Startup Trends

Domain and naming trends among startups featured on BetaList over time.

TLD Popularity by Year

Risers & Fallers

Average market share change comparing the last 3 years to the 3 years before.

Rising

.ai

+7.9pp 7.3% → 15.2%

.app

+1.3pp 8.1% → 9.3%

.dev

+0.8pp 1.3% → 2.1%

.tech

+0.8pp 0.4% → 1.2%

.net

+0.6pp 0.8% → 1.4%

Falling

.io

-5.6pp 15.1% → 9.5%

.co

-3.2pp 6.6% → 3.4%

.com

-0.9pp 42.7% → 41.8%

.so

-0.6pp 1.5% → 0.9%

.xyz

-0.4pp 1.2% → 0.7%

Popular Suffixes

% of featured startups with each domain name suffix.

Popular Prefixes

% of featured startups with each domain name prefix.

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Domain Name Length

Distribution of domain name lengths (excluding TLD) over time.

Top TLDs

.com

14,496 startups

.io

3,394 startups

.co

1,846 startups

.ai

1,812 startups

.app

1,404 startups

.me

491 startups

.net

390 startups

.dev

240 startups

.org

195 startups