.app Is 13% Astro. The PWA Crowd Chose Static-First.

The TLD Google created for web applications is 13% Astro, 21% Next.js, 48% WordPress. The developers building 'apps' chose the framework that ships the least JavaScript.

Key finding

Astro on .app domains: 13.1% (634 of 4,840 detected) (Source: WebPulse Common Crawl scan, 6.28M+ sites. 13x the global Astro average of 0.2%.)

The Irony

13.1% (634 of 4,840 detected)

Astro on .app domains

Source: WebPulse Common Crawl scan, 6.28M+ sites. 13x the global Astro average of 0.2%.

21.4% (1,035 of 4,840)

Next.js on .app domains

Source: WebPulse Common Crawl scan.

47.8% (2,314 of 4,840)

WordPress on .app domains

Source: WebPulse Common Crawl scan.

Google created the .app TLD with mandatory HTTPS — a security-first domain for web applications. The developers who bought it chose Astro at 13% — a framework whose entire philosophy is shipping zero JavaScript by default. The 'app' TLD's most distinctive framework choice is the one that produces the least app-like output.

Why Astro Resonates With App Builders

The paradox resolves when you understand what .app buyers actually build: landing pages for mobile apps, documentation sites for developer tools, marketing sites for SaaS products. These aren't interactive web apps — they're the static frontends that promote apps. Astro's islands architecture lets them add interactivity exactly where needed (a pricing calculator, a signup form) without shipping a full JavaScript framework. The .app TLD community understood that the best marketing site for an app... isn't an app.