Most used domain extensions
Source: Verisign
According to Verisign's August 2020 Domain Industry Summary , there are 370.1 million domains registered worldwide, of which 160 million are country code domain extensions (ccTLDs) and 31.6 million are new domain extensions.
The most used extension in the world is .com (148.7 million), followed croatia business email database far behind by .tk (27.5 million), .cn (24.1 million), .de (16.5 million) and .net (13.4 million).
Almost half of the registered domains (40%) use the .com extension , and the high number of domains with the .tk extension (7.4%) is surprising, which corresponds to Tokelau , a small archipelago of 1,500 inhabitants in New Zealand. This is because the managing entity offers a free option in exchange for advertisements, which has made the .tk extension the preferred one for cybercriminals .