Pie Chart of Domain Extension Analysis of Top 1 Million Websites

Domain Extension Analysis of Top 1 Million Websites World Wide

Few facts I found after analysing more 1 million top websites list published by Alexa (Alexa ranks website based on traffic):

You Can see the full report in Google Sheet.

Top 25 Extensions Used World Wide:

Extension — Percentage

1. .com — 47.87%
2. .net — 5.22%
3. .ru — 4.77%
4. .org — 4.61%
5. .de — 2.32%
6. .jp — 1.49%
7. .co.uk — 1.29%
8. .ir — 1.24%
9. .it — 1.21%
10. .com.br — 1.21%
11. .in — 1.06%
12. .fr — 1.03%
13. .info — 1.02%
14. .pl — 0.97%
15. .co.jp — 0.79%
16. .nl — 0.72%
17. .es — 0.65%
18. .cn — 0.64%
19. .com.au — 0.58%
20. .gr — 0.48%
21. .cz — 0.48%
22. .co.kr — 0.46%
23. .co — 0.44%
24. .eu — 0.43%
25. .tv — 0.39%

Top Facts About Extensions:

.COM is still the most widely used domain extension with 47.87% of top 1 million website using it.

.NET is second most widely used domain extension with 5.2% of top 1 million website using it.

.ORG is fourth most widely used domain extension with 4.6% of top 1 million website using it.

.INFO is only used by 1.02% website.

Whats your preference of domain extension when .com is not available :P ?