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Your TLD Reveals Your Framework. The Data Proves It.

.blog is 99% WordPress. .dev is 54% Next.js. .store is 59% Shopify. .gov is 49% Drupal. The TLD you chose predicts your entire technology stack.

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Kannan SP
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Your TLD Reveals Your Framework. The Data Proves It.
Key finding

.blog: 99% WordPress (2,046 sites) (Source: WebPulse Common Crawl scan, 6.28M+ sites. The TLD IS the framework.)

The TLD Personality Test

What This Tells Us

TLD choice correlates with framework choice because both reflect the same underlying identity. A developer buying .dev makes intentional technology decisions. A small business buying .com takes whatever the freelancer offers. A government buying .gov follows procurement defaults. An AI company buying .ai builds for machines. The TLD is the signal. The framework is the confirmation.

The Seven TLDs Where Modern Already Won

.dev (70% modern), .cloud (63%), .ai (56%), .io (54%), .app (51%), .live (46%), .to (43%). These are the intentional-choice TLDs — nobody defaults to them. When people choose deliberately, they choose modern. The broad web (.com at 72% WordPress, country TLDs at 70-85%) is where defaults dominate.