How many domain names are out there on the Internet? According to the company that licenses the names, VeriSign, Inc., of Mountain View, there are 64.5 million of them.
According to VeriSign, 4.6 million new domain names were registered in the second quarter of 2004, representing a 2.5 percent growth over the first quarter of 2004. In all, worldwide domain name registrations reached a peak of 64.5 million domain names, a 7 percent increase over end of year 2003.