PRESS RELEASE INTERNET SOCIETY LATEST INTERNET HOST SURVEY AVAILABLE: The Internet Is Growing Faster Than Ever Reston VA, USA. 6 Feb 1995. The Internet's most important measurement data indicating its size and growth was released yesterday by Mark Lottor of Network Wizards. The Domain Survey attempts to discover every host on the Internet by doing a complete search of the Domain Name System. The latest results gathered during late January 1995 are listed. For more information see RFC 1296; for more data see the zone directory on ftp.nw.com, or http://www.nw.com. Worth noting are the new host computer count - 4.851 million - and the 26% growth rate for 4th Quarter 1994 - the largest jump in the recent history of the internet. Internet hosts in the .com domain continue to surge ahead as the largest group. It's also worth noting that www-named host computer now constitute the most numerous on the Internet. The host count encompassed 90 countries having direct connectivity, as well as 7 transnational domains (com, edu, gov, mil, org, net, and int). The following extracts of Lottor's data were prepared by the Internet Society. Powerpoint graphs depicting host growth can be found on the Society's server at ftp://fpt.isoc.org/isoc/charts/hosts3.ppt and will be updated with this latest data tomorrow. Top 31 Country and Transnational Domains by Size in Jan 1995 ---------Growth--------- Jan.95 Hosts 4Q94 1994 3yr growth com 1,316,966 25% 132% 628% edu 1,133,502 15% 60% 366% UK 241,191 24% 112% 1,171% gov 209,345 8% 62% 351% Germany 207,717 23% 77% 569% Canada 186,722 22% 96% 590% mil 175,961 21% 70% 541% Australia 161,166 20% 50% 409% org 154,578 114% 206% 705% net 150,299 192% 616% 1,796% Japan 96,632 17% 86% 1,029% France 93,041 28% 68% 615% Netherlands 89,227 20% 98% 599% Sweden 77,594 22% 83% 318% Finland 71,372 24% 103% 493% Switzerland 51,512 -4% 40% 306% Norway 49,725 15% 57% 387% USA 37,615 51% 475% 31,155% New Zealand 31,215 52% 441% 2,698% Italy 30,697 14% 80% 1,029% Austria 29,705 25% 92% 793% Spain 28,446 19% 141% 1,613% South Africa 27,040 29% 147% 2,805% Denmark 25,935 75% 181% 1,344% Belgium 18,699 31% 125% 5,220% Korea 18,049 24% 101% 1,103% Taiwan 14,618 25% 83% 1,710% Israel 13,251 34% 96% 552% Hong Kong 12,437 18% 52% 2,725% Czech 11,580 58% 153% Poland 11,477 35% 121% Regional Growth - 1994 Jan.94 Jul.94 Oct.94 Jan.95 4Q94 Growth North America 1,685,715 2,177,396 2,685,929 3,372,551 26% CC&S America 7,392 11,455 14,894 * * Europe, West 550,933 730,429 850,993 1,039,192 22% Europe, East 19,867 27,800 32,951 46,125 40% Middle East 6,946 8,871 10,383 13,776 33% Africa 10,951 15,595 21,041 27,130 29% Asia 81,355 111,278 127,569 151,773 19% Pacific 113,482 142,353 154,473 192,390 25% Total 2,476,641 3,225,177 3,898,233 4,851,873 24% * Accurate Latin American host counts were not obtained. Also note that the RIPE NCC Network Information Center for the European region makes monthly host counts that are more definitive. Graphic profiles of the RIPE NCC are now available on the Society's server at ftp://ftp.isoc.org/isoc/charts/ripe3.ppt and are current as of the end of January 1995. The Internet Society is the International Organization for coordination and cooperation for the Internet, its technologies, and applications worldwide. For more information see: http://www.isoc.org For further information contact: Internet Society 12020 Sunrise Valley Dr. suite 270 Reston VA 22091 USA tel: +1 703 648 9888 fax: +1 703 648 9887 email: isoc@isoc.org