Data studies

Original research on naming patterns and brandability, drawn from real startup and product-launch data rather than folklore.

• We checked every Y Combinator domain. Nine are available.

  A study of all 6,063 YC company domains: 0.148% are registrable, zero of 3,714 .com domains are free, and dead startups almost never let their names go.

• The most common words in YC startup names

  "AI" is the #1 word in YC startup names, appearing in 4.8% of ~6,000 companies. A data study of what YC founders actually name their startups.

• What Product Hunt launch names have in common

  "For" is the most common word in 31,672 Product Hunt launch names (2020–2022), and PH names run wordier than startup brands. A data study.