I've always used Google search to see how popular a domain SLD is. I would just search the SLD, eg 'james' and then look through the results for the domains that have 'james' in it.
I would use this alongside DotDB to determine SLD popularity. I figure domains that are indexed are a better indication of usage than simply being registered.
I have made a tool called SLDStats (sldstats.com) to try and automate this process a bit. I'm learning dev as I go so it's rudimentary, but if you enter a domain SLD into the tool it should automatically fetch search results and filter the domains that contain that SLD.
eg 'james' is inside 37 domains (from the first 100 results):
Please give it a try and see if it works. There will definitely be errors so feel free to report back your experience.
Let me know how many results you get for your best SLDs!
I would use this alongside DotDB to determine SLD popularity. I figure domains that are indexed are a better indication of usage than simply being registered.
I have made a tool called SLDStats (sldstats.com) to try and automate this process a bit. I'm learning dev as I go so it's rudimentary, but if you enter a domain SLD into the tool it should automatically fetch search results and filter the domains that contain that SLD.
eg 'james' is inside 37 domains (from the first 100 results):
Please give it a try and see if it works. There will definitely be errors so feel free to report back your experience.
Let me know how many results you get for your best SLDs!