Infographic – .com Domain History

Wow! I’ve not thought the Internet Era started such a long time ago. Have you?

It is impossible to say when the internet began for certain. Nevertheless, let’s track one of the most famous domain zone’s story together.
To make it more visual, I have created an infographic that covers some of the most important dates for .com zone.

Thus, you can see that for 32-years the domain name .com is a top-level domain zone in the DNS of the Internet and original intended purpose for domains registered by commercial organizations and later for general purposes too.

Just for your interest, the following are the 100 oldest still-existing registered com domains:

Rank Create date Domain name
1 March 15, 1985 symbolics.com
2 April 24, 1985 BBN.com
3 May 24, 1985 think.com
4 July 11, 1985 MCC.com
5 September 30, 1985 DEC.com
6 November 7, 1985 northrop.com
7 January 9, 1986 xerox.com
8 January 17, 1986 SRI.com
9 March 3, 1986 HP.com
10 March 5, 1986 bellcore.com
11 March 19, 1986 IBM.com
11 March 19, 1986 sun.com
13 March 25, 1986 intel.com
13 March 25, 1986 TI.com
15 April 25, 1986 ATT.com
16 May 8, 1986 GMR.com
16 May 8, 1986 tek.com
18 July 10, 1986 FMC.com
18 July 10, 1986 UB.com
20 August 5, 1986 bell-atl.com
20 August 5, 1986 GE.com
20 August 5, 1986 grebyn.com
20 August 5, 1986 ISC.com
20 August 5, 1986 NSC.com
20 August 5, 1986 stargate.com
26 September 2, 1986 boeing.com
27 September 18, 1986 ITCorp.com
28 September 29, 1986 siemens.com
29 October 18, 1986 pyramid.com
30 October 27, 1986 alphaDC.com
30 October 27, 1986 BDM.com
30 October 27, 1986 fluke.com
30 October 27, 1986 inmet.com
30 October 27, 1986 kesmai.com
30 October 27, 1986 mentor.com
30 October 27, 1986 NEC.com
30 October 27, 1986 ray.com
30 October 27, 1986
rosemount.com
30 October 27, 1986 vortex.com
40 November 5, 1986 alcoa.com
40 November 5, 1986 GTE.com
42 November 17, 1986 adobe.com
42 November 17, 1986 AMD.com
42 November 17, 1986 DAS.com
42 November 17, 1986 data-IO.com
42 November 17, 1986 octopus.com
42 November 17, 1986 portal.com
42 November 17, 1986 teltone.com
49 December 11, 1986 3Com.com
49 December 11, 1986 amdahl.com
49 December 11, 1986 CCUR.com
49 December 11, 1986 CI.com
49 December 11, 1986 convergent.com
49 December 11, 1986 DG.com
49 December 11, 1986 peregrine.com
49 December 11, 1986 quad.com
49 December 11, 1986 SQ.com
49 December 11, 1986 tandy.com
49 December 11, 1986 TTI.com
49 December 11, 1986 unisys.com
61 January 19, 1987 CGI.com
61 January 19, 1987 CTS.com
61 January 19, 1987 SPDCC.com
64 February 19, 1987 apple.com
65 March 4, 1987 NMA.com
65 March 4, 1987 prime.com
67 April 4, 1987 philips.com
68 April 23, 1987 datacube.com
68 April 23, 1987 KAI.com
68 April 23, 1987 TIC.com
68 April 23, 1987 vine.com
72 April 30, 1987 NCR.com
73 May 14, 1987 cisco.com
73 May 14, 1987 RDL.com
75 May 20, 1987 SLB.com
76 May 27, 1987 parcplace.com
76 May 27, 1987 UTC.com
78 June 26, 1987 IDE.com
79 July 9, 1987 TRW.com
80 July 13, 1987 unipress.com
81 July 27, 1987 dupont.com
81 July 27, 1987 lockheed.com
83 July 28, 1987 rosetta.com
84 August 18, 1987 toad.com
85 August 31, 1987 quick.com
86 September 3, 1987 allied.com
86 September 3, 1987 DSC.com
86 September 3, 1987 SCO.com
89 September 22, 1987 gene.com
89 September 22, 1987 KCCS.com
89 September 22, 1987 spectra.com
89 September 22, 1987 WLK.com
93 September 30, 1987 mentat.com
94 October 14, 1987 WYSE.com
95 November 2, 1987 CFG.com
96 November 9, 1987 marble.com
97 November 16, 1987 cayman.com
97 November 16, 1987 entity.com
99 November 24, 1987 KSR.com
100 November 30, 1987 NYNEXST.com