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DENIC domain map 2015: The Regional Distribution of .de Domains in Germany

Dear Sir or Madam, 

Regardless where you are, on the Zugspitze mountain or a Hallig island in 
the North Sea, .de domains are everywhere in Germany  (
https://www.denic.de/en/features/denic-domain-map/). Where precisely, you 
will learn from DENIC's regional domain statistics. The registry managing 
all domains with the ending .de now presents the results of 2015. As of 31 
December 2015, about 14.8 million .de domains were registered in 402 
cities and districts of Germany. Adding to these numbers are more than 1.1 
domains of holders whose place of residence is abroad. In total, more than 
16 million .de domains were registered at the end of 2015. Domain 
development was moderate and confirmed the West-East divide of .de domain 
distribution. 

Municipal Level: Metropolitan Regions Remain in the Lead
Looking at absolute domain numbers, one still finds three metropolitan 
regions in the top ranks. With 995,563 domains, Berlin is still the 
undisputed number one in the overall ranking of the cities; Munich 
(605,511) and Hamburg (592,440) have swapped places. When referring the 
number of .de domains to the number of inhabitants, Osnabruck is in the 
lead again: With 1,444 .de domains per 1,000 inhabitants, it remains far 
ahead of all its competitors. Like last year, the top trio of cities is 
complemented by Munich (430) and Bonn (415). In regard to the 
administrative districts, the frontrunners are located in the South of 
Germany again, namely Bavaria: Starnberg (473 domains) maintained its lead 
before Freising (430) and the district of Munich (377). The national 
average increased by two to 183 .de domains per 1,000 inhabitants. (Higher 
individual statistical values reflect local domain investors with 
larger-scale domain portfolios.)

Regional Level: West German Domain Growth Outscores East German Increase
The ranking on the federal-state level for the number of domains related 
to inhabitants also remained unchanged. The state of Hamburg - comprising 
the city of Hamburg and its wider outskirts - with 339 domains per 1,000 
inhabitants maintains its uncontested leading position and stays far ahead 
of Berlin (291) and the state of Bavaria with its vast lands (209). As in 
the preceding year, the state of Saxony-Anhalt (82) brings up the rear 
after the states of Thuringia and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with 106 domains 
per 1,000 inhabitants respectively. The national growth rate (1.28 
percent) doubled compared to 2014 (0.63 percent). The average growth rate 
was exceeded by six German federal states in 2015. Especially Berlin (+4.2 
percent) and Schleswig-Holstein (+2.5 percent) scored much higher. 
Excluding Berlin, the average domain growth among the states in the East 
of Germany dropped to 0.25 percent compared to 1.17 percent in 2014. 
Saxony is the only East German state that reported a negative growth (-0.1 
percent). Related to absolute numbers, the so-called Free State of Saxony 
ranked ten with 0.53 registered domains. North Rhine Westphalia (3.30 
million) and Bavaria (2.64 million) remained on ranks one and two. 

International Level: .de is Highly Popular also beyond German Borders 
The year-on-year total domain growth rate for 2014/2015 was 1.3 percent 
compared to 1.4 percent in 2013/2014. This is an increase by about 198,000 
domains (previous year: 219,000). Furthermore, the 16.01 million .de 
domains that were registered at the end of 2015 included 1,114,358 domains 
of holders residing outside of Germany (2014: 1,096,960). This corresponds 
to an unchanged 6.9 percent of the total number of domains registered 
under .de. The holders of .de domains originate from 219 countries. As in 
the past, German domains are particularly popular in the United States (17 
percent), the Netherlands (12 percent) as well as in the Russian 
Federation and the United Arab Emirates with 8 percent respectively. All 
in all, 16,009,814 domains were registered with DENIC on 31 December 2015. 
Statistically, every fifth inhabitant of the Federal Republic of Germany 
has registered a domain under the TLD .de. Thus, Germany consistently 
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 
https://www.denic.de/en/know-how/statistics/. 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 
residing outside of Germany.

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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