Contrary to the international trend, which shows a negative development for most European top-level domains, .de was able in 2024 to hold its own with a small increase. At the end of the year, around 17.7 million .de domains were registered worldwide.

.de domains continue to be very popular with domain holders residing abroad. In 2024, their number increased further and reached 2,078,265.

Every year, our domain statistics provide information on the exact geographical distribution within Germany. The analysis for 2024 shows in detail how the .de domains are distributed in the 400 German districts and 16 federal states.

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