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Dear Sir or Madam,

DENIC, the registry for .de domains,
annually presents the results of regional domain statistics. In 2011, about
13.8 million domains were recorded in 402 cities and districts, across
Germany. Adding to these are more than 870,000 domains with holders residing
outside Germany, which account for about 5.9 percent of the total .de domain
inventory. All in all, 14,740,474 domains were registered with DENIC on
31 December 2012.

The undisputed number one among the
incorporated cities remains Osnabrück with 749 .de domains per 1,000 inhabitants.
It could strongly extend its lead over Munich (452) and Bonn (411), again
ranking second and third as in the preceding years. Among the administrative
districts, Amberg-Sulzbach (882) comes first again, whereas Starnberg (452)
and Freising (422) changed places in the top trio. At federal-state level,
the city state of Hamburg with 313 domains per 1,000 inhabitants continues
to be far ahead of Berlin (243) and Bavaria (209). Again, the lowest per-capita
domain number is recorded for Saxony-Anhalt, scoring a mere 74 domains.

In 2010/2011, the federal average increase
rate of domains was 7.6 percent compared to 6.4 percent in 2009/2010. This
corresponds to an increase of about 979,000 domains (compared to 775,000
in the preceding year). 

Regional comparison: West-East slope
persisting

As in the preceding years, the overall
figures display a pronounced difference between domain usage in the cities
and administrative districts of the old and the new federal states, even
though it has slightly diminished. Like last year, in the eastern part
of Germany, the federal average of 169 .de domains per 1,000 inhabitants
is exceeded not only by Berlin with 243 domains per 1,000 inhabitants but
also by Leipzig (272), Potsdam (218) and Dresden (195). For the first time,
Jena (173) has joined the league, scoring a growth of more than ten percent.

Municipal comparison: Metropolises
still in the lead – Bavaria houses most booming municipalities

The German capital and the West German
metropolitan regions remain the domain strongholds. If related to the number
of inhabitants, the largest number of domains per capita is found in the
conurbations of Munich and Hamburg, Cologne and Dusseldorf, the Rhine-Main-Area
including Frankfurt, plus Greater Hanover, Nuremberg, and Leipzig. As regards
absolute domain figures, the ranking among the leading trio of the last
few years has changed: With 840,324 domains (plus 6.8 percent), Berlin
remains the undisputed number one in the overall ranking. Recording an
increase of 6 percent to 609,152 domains, Munich once again left Hamburg
with its 556,460 domains clearly behind, even though the hanseatic city
scored the steepest increase of the leading trio with 9.8 percent. The
winner among the cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants is Leipzig with
a plus of 12.8 percent (16,181 domains). Next comes Düsseldorf with 12.1
percent, which corresponds to an increase of 21,605 domains. The greatest
loss in this group was experienced by the city of Nuremberg with minus
4 percent (-6,000 domains). Scoring a growth rate of 10.7 percent or 96,846
domains in absolute terms, the Rhine district of Neuss is back among the
20 municipalities with the largest domain increase and replaces Bremen
(96,700) in the top league.

The leading ranks for domains per capita
in relation to the number of inhabitants remain unchanged. First comes
the administrative district of Amberg-Sulzbach with 882 domains per thousand
inhabitants, followed by the city of Osnabrück with 749 domains. The third
rank is held jointly by Munich and the district of Starnberg with 452 domains,
respectively.

Related to the number of inhabitants,
the incorporated city of Weiden in Upper Palatinate achieved the largest
increase with 114.4 percent. It is followed by the municipal districts
of Landau and Lichtenfels with 50.6 resp. 47.7 percent. The fourth and
fifth ranks are held by the district of Celle with 47.1 and the Nuremberg
county with 46.2 percent. Two-digit growth rates of the inhabitant/domain
ratio were scored by a total of 111 districts and communities (compared
to 48 in the preceding year). 22 (2010: 15) of them even achieved rates
of more than 20 percent, six of these being located in Bavaria.

Federal-state comparison: Lower Saxony
outscores Saxony

The latest growth rates on federal-state
level confirm the general upward trend from the Baltic Sea to the Ore Mountains:
Except for Berlin (6.8) and Thuringia (6.6), all federal states located
in Eastern Germany exceed the federal average growth rate of 7.6 percent.
Achieving the largest growth rate of all federal states, Lower Saxony with
10.7 percent is just ahead of Saxony (10.4), which held the leading position
for several years. Scoring a growth rate of 9.8 percent compared to 5.3
in the preceding year, Hamburg leaped forward to rank three. In 2011, the
rear is brought up by Schleswig-Holstein (5.1 percent), which replaces
Hesse (7.0) that was last in the preceding year.

Related to the number of inhabitants,
however, the city state of Hamburg remains the uncontested number one with
313 domains per 1,000 inhabitants. It is followed by the city state of
Berlin with 243 domains per 1,000 inhabitants. Other states that record
domain numbers per capita above the federal average of 169 .de domains
per 1,000 inhabitants are Bavaria (209), Hesse (183) and Northrhine-Westphalia
(174). Relatively speaking, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (97), Thuringia (96)
and, like in the preceding year, Saxony-Anhalt at the rear with 74 domains
per 1,000 inhabitants have the smallest numbers of .de domains. 

Statistically, about every sixth inhabitant of the Federal Republic of
Germany has registered a .de domain (16.9 percent compared to 15.7 in the
preceding year). As a result, Germany ranks fourth in Europe after the
Netherlands, Denmark and Switzerland.

International level: The British
like .de most

Popularity of .de domains outside of
Germany remains high. At the end of 2011, more than 870,000 domain holders
– thus accounting for about 5.9 percent – resided outside of Germany.
Scoring second last year, Great Britain (98,500) now has taken the rank
of Switzerland (95,978), which was last year's leader among the countries
of origin of the domain holders. Rank three is still held by the United
States of America (77.840), followed by last year's number six, the Netherlands
(76,770).

All figures are based on an analysis
of the domain database of the German registry DENIC as of 31 December 2011.
They continue the regional domain statistics, which have been compiled
by DENIC each year since 1995.

The overall 2011 results in the form
of an Excel spreadsheet are accessible for downloading via the statistics
section of the DENIC website, at http://www.denic.de/en/background/statistics/regional-distribution/2011.html.
They include information on all administrative districts and incorporated
cities within Germany. In addition to absolute values, the statistics also
provide data on the number of domains related to the number of inhabitants
as well as maps and diagrams showing the absolute and the relative distribution
of .de domains among German domain holders and those from abroad.


Should any queries arise or additional
information be needed, please feel free to contact us.


Kind regards

Stefanie Welters
Public Relations
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