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chris

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Wired has just published this article that includes a visualisation of domain registrations, with a mention the recent free ccTLD extensions.

On a map of the world scaled to the most popular top-level domains, the Pacific island of Tokelau reigns supreme.

With more than 31 million .tk websites, the tiny New Zealand territory has more domain registrations than any other nation or territory in the world. It might measure just four square miles and have little over 1,400 residents, but Tokelau's .tk dwarfs the rest of the world.

FreeDom makes money through adverts placed on lapsed .tk registrations, with a cut of this passed onto the people of Tokelau.In 2012 this cut accounted for one-sixth of its tiny $1.2m annual GDP.

More recently .ml (Mali), .cf (Central African Republic), .ga (Gabon) and .gq (Equatorial Guinea) have all opened themselves up to free registrations.

The article can be found here:

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-03/09/tokelau-world-map-top-level-domains

The full image with data can be found here:

http://video.condenast.co.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/wired images/Map-Of-The-Online-World.jpg

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