Posts tagged "europe"

3 posts found.

March 23, 2026 23 min read

The Netherlands' .nl: 27.8 Million Domains, the Internet's First Country Code, and the Quiet Backbone of Everything

We parsed 27.8 million domains in the .nl namespace from our dataset: ISP reverse-DNS from Ziggo, XS4ALL, and Chello accounts for 28.6% of all entries. The Netherlands — 18 million people — registered the first active country-code domain in 1986, hosts the world's largest Internet exchange, headquarters RIPE NCC, produced the DNS software that powers the global root, and holds the highest ccTLD density per capita among countries with more than 5 million residents. Now the namespace is shrinking for the first time. Inside the infrastructure nation, the hacker culture that built it, and what AI is doing to domain demand.

analysis cctld netherlands europe infrastructure
March 23, 2026 15 min read

The United Kingdom's Domain Dilemma: 36 Million Domains, Three Extensions, and a Split That Won't Heal

We analyzed 36.2 million domains in the .uk namespace from our dataset and broke them down: .co.uk holds 83.2%, direct .uk holds 11.3%, and .org.uk holds 5.2%. Twelve years after Nominet launched direct .uk registration, the legacy format still dominates — and the namespace is shrinking. Inside the split, the governance crisis, and why Britain can't unify its corner of the Internet.

analysis cctld united-kingdom europe nominet