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Y Combinator · Winter 2014, Summer 2014 · 1 November 2026

What domains do YC’s 2014 startups use?

Of the 134 startups in Y Combinator’s 2014 batches that have a website, 83% use a .com and 6% a .org.

83%
on .com, 2013: 94%
6%
on .org, the highest of any year, 2008 to 2026
1 in 5
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Which extensions the 2014 startups use

  1. .com83%
  2. .org6%
  3. .co4%
  4. .io3%
  5. .ai2%
  6. .in1%
  7. 1 more extensionsunder 1%

Batch by batch

Winter 201469.com81%.org10%
Summer 201465.com85%.org2%

Is the .com of a 2014 YC startup’s name for sale?

23 of the 2014 startups are not on a .com. For 5 of them (1 in 5), the .com of their name is for sale. 18 are registered with no sale listing; some are the startup’s own redirect.

  1. For sale22%
  2. Registered, no sale listing78%

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