70% of all domains are parked

Just because it's parked (in a WWW sense) doesn't mean it's unused. I've got a few domains that are used for Azure, Google Workspace, email, or just testing stuff. I don't really have any interest in setting up a web site for those.

The page links to its source for that 70%, and the source says… 52.95%<p>I wonder what counts as a parked domain. If you use flarabba.com and have flarabba.de&#x2F;fre&#x2F;es&#x2F;it&#x2F;… but don&#x27;t use them, are those detected as parked?

It is non trivial to identify parked domains, so I wouldn&#x27;t trust that number. Especially since their linked source itself states something else.<p>Is there a DNS entry at all? Is the server returning 200&#x2F;400&#x2F;500? Could it just be a temporary error? Maybe there&#x27;s an auth wall? Or the site is used behind some corporate firewall or VPN? What if it&#x27;s 200 with a &quot;buy this page&quot; response? Or some spam site entirely?

Wow, I would&#x27;ve actually guessed more like 95%...I think the value of domains has dropped over the past decade, so people are less willing to pay for dormant ones.

They cite this link for the 70% number, but the link itself says 52.95%: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;icannwiki.org&#x2F;nTLDStats:.wiki&#x2F;Parked_Domains_Percentage" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;icannwiki.org&#x2F;nTLDStats:.wiki&#x2F;Parked_Domains_Percent...</a>

I have had a nice vanity domain for about twenty years for a few bits and private bobs but someone has just bought the same name with an s on the end and launched a right wing podcast. I get bits of their email occasionally. So now if I ever do anything interesting with mine I may get shouted at for infringing their business name... Grrr. Still they may fade away, fingers crossed