Some statistics on Internet Day in Russia

    This Sunday, September 30, all users in Russia celebrate the 14th Internet Day (not to be confused with the Runet's Birthday (April 7)).

    In 1998, the Moscow company IT Infoart Stars proposed supporting the initiative to create this holiday and conducted the first “census of the Russian-speaking population” of the Internet, according to which the number of Russian users was 1 million people. Since then, the number of Internet users in Russia has been steadily increasing. According to the Coordination Center of the national domain of the Internet, this year the number of users has reached 59 million .

    By 2012, in the Russian-language segment of the Internet (Runet), there were more not only users, but also domains. For example, the .RU domain, the main national domain of Russia, was well prepared for the holiday and a week ago overcame the milestone of 4,000,000 registrations, once again confirming its leadership.

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    The dynamic development of the .RU zone confirms the age of domains: in more than 38% of domains, it is less than a year.

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    According to world statistics, the .RU zone by the number of domains is almost on a par with the Chinese .CN zone, ahead of the .EU zone created for users of the EU countries.

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    The .RU zone is actively developing, which the diagrams perfectly demonstrate. REG.RU, as a leading Russian registrar, is contributing to this process. Over the past month alone, the growth of domains in REG.RU amounted to more32,000 domains , which accounted for more than 50% of all registered domains in Russia.

    Domain name registrations in .РФ zone are much less than in .RU zone, but she herself is significantly 16 years younger than her elder brother. The statistics below allow you to judge that in less than two years the domain. RF has gained high popularity among users.

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    Despite the fact that many people consider the .SU domain zone (launched back in 1990 and intended for the USSR countries) irrelevant today, statistics say the opposite: more than 30% of .SU domains were registered this year.

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    The geography of the distribution of domains by citizenship or registration of their administrators is striking in its diversity. Naturally the most widespread in Russia .RU, .РФ, .SU are also popular in other, sometimes extremely exotic countries. The .RU domain , for example, is administered by citizens of Belize (77 208), Andorra (69 771), Seychelles (69 692), British Indian Ocean Territory (55 632). It seems that these island states are very actively using Runet - for each resident, including children and infants, there are approximately 2 domains.

    Domain zone .РФafter the Russians and the administrators of “without a fixed place of residence”, for some reason, the Swiss are interested, and only then the residents of Ukraine. The list of countries where the .SU zone is popular is more familiar : Ukraine, the United States, Belarus.

    Visitors to resources located in .РФ , .SU zones use Opera as the browser, while site visitors in the .RU zone prefer Chrome.

    The most common domain names for .RU and .РФ are 9 letters, and in the .SU zone the most common are 7-digit combinations.

    Perhaps in the near future there will be more national domains, because RU.COM will also be among them. The .RU.COM domain has all the prospects for this, thanks to such advantages as the international status of the zone and the large number of domains available for registration. But the main "chip" .RU.COM is the combination of the best features of two domain zones: recognition .RU and international status .COM. Not so long ago, REG.RU invested in the process of turning this zone into a new national one, giving its customers 40,000 free .RU.COM domains .

    The Internet is now not only an entertainment resource or a source of information, but also an integral part of our lives. Therefore, congratulations to everyone who is reading this post, on this "global" holiday!

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    Sources:
    http://stat.reg.ru
    http://statdom.ru/

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