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ICANN Robust Competition

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The Robust Competition category of the Domain Name Marketplace Indicators (DNMI) tracks whether the domain name marketplace provides registrants with meaningful choice, including the ability to register domain names across languages and whether the marketplace remains open to new service providers.

Robust Competition comprises three dimensions:

  • Registrant Choice (RC1): Examines whether registrants can register domain names across languages using internationalized domain name (IDN) generic top-level domains (gTLDs).
  • Registrant Domain Adoption (RC2): Tracks overall registrant demand for domain names across top-level domain (TLD) categories.
  • Service Provider Ecosystem (RC3): Measures the openness of the TLD marketplace to new and existing registry operators, registrars, and back-end technology service providers.

The following indicators are actively updated on an annual basis.


ID

Dataset Name

Dataset File

RC 1b.4

Number and Percentage of distinct gTLD registrar entities with IDN gTLD domain registrations (by script)

RC_1b-4.csv

RC 2.1

Number of domains (by TLD category)

RC_2-1.csv

RC 2.2

Net change in number of domains (by TLD category)

RC_2-2.csv

RC 2.3

Compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of number of domains (by TLD category)

RC_2-3.csv

RC 2.4

Domain name renewal to new registration ratio (by gTLD category)

RC_2-4.csv

RC 3.1

Number of distinct gTLD registry operator entities (Total and New)*

RC_3-1.csv

RC 3.2

Mean number of gTLD registries per distinct gTLD registry operator entity

RC_3-2.csv

RC 3.3

Number of distinct gTLD registrar entities (Total and New)

RC_3-3.csv

RC 3.4

Mean number of gTLD registrars per distinct gTLD registrar entity

RC_3-4.csv

RC 3.5

Number of distinct back-end technology service providers (Total and New)

RC_3-5.csv

* Tracking by distinct registry operators rather than TLDs captures an organizational rather than a technical measure of market participation.


Archived Indicators​


The following indicators were part of the original Version 1.0 schema but are no longer actively maintained. Historical data remains available for reference.


ID

Dataset Name

Dataset File

RC 1a.1

Number of domains by ICANN region in gTLDs and ccTLDs

RC_1a-1.csv

RC 1b.1

Number of IDN second-level domains in gTLDs and ccTLDs (by script)

RC_1b-1.csv

RC 1b.2

Net change in IDN second-level domains in gTLDs and ccTLDs (by script)

RC_1b-2.csv

RC 1b.3

Compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of IDN second-level domains in gTLDs and ccTLDs (by script)

RC_1b-3.csv

RC 1c.1

Percentage of gTLD registry operator and registrar websites with domain name registration terms and conditions in multiple languages

RC_1c-1.csv

RC 1d.1

Percentage of gTLD registrar websites offering multiple payment methods for domain name registrations

RC_1d-1.csv

RC 2.5

Percentage of domain namespace attrition (by gTLD category)

RC_2-5.csv

RC 4.1

Number of gTLD registrars accredited and terminated (total and new)

RC_4-1.csv

RC 4.2

Number of gTLDs/RAs contracted and terminated (total/new)

RC_4-2.csv

RC 4.3

Percentage of distinct gTLD registrar entities with registrations (by gTLD category)

RC_4-3.csv

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