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Y Combinator · Winter 2022, Summer 2022 · 1 November 2026

What domains do YC’s 2022 startups use?

Of the 611 startups in Y Combinator’s 2022 batches that have a website, 53% use a .com and 13% a .ai.

53%
on .com, 2021: 60%
13%
on .ai, 2021: 8%
1 in 5
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Which extensions the 2022 startups use

  1. .com53%
  2. .ai13%
  3. .io8%
  4. .co5%
  5. .app3%
  6. .dev2%
  7. 46 more extensions17%

Batch by batch

Winter 2022390.com55%.ai10%
Summer 2022221.com48%.ai17%

Is the .com of a 2022 YC startup’s name for sale?

290 of the 2022 startups are not on a .com. For 54 of them (1 in 5), the .com of their name is for sale, and 6 more are parked. 228 are registered with no sale listing; some are the startup’s own redirect. 2 are unregistered.

  1. For sale19%
  2. Parked2%
  3. Registered, no sale listing79%
  4. Unregisteredunder 1%

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