 After Gabon denied the new company domain name me.ga, Kim Dotcom announced it would instead be registered in his country of residence, New Zealand, under the domain name mega.co.nz.Mega launched on 19 January 2013 – a year after Dotcom's original site was shut down.Kim Dotcom reported on Twitter getting over 100,000 registered within the first hour, speculating that this may make Mega the fastest-growing startup in history.