Public Interest Registry Releases Report Demonstrating Extended Growth Of The .ORG Domain In 2013

Other findings outlined in "The Dashboard" include the following:

"The Dashboard" also highlights notable growth outside of North America , with nearly 40 percent of .ORG registrations stemming from overseas. For example, as Asia continues to be a core growth region for .ORG, China , Japan and India are all represented in the top 10 countries for .ORG registrations, and together comprise approximately 6 percent of the total .ORG market share. In fact, India alone has increased its .ORG registration market share by 50 percent between 2012 and 2013 and now boasts more than 159,700 .ORG domains. The United Kingdom , Germany , Canada , Australia , and France remain the top five international markets for .ORG registrants by country outside of the U.S. overall.

"Historically, .ORG has been the trusted home for nonprofits all over the world. While that credibility still resonates today, it's clear that the composition of users who carry out their passions, their ideas, and their missions on the .ORG domain is broadening," said Brian Cute, CEO of Public Interest Registry, "Now more than ever, we're seeing that .ORG is where action begins – for art and cultural institutions, clubs, sports teams, environmental and educational groups, as well as scientific, philosophic, and religious organisations. It is also the ideal domain to exercise social good or social entrepreneurship because .ORG is for businesses that think differently. As we charge ahead into 2014, we're optimistic that we will reach new heights in Public Interest Registry's pursuit to maintain .ORG as the trusted domain for individuals, businesses, and organisations worldwide, while also serving as a foundation for and complement to our soon-to-be-launched .NGO|.ONG domain offerings for global non-governmental organisations."

Within "The Dashboard," Public Interest Registry offers insight into its vision and preparations for the 2014 public unveiling of the .NGO and .ONG domains – in addition to four other internationalized domain names (IDNs) that translate into "organisation," "org" or "structured organisation" in Devanagari, Russian Cyrillic and Chinese-simplified scripts. Public Interest Registry's applications to create and manage the .NGO|.ONG domains and the new native IDNs were approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in 2013.

For more information on "The Dashboard" or to download a copy, please visit http://pir.org/news.

Public Interest Registry is a nonprofit corporation that operates the .ORG top-level domain -- the world's third largest "generic" top-level domain with more than 10.3 million domain names registered worldwide. As an advocate for collaboration, safety and security on the Internet, Public Interest Registry's mission is to empower the global noncommercial community to use the Internet more effectively, and to take a leadership position among Internet stakeholders on policy and other issues relating to the domain naming system. Public Interest Registry was founded by the Internet Society ( http://www.internetsociety.org ) in 2002 and is based in Reston, Virginia , USA.

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