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.