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Y Combinator · Winter 2011, Summer 2011 · 1 November 2026

What domains do YC’s 2011 startups use?

Of the 96 startups in Y Combinator’s 2011 batches that have a website, 94% use a .com and 3% a .net.

94%
on .com, 2010: 96%
3%
on .net, the highest of any year, 2008 to 2026
1 in 6
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Which extensions the 2011 startups use

  1. .com94%
  2. .net3%
  3. .io1%
  4. .nu1%
  5. .tv1%

Batch by batch

Winter 201142.com95%.net2%
Summer 201154.com93%.net4%

Is the .com of a 2011 YC startup’s name for sale?

6 of the 2011 startups are not on a .com. For 1 of them (1 in 6), the .com of their name is for sale. 5 are registered with no sale listing; some are the startup’s own redirect.

  1. For sale17%
  2. Registered, no sale listing83%

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Source: Y Combinator’s company directory and the .com zone file, 1 November 2026.