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You'll never guess the most popular internet country code

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨macarthur_park@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨videos@lemmy.world⁩

https://youtu.be/cD4hxKkqR4E

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  • ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I hate videos where the title is a question but could just be the answer, so I Googled the answer instead of clicking: it’s Germany’s country code, .de, which has 16.1 million registered domains. The next two are .uk and .cn, which belong to the United Kingdom and China, with 10.6 million and 9 million domains, respectively.

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    • PatrickYaa@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Which is correct right now, but not historically. Which is explained in the video and how it came to that.

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    • nicolairathjen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If you had watched the video instead you would know that this isn’t really the point of it.

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      • freehugs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Well that just makes the title even more pointless.

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    • PixxlMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The point of this video really isn’t to just give information, but rather to be funny and entertaining.

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  • rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I can’t believe they forgot to mention the Cook Islands, especially their commercial second-level domain!

    It’s .co.ck.

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    • milliams@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Trash Bat

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  • macarthur_park@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The latest Map Men video is a bit light on the maps (there’s basically only one) but is still a fascinating look at how top level domains came to exist and not match the physical world.

    Their previous video, Internet Vs Ocean: the essential wires we never think about, is a good companion piece that describes the network of undersea cables that carry the internet across oceans.

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    • oohgodyeah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thanks for sharing, I love Map Men. How did I miss this one‽

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