If I had to guess, it's probably related to Chrome marking HTTP sites as "Not Secure" in July 2018. A lot of sites were probably scrambling to get certificates

If I had to guess, it's probably related to Chrome marking HTTP sites as "Not Secure" in July 2018. A lot of sites were probably scrambling to get certificates before Chrome 68 was released. https://www.neowin.net/news/chrome-68-will-mark-http-websites-as-not-secure https://www.neowin.net/news/chrome-68-will-mark-http-website...