Domain Name Trivia - Least Registered Extensions
March 31, 2012
When it comes to domain name statistics, much of the focus is on the most
popular extensions and how those figures shift from month to month - but what of
the extensions with the least number of registrations? Here's a look at some of
those.
In relation to country code Top Level Domains (ccTLD's), the following have
less than a thousand registrations each - (Domain
Counts provided by Domain Worldwide.com - dated March 30, 2012)
| Extension |
No. |
ccTLD |
| .IM |
994 |
Isle of Man |
| .MW |
991 |
Malawi |
| .DJ |
955 |
Djibouti |
| .UG |
927 |
Uganda |
| .SN |
916 |
Senegal |
| .AD |
874 |
Andorra |
| .GE |
867 |
Georgia |
| .GM |
851 |
Gambia |
| .FO |
788 |
Faroe Islands |
| .MN |
714 |
Mongolia |
| .SM |
687 |
San Marino |
| .GI |
535 |
Gibraltar |
| .CI |
461 |
Cote d'Ivoire |
| .GP |
343 |
Guadeloupe |
| .VI |
218 |
Virgin Islands U.S |
| .DZ |
149 |
Algeria |
| .CM |
79 |
Cameroon |
| .CV |
51 |
Cape Verde |
| .AF |
34 |
Afghanistan |
The above is just a partial list; others may exists among DomainWorldWide's
"still polling" entries.
There are also over 30 country code Top Level Domains (ccTLD's) that have been
issued, but are still not in use; including (following data also from
DomainWorldWide):
| .BJ |
Benin |
| .BV |
Bouvet Island |
| .BW |
Botswana |
| .DM |
Dominica |
| .EH |
Western Sahara |
| .FK |
Falkland Islands |
| .GA |
Gabon |
| .GD |
Grenada |
| .GW |
Guinea-Bissau |
| .GY |
Guyana |
| .HT |
Haiti |
| .IQ |
Iraq |
| .JO |
Jordan |
| .KI |
Kiribati |
| .KM |
Comoros |
| .KN |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| .KP |
Korea, Democratic People's Republic |
| .MV |
Maldives |
| .NC |
New Caledonia |
| .NE |
Niger |
| .NG |
Nigeria |
| .NR |
Nauru |
| .PF |
French Polynesia |
| .PW |
Palau |
| .SC |
Seychelles |
| .SJ |
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands |
| .SY |
Syrian Arab Republic |
| .VA |
Holy See (Vatican City State) |
The above does not included ccTLD's not in use that have second level domains
in use, such as .co.uk and .co.in
So there you have it - go forth into the weekend with some really interesting
domain name trivia to annoy your share with family, friends and
total strangers.
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