The 30-year-old .am domain recorded a healthy annual registration growth rate of 5.3% at the regional level during its jubilee year. The aim is to achieve similar performance to the European region and to expand its presence in the international domain market. Igor Mkrtumyan, Board Chair of the Internet Society NGO, discussed these advancements in “Regiton2024“.
He noted, “Armenia has been among the pioneers in adopting cutting-edge technologies for advancing the national domain and Internet infrastructure. This achievement reflects the collaboration of the public and private sectors’ professional communities with our organization, as well as active partnerships with international professional entities.”
According to Mkrtumyan, to achieve a more significant performance indicator, it is necessary to study the operational methods of ICANN’s top 10 registrars and adopt successful practices observed in the Baltic countries.
Currently, one of the strengths of .am domains is the abundance of available names and the opportunity to create English words or phrases, such as “I.am”, through domain combinations.
Currently, 60% of the 44,329 registered .am domains originate from Armenia, with 20% from the USA. Following are China and Russia, showing notable interest in .am domains. Among European countries, Germany leads the list represented by .am domains, followed by Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and others.
Armenia’s national domain, .am, was among the earliest country code domains in the world. It was established and launched shortly after the inception of the domain name system on the Internet in 1994.
