IPv6 coverage in the Asia-Pacific region reached 50%

The APNIC (Asia Pacific Network Information Centre) has announced a 50% coverage achievement IPv6 in the Asia-Pacific region. This milestone was reached 25 years after APNIC began implementing IPv6. The adoption rates of IPv6 among other registrars are: ARIN (North America) — 52%, LACNIC (Latin America) — 39%, RIPE (Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia) — 28%, and AFRINIC (Africa) — 4%.

By country, the highest level of IPv6 adoption is found in India (78.16%, 600 million users), Vietnam (60%, 54 million users), Japan (58.2%, 109 million users), and Thailand (50.62%, 45 million users). In terms of IPv6 users, China leads with 810 million users supporting IPv6. In Russia, the IPv6 adoption rate is estimated at 10.63%, in Georgia — 12.72%, in Ukraine — 13.42%, in Belarus — 14.35%, in Lithuania — 16.79%, in Latvia — 28.52%, in Kazakhstan — 21.76%, in Estonia — 47.62%, and in Israel — 62.83%.

The global coverage of IPv6 users is estimated at 40%. The share of IPv6 users from the Asia-Pacific region among all IPv6 users is estimated at 64%. In comparison, the share of AFRINIC (Africa) among all IPv6 users is 0.9%, ARIN (North America) — 9.4%, LACNIC (Latin America) — 10.7%, and RIPE (Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia) — 16%. The share of India among all IPv6 users is 27%, while China's share is 22%.

The reported figures account for the number of users capable of establishing connections over IPv6, but do not reflect which protocol is actually used in configurations that have both IPv6 and IPv4 addresses. Considering users who prefer IPv6 in dual-stack systems, the share of IPv6 in the Asia-Pacific region is 47%, while globally, it is 36%.

The data is based on the daily collection of statistics from approximately 25 million users. Information is gathered in collaboration with Google and Comcast by placing verification ads in advertising networks. During the verification, three URL options are provided for content loading — the first uses a host accessible only via IPv4, the second only via IPv6, and the third via both IPv4 and IPv6. Based on the request for these URLs, conclusions are drawn regarding the client's support for IPv6. If IPv6 is used when accessing a host that is available via both IPv4 and IPv6, the client's support for this protocol is deemed preferred.

Source: opennet.ru