Namecheap published their domain insights & trends report for 2025. 147 one-letter and 2,829 two-letter domains, while more than 1 million domains included hyphens registered stood out to me. 1 million domains included hyphens? The long-term shift of .com vs other TLDsIn 2025, .com continued to dominate registrations, reaching 4.67 million new domains and slightly increasing its share of total registrations year over year. 2020: 48% .com vs 52% non-dot-com48% .com vs 52% non-dot-com 2021: 45% .com vs 55% non-dot-com45% .com vs 55% non-dot-com 2022: 43.8% .com vs 56.2% non-dot-com43.8% .com vs 56.2% non-dot-com 2023: 39.9% .com vs 60.1% non-dot-com39.9% .com vs 60.1% non-dot-com 2024: 38.7% .com vs 61.3% non-dot-com38.7% .com vs 61.3% non-dot-com 2025: 40.1% .com vs 59.9% non-dot-comThe data points to a market balancing familiarity with flexibility, as businesses weigh trust against differentiation.