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 [email protected]
Giovanni Seppia [email protected]