7.5 mDec 2017

15%IDN facts and

figures

Three scripts make up 88% of IDNs

• 1% of the world’s domain names are from the region (ICANN, Middle East and Adjoining Countries DNS Marketplace Study, 2016)

• IDNs comprise less than 1% of the region’s ccTLD registrations

• Facebook has 164 million daily users across the Arab world (State of Social Media, Arab Region 2018)

• 63% of Arab Youth say they look first to Facebook and Twitter for news (BursenMarsteller, Arab Youth Survey 2018).

Domains in the Middle East and Adjoining Countries

The IDN world map by scriptIDN scripts reflect the languages spoken in countries

IDNs signal linguistic diversity

Universal acceptance remains a challenge

Summary

IDNS HELP TO ENHANCE LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY IN CYBERSPACE

IDN MARKETS ARE MORE BALANCED IN FAVOUROF EMERGING ECONOMIES

IDNS ARE ACCURATE PREDICTORS OF THE LANGUAGE OF WEB CONTENT

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15% DECREASE IN REGISTRATIONS

UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE PROBLEMS

EURid and IDNs

IDNs and .eu

• IDNs at the second level launched on 1 Dec 2009

• Covering all the official EU languages

• No mixing of script basic rule

• .ею launched on 1 June 2016• IDN.IDN rule enforcement

• 3-year transition of Cyrillic domain names registered under .eu

• Homoglyph bundling in place

IDNs and .eu: some considerations

• Limited demand

• IDN search tool added to the public registrar list to support possible

registrants

• Limited offer by the EURid accredited registrars

• Decrease in IDN registrations over the past 5 years

Status end of Q4 2018

Status by quarter IDNs under .eu

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

Q42009

Q12010

Q22010

Q32010

Q42010

Q12011

Q22011

Q32011

Q42011

Q12012

Q22012

Q32012

Q42012

Q12013

Q22013

Q32013

Q42013

Q12014

Q22014

Q32014

Q42014

Q12015

Q22015

Q32015

Q42015

Q12016

Q22016

Q32016

Q42016

Q12017

Q22017

Q32017

Q42017

Q12018

Q22018

Q32018

Q42018

Status by quarter .ею extension

2,224

2,223

2,278

2,327

1,983

1,968

1,972

1,995

1,956

1,966

1,948

1,700 1,800 1,900 2,000 2,100 2,200 2,300 2,400

Q2 2016

Q3 2016

Q4 2016

Q1 2017

Q2 2017

Q3 2017

Q4 2017

Q1 2018

Q2 2018

Q3 2018

Q4 2018

Thank you!Emily Taylor emily.taylor@oxil.co.uk

Giovanni Seppia giovanni.seppia@eurid.eu