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| Introduced | April 25, 1986 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland |
| Sponsor | Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland |
| Intended use | Entities connected with the Netherlands |
| Actual use | Very popular in the Netherlands |
| Registered domains | 6,292,039 (2022-12-24)[1] |
| Registration restrictions | None |
| Structure | Registrations are taken directly at the second level |
| Dispute policies | [2] |
| DNSSEC | Yes |
| Registry website | SIDN |
.nl is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Netherlands. It is one of the most popular ccTLDs with over six million registered .nl domains as of 29 September 2020[update].[1]
When cwi.nl was registered by Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica on 1986-05-01, .nl became the first active ccTLD outside the United States.[3]
- ^ a b "Aantal domeinnaam registraties". SIDNLabs. 2022-12-19. Archived from the original on 2022-12-24. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
- ^ "Klacht over domeinnaam". SIDN.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2016-10-08.
- ^ "Our milestones". SIDN. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2020-12-01.