ICANN Contractual Compliance Metrics December 2023 to November 2024

Top Five Registrar and Registry Complaints by Volume

Registrar DEC 23 JAN 24 FEB 24 MAR 24 APR 24 MAY 24 JUN 24 JUL 24 AUG 24 SEP 24 OCT 24 NOV 24 % of Total Received
Received1,4991,7523,9302,5461,6511,5301,1251,0411,0762,1971,081929
Top 5 Complaint Types*
DNS Abuse and Other Types of Abuse8171,0813,1511,1001,03647037642948035445749550%
Registrar Data Escrow2652893169922396973922402681,4792313427%
Transfer1191611501781551471431161361481451759%
Domain Renewal/Redemption5671866666586174606185624%
Generic Registrar12355657455585880505565654%

* Top Five Complaint Types make up at least 88% of Received Complaints

Registry DEC 23 JAN 24 FEB 24 MAR 24 APR 24 MAY 24 JUN 24 JUL 24 AUG 24 SEP 24 OCT 24 NOV 24 % of Total Received
Received103644062694637678270112102
Top 5 Complaint Types*
Registry Data Escrow783817402459374231426650%
DNS Abuse5735242818212418342325%
Zone File Access10881192-19126810%
Generic Registry3673443756536%
Code of Conduct43335421222-4%

* Top Five Complaint Types make up at least 90% of Received Complaints

Explanations of Obligations Addressed within each Complaint Type (and source of obligation):

Transfer: Registrar requirements related to the transferring of domain names from one registrar to another, and to modifying Registrant information (Transfer Policy)

Abuse: Registrar obligations to investigate and respond to abuse reports, maintain abuse reports records and provide them to ICANN, and publish abuse contacts and description of abuse procedures on the registrar's website (Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) Section 3.18))

Registration Data Inaccuracy: Registrar requirements to take reasonable steps to investigate and correct claimed Whois inaccuracies (RAA Section 3.7.8) and comply with validation/verification requirements (RAA Whois Accuracy Program Specification (“WAPS”))

Domain Renewal/Redemption: Registrar requirements related to the renewal/redemption of domain names, providing notice to registrants regarding domain name expirations, and providing domain renewal information on the registrar's website and in its registration agreement (Expired Registration Recovery Policy and Expired Domain Deletion Policy)

Registrar Data Escrow: Registrar requirement to escrow generic top-level domain (gTLD) registration data on a schedule, under the terms, and in a format specified by ICANN (RAA Section 3.6)

Registry Data Escrow: Registry requirement to comply with the registry data escrow procedures (Registry Agreement (RA) Section 2.3 and Specification 2)

Zone File Access: Registry requirement to provide third-party zone file access (RA Specification 4, Section 2.1)

Abuse Contact Data: Registry requirement to publish on its website abuse contact details, including a valid email, mailing address, and primary contact for handling inquiries related to malicious conduct in the top-level domain (TLD) (RA Specification 6, Section 4.1)

Generic Registry: Any registry requirement in the relevant RA or Consensus Policy with no dedicated complaint form. A requirement will not have a dedicated complaint form if, historically, the number of complaints received pertaining to the requirement has been very low (sometimes non-existent).

Code of Conduct: Registry requirement to abide by the Code of Conduct established in their RA which includes conducting internal reviews at least once per calendar year to ensure compliance with the Code of Conduct (Specification 9).

Reserved Names: Registry requirements to exclude certain domain names from registration in generic top-level domains (Base RA Specification 5 and provisions related to names reservation for gTLDs not in the Base RA).