.ai Domains Are 67% Next.js. AI Companies Walk the Walk.

The TLD chosen by AI companies is the most modern on the web. Two-thirds run Next.js. WordPress is 23%. The companies building AI chose the infrastructure that matches.

The Purest Signal in Our Data

67% (23 of 35 detected)

Next.js on .ai domains

Source: WebPulse Common Crawl scan, 2.6M+ sites. Among detected frameworks on .ai TLD.

23% (8 of 35 detected)

WordPress on .ai domains

Source: WebPulse Common Crawl scan.

6% (2 of 35 detected)

HTMX on .ai domains

Source: WebPulse Common Crawl scan. The anti-framework shows up in AI territory.

Every other TLD carries legacy baggage — existing sites built years ago on whatever was available. The .ai TLD is different. These domains were registered intentionally by AI companies, most of them in the last 2-3 years. There's no legacy inertia. This is what builders choose when starting from scratch.

Why This Matters

When the companies building AI — the ones who understand machine consumption of the web better than anyone — choose their own infrastructure, they pick Next.js at 3x the rate of WordPress. They're not choosing frameworks for content management. They're choosing frameworks that produce clean, structured, machine-parseable output.

The .ai TLD is a controlled experiment: no legacy, no procurement defaults, no freelancer inertia. Pure choice. And the choice is overwhelmingly modern.

.ai Domains Are 67% Next.js. AI Companies Walk the Walk.

The Purest Signal in Our Data

Why This Matters

HTMX: 2,467 Detections in Our 2M+ Scan. The Anti-Framework Registers at Scale.

The Entire Modern Web Is 6.4%. Everything Else Is What We're Talking About.

WordPress Alone Has 12x More Detections Than All Modern Frameworks Combined.

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