Dotcom Remains Top Domain For Startups, But Usage Declines

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2024-10-01 14:30:04

The “.com” domain remains the top pick for new and burgeoning startups. That’s according to data collected by HackerNoon from its Startups of The Year 2023 contest.

As with all years, HackerNoon releases the unique social data gathered from Startups of The Year on GitHub and Hugging Face for valuable insights. In the 2023 version, 30,000 startups from 4,000+ cities participated to be crowned the best in their city.

Data from the contest found that “.com” predominantly remained the most popular domain pick for startups, highlighting its wide recognition and influence from the early days of the internet.

Despite its dominance, the “.com” domain was being used less in 2023 than it was in 2021 when HackerNoon first ran this analysis. Back then, 66.5% of the startups had chosen the “.com” domain, while in 2023, this number was down to 57.3%.

In 2023, the dotcom domain was followed by “.io” (11%), “.info” (10.9%), “.in” (4.3%), “.ai” (3.6%), “.app” (3.4%) and then a number of other niche domain endings used by less than 2% of the Startups of The Year 2023 participants.