.IE Domain Profile Report H1 2022

Top categories 2022 Categories with biggest growth year-on-year .ie domains with a content-rich website were analysed using Google Natural Language Processing classification. The analysis counts one domain per category, the most probable category. Market share (of Ireland’s hosted domains, by top-level domain)  .com 30.3%  .uk 7.4%  .eu 2.3%  .net 2.1%  .org 1.9%  Others 2.6% Source: HosterStats, April 2022 & April 2021  .ie 53.4% (+1.1 percentage point vs Apr 2021) Top 10 country code top-level domain growth across Europe .pt +9.7% YoY .dk +7.4% YoY .fr +3.7% YoY .at +3.2% YoY .hu +3.1% YoY .fi +3.0% YoY .ch +2.9% YoY .cz +2.7% YoY .ie * +2.6% YoY .sk +2.4% YoY Source: CENTR, June 2022 / *.IE data .IE Domain Profile Report 2022 - January–June | 9 Analysis of .ie domain ecosystem [continued] .ie websites by content categorisation 17.0% 7.5% 5.8% 5.5% 4.9% 4.2% 3.7% 3.5% Business & Industrial Home & Garden Arts & Entertainment Health Food & Drink Jobs & Education Shopping People & Society % share of .ie websites July 2022 Computers & Electronics Online Communities Games Travel News Finance Science % growth July 2022 vs July 2021 52.7% 51.7% 49.0% 48.8% 48.0% 44.7% 40.7%