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HiouTube is a good place to start. YouTu.be points to the official YouTube website as we speak. This is something many folks don't talk about here in the forum. Some would argue it's a "defense registration"; but this doesn't require them (YouTube) to do anything more than have the name in their custody. Actually pointing the domain implies that it receives some sort of traffic.
Nobody in their right mind would register and use .whatever TLD and leave the .com up for grabs.
This fact alone should answer your question.
This surely wouldn't apply to most people under 35. We're entering an era of digital creativity; so we can expect younger folks will get creative with their approach to domains.
On a side note, how about the recent "tele.com" sale? Does this name get love from anyone here in the thread? It's short and .com. Is the hack aspect a turnoff for you?
Mel
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The first new gTLD launched almost a decade ago now.Q1 2023 closed with dot com = 46% of all TLD registrations. Ten years ago it was 43%. Kids do the darndest things.
stat source: Verisign Domain Name Industry Briefs (dnib.com)
Just to update this, the 2013 numbers include .TK. The 2023 numbers don't.The first new gTLD launched almost a decade ago now.
I went back and looked at the .COM stats from 2013 compared to today.
Despite the endless new extensions, .COM has only become more popular over time.
(2013) -
The fourth quarter of 2013 closed with a base of 271 million domain name registrations across all
top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 5 million domain names, or 1.9 percent over the third quarter
of 2013. Registrations have grown by 18.5 million, or 7.3 percent, year over year.
The .com and .net TLDs experienced aggregate growth, reaching a combined total of
approximately 127.2 million domain names in the adjusted zone in the fourth quarter of 2013. This
represents a 5 percent increase year over year. As of Dec. 31, 2013, the base of registered names
in .com equaled 112 million names, while .net equaled 15.2 million names.
.COM 41.3% of all registrations
(2023) -
The first quarter of 2023 closed with 354.0 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.5 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2022.1,2 Domain name registrations also increased by 3.5 million, or 1.0%, year over year.1,2
The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 174.8 million domain name registrations in the domain name base3 at the end of the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 1.0 million domain name registrations, or 0.6%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2022. The .com and .net TLDs had a combined increase of 0.1 million domain name registrations, or 0.1%, year over year. As of March 31, 2023, the .com domain name base totaled 161.6 million domain name registrations, and the .net domain name base totaled 13.2 million domain name registrations.
.COM 45.6% of all registrations.
Just to update this, the 2013 numbers include .TK. The 2023 numbers don't.
.TK is basically a spam/scam extension with tens of millions of free registrations.
So, in fairness I have removed the .TK numbers from 2013.
(2013)
246 million TLD registrations. 112 million .COM.
45.5% of all registrations.
(2023)
354 million TLD registrations. 161.6 million .COM.
45.6% of all registrations.
I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Brad