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DNIB.com Reports Internet Has 392.5 Million Domain Name Registrations at the End of the First Quarter of 2026
RESTON, Va., April 23, 2026--VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of critical internet infrastructure and domain name registry services, today announced that, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report from DNIB.com, the first quarter of 2026 closed with 392.5 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 5.6 million domain name registrations, or 1.4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2025. Domain name registrations als
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