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Retention by Length

Does the premium pricing tier ($640 / $160 / $5 per year) actually filter for long-term holders, or just create churn?

Snapshot taken 2026-09-20T02:54:03.696Z

Headline retention table

The eligible n is shown per cell. Each column has a different population, so reading horizontally compares retention rates on different cohort sets

LengthTotal registered12m retention24m retention36m retention48m retention60m retention
3 chars 50,051 41.5%n=50,02420.8%n=49,95315.1%n=49,87010.8%n=49,41045.2%n=4,697
4 chars 113,519 54.7%n=113,21530.7%n=112,59623.6%n=111,75615.3%n=108,50251.9%n=9,369
5 chars 480,413 85.0%n=477,46953.0%n=469,46040.3%n=451,50226.3%n=413,65376.5%n=28,446
6–9 chars 1,570,939 89.5%n=1,550,74952.8%n=1,499,58239.6%n=1,390,55630.9%n=1,187,40967.0%n=128,812
10+ chars 1,176,418 94.0%n=1,151,76856.7%n=1,104,46541.6%n=1,017,88932.3%n=836,30855.6%n=95,200

When holders give up

Each cell is the share of names still held at the start of the period that had lapsed by the end.

Each column restricts to domains old enough to be fully evaluated for that period.

Length0m → 12m12m → 24m24m → 36m36m → 48m48m → 60m
3 chars 58.5% lapsed29,276 of 50,024 eligible49.9% lapsed10,335 of 49,953 eligible27.4% lapsed2,836 of 49,870 eligible29.2% lapsed2,189 of 49,410 eligible28.4% lapsed844 of 4,697 eligible
4 chars 45.3% lapsed51,231 of 113,215 eligible43.8% lapsed26,965 of 112,596 eligible23.1% lapsed7,917 of 111,756 eligible35.9% lapsed9,332 of 108,502 eligible22.2% lapsed1,385 of 9,369 eligible
5 chars 15.0% lapsed71,811 of 477,469 eligible37.5% lapsed149,215 of 469,460 eligible24.3% lapsed58,413 of 451,502 eligible36.5% lapsed62,476 of 413,653 eligible9.1% lapsed2,186 of 28,446 eligible
6–9 chars 10.5% lapsed162,797 of 1,550,749 eligible40.9% lapsed547,768 of 1,499,582 eligible26.0% lapsed193,341 of 1,390,556 eligible25.0% lapsed122,053 of 1,187,409 eligible11.1% lapsed10,767 of 128,812 eligible
10+ chars 6.0% lapsed69,323 of 1,151,768 eligible39.8% lapsed413,453 of 1,104,465 eligible28.0% lapsed164,513 of 1,017,889 eligible26.8% lapsed98,923 of 836,308 eligible14.1% lapsed8,698 of 95,200 eligible

Each column has a different eligible population - names ≥ T+P months old at snapshot time. The n eligible figure shows how many qualified. Reading horizontally compares periods within the same bucket but on different populations; for example, the 48 → 60m column uses only the ~2k 3-char names registered before 2021, while the 0 → 12m column uses essentially all 50k. Don't treat survivors at the start of period N as the same set as those at the start of period N+1.

Methodology