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.link Domain Zone: Statistics, Trends & Investment Insights

The .link domain zone, launched as a generic top-level domain (gTLD), has grown to 290.7K+ registered domains, making it a niche but active space for short, memorable names. With an average domain length of 0.00 characters and a peak at 5 characters (58 948 domains), .link appeals to link-shorteners, branding, and SEO. Understanding its composition—81.26% letter-only domains, 4.37% digits, and 7.15% with hyphens—helps investors spot opportunities. This data-driven analysis covers character patterns, top tokens, and 2026 trends to guide domain portfolio decisions.

Domain Length Distribution in .link

The most common length is 5 characters (58 948 domains), while the average is 0.00 and max is 63. Short domains like '0-0.link' (3 char) are rare and valuable.

Infographics for .link

290,652
Total Domains
+221
New Today
−215
Dropped Today

Domain length distribution by number of characters

Character Composition: Letters, Digits, and Hyphens

Letters dominate at 81.26% (236 259 domains), digits appear in 4.37% of characters, and hyphens in 0.99%. Only 1.30% are purely numeric.


Average domain name length

9.23 characters
Representative domain: 0-0.link
Representative name length: 3

Top Symbols and First-Letter Patterns

The most frequent character is 'e' (233 872 occurrences), and the top starting letter is 's' (23 324 domains). These patterns aid keyword targeting.

Popular Domain Zones

.kr .education .charity .music .reviews .house .tech .inc .restaurant .cars .beauty .cats .hosting .cz .solar .xyz .club .events .se .agency

Character frequency in domain names

# Symbol Occurrences
1 e 233872
2 a 232677
3 i 178556
4 o 172034
5 r 161211
6 t 157454
7 s 152839
8 n 150762
9 l 123526
10 c 103311
11 u 86873
12 m 84759
13 d 83814
14 p 80139
15 h 77607
16 g 74895
17 b 62961
18 y 55372
19 k 51700
20 f 46406
21 v 42626
22 w 38285
23 j 24424
24 x 24424
25 z 22408
26 8 15159
27 q 14966
28 1 14015
29 2 13671
30 7 11669
31 0 11337
32 9 11122
33 3 11018
34 6 10309
35 5 9840
36 4 8936

Vowel-to-Consonant Ratio and Readability

With 35.78% vowels (961 468) and 58.86% consonants (1 581 547), .link domains are moderately readable—important for brand recall.


Most common first character in domain names

# First char Domains count
1 - 0
2 0 830
3 1 1909
4 2 1095
5 3 1058
6 4 1125
7 5 1009
8 6 806
9 7 962
10 8 926
11 9 940
12 a 19854
13 b 14008
14 c 17307
15 d 12484
16 e 9804
17 f 9727
18 g 12204
19 h 14648
20 i 9010
21 j 7465
22 k 8003
23 l 11089
24 m 18485
25 n 9005
26 o 7871
27 p 14192
28 q 3527
29 r 10499
30 s 23324
31 t 15625
32 u 5994
33 v 6972
34 w 7712
35 x 3606
36 y 3856
37 z 3875

Top Words and Numeric Tokens in .link

The most common word is 'go' (5 527 domains, 1.90% share), and the top numeric token is '2' (2 758 domains). These reveal market niches.


Character distribution in domain names

Vowels (961468 · 35.78%)
Consonants (1581547 · 58.86%)
Digits (117486 · 4.37%)
Hyphen (26478 · 0.99%)
Other (0 · 0%)

Hyphen Usage and Domain Structure

Only 7.15% of domains contain hyphens (20 780), while 92.85% are hyphen-free, favoring clean, memorable names.


Domain names with numbers and letters

Only numbers (3780 · 1.3%)
Only letters (236259 · 81.26%)
Numbers and letters (29942 · 10.3%)
Other (20779 · 7.15%)

Mixed-Content Domains: Letters and Digits

Domains combining letters and digits account for 10.30% (29 942), offering creative branding potential.


Most frequent word fragments inside domain names

# Word Domains count %
1 go 5527 1.90
2 pro 4461 1.53
3 my 4321 1.48
4 app 3049 1.05
5 car 2717 0.93
6 one 2622 0.90
7 net 2057 0.71
8 lab 1942 0.67
9 get 1932 0.66
10 dev 1682 0.58
11 hub 1675 0.58
12 tech 1545 0.53
13 pay 1321 0.45
14 game 1311 0.45
15 web 1262 0.43
16 link 1248 0.43
17 top 1159 0.40
18 smart 1120 0.38
19 new 1110 0.38
20 home 1092 0.38

Trends & Insights 2026

Short, keyword-rich domains under .link will gain value as link-in-bio and QR-code use grows—target 5-character names.
The dominance of letter-only domains (81.26%) suggests a premium on pronounceable, brandable names; avoid hyphens (only 7.15%).
With 35.78% vowels, domains like 'go' patterns will be favored for memorability—monitor vowel-heavy registrations.
Numeric tokens (e.g., '2') in 4.37% of characters hint at short numeric domains for tracking or redirects—scout 3 780 pure-digit names.
The top starting letter 's' and frequent character 'e' can guide automated domain generation tools for SEO campaigns.
As total domains approach 290 652, competition for short, clean names will intensify—invest in 0.00-character or shorter domains now.

Hyphen usage in domain names

With hyphen (20780 · 7.15%)
Without hyphen (269980 · 92.85%)

Popular numeric tokens in domain names

# Token Domains count
1 2 2758
2 1 2438
3 4 2061
4 3 1955
5 8 1474
6 88 1391
7 7 1355
8 5 1289
9 9 1221
10 0 1188
11 6 1141
12 77 650
13 99 580
14 777 515
15 888 446
16 24 364
17 168 301
18 20 251
19 365 244
20 123 242