Public Interest Registry announces that more than 4,000,000 .org domains are registered worldwide.

Public Interest Registry(PIR), the .org registry, recently announced that more than 4,000,000 .org domains are registered worldwide.

PIR also stated that the successful growth of the .org domain is a direct result of the increase in global Internet use, the credibility associated with the .org brand and the success of more than 180 .org resellers worldwide.

Created in 1984, .org has grown to be the third largest generic top-level domain and the fifth largest domain when including country code top-level domains. PIR is promoting the use of .org within the global nonprofit community through outreach programs targeting developing regions of the world. Additionally, it has offered .org registrars discounts targeting Latin America, Africa, India, China and Southeast Asia in an effort to expand the Internet and promote the .org domain in these regions.

"We have reached a significant milestone within the .org community," said Edward G. Viltz, President and CEO of PIR. ".org is no longer considered the 'other' domain. It has become the established Internet home of the worldwide noncommercial community. The attainment of 4 million registered .org domains is a direct reflection of the increased awareness of and demand for .org. We reaffirm our commitment to managing the .org registry in the public interest and thank our registrars, their resellers, Afilias Global Registry Services and the .org community for their support."