewal means a service that enables a registrant
to have their domain name automatically renewed by the
registrar of record prior to the expiry date.
Country code top level domain
ccTLD
A TLD that is used to represent a country or external territory.
Some examples of ccTLDs are ‘.uk’ for the United Kingdom,
and ‘.au’ for Australia.
Domain name / Domain
An identification string that defines a realm of administrative
autonomy, authority, or control on the Internet. Domain
names are formed by the rules and procedures of the DNS.
Any name registered in the DNS is a domain name.
Domain Name System
DNS
A hierarchical distributed naming system for computers,
services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a
private network. It associates various information with domain
names assigned to each of the participating entities. Most
prominently, it translates easily memorised domain names to
the numerical Internet Protocol (IP) addresses needed for the
purpose of locating computer services and devices worldwide.
Generic top level domain
gTLD
Most TLDs with three or more characters are referred to as
generic TLDs, or gTLDs. They can be subdivided into two
types; ‘sponsored’ TLDs (sTLDs) or ‘unsponsored’.
TLDs (uTLDs).
For the most part a uTLD operates under policies established
by the global Internet community directly through ICANN,
while an sTLD is a specialised TLD that has a sponsor
representing the narrower community that is most affected
by the TLD.
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Hold / Holding / Held (a domain name)
Registrar
Hold and its derivatives are terms that have been used
throughout this report to denote the act of licencing a domain
name.
An entity that registers domain names for Registrants and in
the case of the .au ccTLD, is accredited by auDA.
As per auDA’s Domain Name Eligibility and Allocation Policy
Rules for the Open 2LDs (2012-04) there are no proprietary
rights in the domain name system (DNS). A registrant does
not “own” a domain name. Instead, the registrant “holds” a
licence to use a domain name, for a specified period of time
and under certain terms and conditions.
http://www.auda.org.au/policies/auda-2012-04
Hummingbird
Google Hummingbird is a search algorithm used by Google.
Internationalised domain name
IDN
A domain name that includes characters from scripts other
than the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet (a–z).
An IDN can contain Latin letters with diacritical marks, or may
consist of characters from non-Latin scripts.
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IANA
A department of ICANN, which oversees global Internet
Protocol (IP) address allocation, autonomous system number
allocation, root zone management in the DNS, media types,
and other IP-related symbols and numbers.
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers
Second Level Domain
2LD
The alphanumeric string before the dot and the TLD.
AusRegistry is the Registry Operator for the open 2LDs (asn.au,
com.au, id.au, net.au and org.au); the community geographic
2LDs (act.au, nsw.au, nt.au, qld.au, sa.au,tas.au, vic.au and
wa.au); and two closed 2LDs
(edu.au and gov.au).
Total Domains Under Management
TDUM
Top Level Domain
TLD
The name at the top of the DNS naming hierarchy. It appears
in domain names as the string of letters following the last
(right-most) ‘dot’, such as ‘net’ in
‘www.example.net’.
Zone
A portion of the namespace in the DNS for which
administrative responsibility has been delegated.
Data References
Domain Numbers in the APTLD region
.cn http://www1.cnnic.cn/IS/CNym/CNymtjxxcx/
ICANN
The global DNS administrator, formed in 1998, is a non-profit
public-benefit corporation with global participants dedicated
to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It
promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s
unique identifiers.
.id http://www.pandi.or.id/id/statistik
IPv6
.sg http://www.nic.net.sg/page/registration-statistics
IPv6 is a standard developed by the Internet Engineering Task
Force, an organisation that develops Internet technologies.
The IETF, anticipating the need for more IP addresses, created
IPv6 to accomodate the growing number of users and devices
accessing the Internet.
.my https://www.mynic.my/en/statistics.php
Penguin 2.0
Google Penguin 2.0 is a search algorithm used by Google.
.jp http://jprs.co.jp/en/stat/
.kr http://isis.kisa.or.kr/eng/
.nz http://dnc.org.nz/content/2014-09_stats.html
.qa http://domains.qa/en
.hk https://www.hkirc.hk/content.jsp?id=77#!/&in=/
aboutHK/registration_statistics_hkirc.jsp
.au Survey 2014
Understanding the Australian Internet User
http://www.ausregistry.com.au/research-au
Registrant
An entity or individual that holds a domain name licence.
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