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Dear Sir or Madam, 
The homes of .de domains
DENIC domain map 2013: The regional distribution of .de domains in Germany

DENIC, the registry for .de domains, presents the results of the regional 
domain statistics 2013. As at 31 December 2013, it includes about 14.5 
million .de domains in the 402 cities and districts of Germany. Adding to 
these numbers are nearly one million domains of holders whose place of 
residence is abroad. In total, about 15.6 million .de domains were 
registered at the end of 2013. Domain development in 2013 was slightly 
slower than in the preceding years and confirmed the East-West divide of 
.de domain distribution.

Municipal level: Metropolitan regions remain in the lead
Looking at absolute domain numbers, one finds that once again three 
metropolises hold the top ranks. With 913,564 domains, Berlin still is the 
undisputed number one in the overall ranking of the cities. Hamburg 
(598,997) moved up to place two, followed by Munich, which reported 
slightly less domains than last year (570,532). When referring the number 
of .de domains to the number of inhabitants, Osnabruck is in the lead 
again: With 1,295 .de domains per 1,000 inhabitants it scored even better 
than in 2012. The cities of Memmingen (670) and Munich (414) follow on 
ranks two and three. Among the administrative districts, Amberg-Sulzbach 
(923) consolidated its top position. Freising (475) and Starnberg (466) 
swapped last year's places and now rank two and three respectively. The 
federal average increased by two to 177 .de domains per 1,000 inhabitants.
 
Regional level: Decreasing domain numbers in the East and moderate 
increases in the West
On the federal level, the leading trio remains unchanged. The city state 
of Hamburg with 333 domains per 1,000 inhabitants maintains its 
uncontested leading position and stays far ahead of Berlin (261) and the 
territorial state of Bavaria (213). The lowest number of domains per 
capita continues to be recorded for Saxony-Anhalt (79 domains), which 
brings up the rear after Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Thuringia with 102 
domains respectively. If you look at the growth rates, the national 
average of plus 1.7 percent is clearly exceeded by Lower Saxony (+6.8 %), 
Brandenburg (+3.9 %) and the city state of Berlin (+3.3 %). While all the 
federal states of the Western part of Germany record an increase, domain 
numbers in most of the Eastern federal states have dropped. The most 
prominent decrease is reported for Saxony-Anhalt (-21.6 %). Then follows 
Saxony with -2.2 %. North Rhine Westphalia and Bavaria record the lowest 
growth rates in Western Germany with +0.4 percent each. Related to 
absolute numbers, however, North Rhine Westphalia (3.2 million .de 
domains) and the Free State of Bavaria (2.7 million) still occupy rank one 
and two.

International level: Large demand for .de beyond German borders
The year-on-year total domain growth rate for 2012/2013 was 2.0 percent 
compared to 3.7 percent in 2011/2012. This is an increase of about 309,000 
domains (previous year: 544,000). Furthermore, the 15.6 million .de 
domains that were registered at the end of 2013 included 986,000 domains 
of holders residing outside of Germany (2012: 860,000). This corresponds 
to about 6.3 percent of the total number of domains registered under .de 
(2012: 5.7 percent). German domains are still particularly popular in the 
United States (15%) as well as in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Great 
Britain, with 10 percent respectively. All in all, 15,592,379 domains were 
registered with DENIC on 31 December 2013. Statistically, nearly every 
fifth inhabitant of the Federal Republic of Germany has registered a 
domain under the TLD .de. Thus, Germany ranks fourth in the world after 
the Netherlands, Switzerland and Denmark.

Detailed online data available
You will find comprehensive data and graphic material as well as the 
complete regional analysis in form of an Excel file for all the 402 cities 
and districts in the statistics section of the DENIC website at 
http://www.denic.de/en/background/statistics/regional-distribution.html. 
We also make available the annual analyses since 1995. In addition to 
absolute values, the statistics provide data on the number of domains 
related to the number of inhabitants, complemented by maps and diagrams 
showing the absolute and the relative distribution of domestic domains as 
well as of domain holders whose place of residence is abroad.

If you have any queries or need additional information, please feel free 
to contact us.


Kind regards

Susanne Knauf-Hochvárt
Public Relations

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