[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by thefabfive

I've seen minor traffic to both Greek and Hebrew IDNs. I suspect once people learn they can type in native language address there will be some shift. Of course, .gr and .il will never go away, their strength may suffer slightly if they don't roll out IDNs quickly.

I wouldn't say that any of these are going to go away, but be honest most small country residents are already very familar with dot com sites, even if not in their native tongue. Dot com is effectively going local with IDN, so these extension are going to face serious direct competition for the first time. That cannot increase their market share, but it might sharply reduce it.