IDN

Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) allow people around the world to use domain names in local languages, such as Arabic, Chinese, or Cyrillic.

According to our data, IDN ranks 40th among the standards we track.
It is detected on 0.09% of all websites.

It is especially popular in Russia, where it appears on 1.2% of all websites, and in Japan, where it appears on 0.2%.

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📊 Rankings and Market Share

We have data on 3,465 websites that use IDN. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using IDN is 求人ボックス.com.

#	Website	Rank	Country	Language
1	求人ボックス.com	#3,474	Japan	Japanese
2	рус-порно.net	#4,793	France	English
3	ทองคําราคา.com	#4,866	Thailand	Thai
4	หีเด้งงง.com	#5,008	Thailand	Thai
5	национальныепроекты.рф	#8,631	Russia	Russian
6	女性のためのアダルト動画h.net	#11,177	Japan	Japanese
7	честныйзнак.рф	#14,467	Russia	Russian
8	объясняем.рф	#14,916	Russia
9	bafög.de	#16,951	Germany	German
10	президентскиегранты.рф	#21,066	Russia	Russian
11	내도메인.한국	#26,419	Canada	Korean
12	будьвдвижении.рф	#28,554	Russia	Russian
13	онлайнинспекция.рф	#31,381	Russia	Russian
14	рус-порно.tv	#35,500	Netherlands	Russian
15	ამინდი.com	#39,001	Netherlands	Georgian
16	порно.me	#40,551	Netherlands	Russian
17	หีหีงาม.net	#40,724	Thailand	Thai
18	наука.рф	#41,001	Russia	Russian
19	тв-програма.bg	#44,145	Bulgaria	Bulgarian
20	ドラクエ10.jp	#44,531	Japan	Japanese

Most of the sites that use IDN:

🌎 Countries📢 Languages⭐ TLDs🗃️ Domain Categories

Most of the sites using IDN are from Russia, Japan, and Germany.

Most IDN users speak Russian, German, or Japanese.

IDN is especially popular on .рф, .com, and .de top-level domains.

The primary market segments for websites utilizing IDN include marketing and merchandising, education and reference, and business.

These are some of the best IDN alternatives.

Rank	Name
1	CSS Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A stylesheet language used to control the presentation of HTML and XML documents, defining layout, colors, typography, and responsive behavior across different devices.
2	HTML Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A markup language used to create web pages and is the de facto standard for documents displayed in web browsers.
3	ARIA Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A technical specification from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative that defines how to improve the accessibility of web content and applications, particularly those with dynamic interfaces and custom controls.
5	JSON A lightweight, language-independent data exchange format derived from JavaScript and used to structure and transmit data between systems.
7	RSD Wesley Hills, New York, United States An XML format that allows client software to discover services provided by web publishing systems.

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The majority of IDN users are from Russia.

According to our data, IDN is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as 求人ボックス.com, ทองคําราคา.com, and หีเด้งงง.com.

IDN is a moderately popular standard, ranking ahead of 16 other standards we track.

Alternatives and possible competitors to IDN may include CSS, HTML, and ARIA.

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 4,001,723 websites.
Statistics were last calculated on November 2, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.