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Software used by Y Combinator companies

5,386 of 6,133 companies crawled on 4 September 2026.

5,386 Crawled
6,133 Companies on list
216 Tools counted

5,386 of 6,133 Y Combinator domains returned a usable record and form the denominator. 5,242 were counted from a rendered homepage crawl on 4 September 2026, 144 from a plain fetch only, and 747 returned no usable record. Company list: Y Combinator company directory.

Summary

  • HubSpot runs on 11.2% of the 5,386 Y Combinator domains crawled (602 domains), ahead of Marketo at 1.2%.
  • Google Ads Conversion runs on 19.4% of the 5,386 Y Combinator domains crawled (1,046 domains), ahead of Meta Pixel at 17.0%.
  • CookieYes runs on 2.9% of the 5,386 Y Combinator domains crawled (156 domains), ahead of OneTrust at 2.2%.
  • Intercom runs on 4.2% of the 5,386 Y Combinator domains crawled (225 domains), ahead of HubSpot Chat at 2.2%.
  • Apollo.io Tracker runs on 3.2% of the 5,386 Y Combinator domains crawled (172 domains), ahead of RB2B at 2.9%.
  • PostHog runs on 12.8% of the 5,386 Y Combinator domains crawled (688 domains), ahead of Cloudflare Web Analytics at 9.5%.
  • Webflow runs on 15.7% of the 5,386 Y Combinator domains crawled (845 domains), ahead of Framer at 6.9%.
  • HubSpot Forms runs on 2.8% of the 5,386 Y Combinator domains crawled (152 domains), ahead of Calendly at 1.7%.
  • OneTrust runs on 2.2% of Y Combinator companies and 44.9% of the Fortune 500.
  • Adobe Experience Manager runs on 0.3% of Y Combinator companies and 27.5% of the Fortune 500.
  • By batch year, Webflow runs from 1.9% in the 2026+ batches to 25.6% in the 2020-21 batches, a spread of 23.7 points.
  • By industry, Meta Pixel runs from 4.5% in Industrials to 31.1% in Education, a spread of 26.6 points.
  • By status, Google Ads Conversion runs from 6.2% in Inactive to 21.3% in Acquired, a spread of 15.1 points.
Top tools by share of 5,386 crawled Y Combinator company websitesGoogle Analytics 441.0%Google Tag Manager29.4%Google Ads Conversion19.4%Meta Pixel17.0%Webflow15.7%LinkedIn Insight Tag13.7%PostHog12.8%HubSpot11.2%Cloudflare Web Analytics9.5%Google Universal Analytics7.9%
Top tools by share of 5,386 crawled Y Combinator company websites

Source: Installmap crawl, 4 September 2026

By category

CRM and Marketing Automation

ToolDomainsShare
HubSpot 602 11.2%
Marketo 67 1.2%
Mailchimp 48 0.9%
Klaviyo 45 0.8%
Customer.io 18 0.3%

CRM and Marketing Automation across all groups.

Analytics

ToolDomainsShare
Google Analytics 4 2,207 41.0%
Google Tag Manager 1,581 29.4%
PostHog 688 12.8%
Cloudflare Web Analytics 509 9.5%
Google Universal Analytics 425 7.9%

Analytics across all groups.

Live Chat and Support

ToolDomainsShare
Intercom 225 4.2%
HubSpot Chat 119 2.2%
Crisp 25 0.5%
Zendesk Web Widget 24 0.4%
Zoho SalesIQ 11 0.2%

Live Chat and Support across all groups.

Ecommerce

ToolDomainsShare
Shopify 67 1.2%
WooCommerce 19 0.4%
Squarespace Commerce 13 0.2%
Recharge 11 0.2%
Adobe Commerce 7 0.1%

Ecommerce across all groups.

Payments

ToolDomainsShare
Stripe 86 1.6%
Klarna 7 0.1%
Afterpay 7 0.1%
PayPal 4 0.1%
Paddle 4 0.1%

Payments across all groups.

Advertising and Attribution

ToolDomainsShare
Google Ads Conversion 1,046 19.4%
Meta Pixel 916 17.0%
LinkedIn Insight Tag 737 13.7%
Reddit Pixel 269 5.0%
Microsoft Advertising UET 242 4.5%

Advertising and Attribution across all groups.

Scheduling and Forms

ToolDomainsShare
HubSpot Forms 152 2.8%
Calendly 94 1.7%
Cal.com 76 1.4%
Gravity Forms 39 0.7%
Typeform 36 0.7%

Scheduling and Forms across all groups.

Visitor Identification and ABM

ToolDomainsShare
Apollo.io Tracker 172 3.2%
RB2B 154 2.9%
Vector 124 2.3%
ZoomInfo WebSights 75 1.4%
Warmly 70 1.3%

Visitor Identification and ABM across all groups.

A/B Testing and Personalization

ToolDomainsShare
VWO 78 1.4%
Webflow Optimize (Intellimize) 66 1.2%
Google Optimize 20 0.4%
Optimizely 19 0.4%
Convert Experiences 13 0.2%

A/B Testing and Personalization across all groups.

ToolDomainsShare
CookieYes 156 2.9%
OneTrust 117 2.2%
Cookiebot 104 1.9%
Termly 47 0.9%
Osano 45 0.8%

Consent and Privacy across all groups.

Video

ToolDomainsShare
YouTube Embed 382 7.1%
Vimeo 114 2.1%
Video.js 89 1.7%
Wistia 83 1.5%
Mux 35 0.6%

Video across all groups.

Search and Reviews

ToolDomainsShare
G2 132 2.5%
Trustpilot 72 1.3%
Judge.me 16 0.3%
Yotpo 10 0.2%
Algolia 8 0.1%

Search and Reviews across all groups.

Call Tracking

ToolDomainsShare
CallRail 5 0.1%
Invoca 3 0.1%

Call Tracking across all groups.

Affiliate and Referral

ToolDomainsShare
Rewardful 43 0.8%
FirstPromoter 18 0.3%
Tolt 10 0.2%
Awin 7 0.1%
PromoteKit 5 0.1%

Affiliate and Referral across all groups.

Accessibility

ToolDomainsShare
accessiBe 23 0.4%
UserWay 8 0.1%
Accessibly 2 0.0%
EqualWeb 1 0.0%

Accessibility across all groups.

Interactive Demos

ToolDomainsShare
Navattic 18 0.3%
Arcade 10 0.2%
Storylane 9 0.2%

Interactive Demos across all groups.

Popups and Widgets

ToolDomainsShare
Embedly 45 0.8%
ShareThis 15 0.3%
Elfsight 15 0.3%
OptinMonster 14 0.3%
AddToAny 5 0.1%

Popups and Widgets across all groups.

Localization

ToolDomainsShare
Weglot 20 0.4%
GTranslate 3 0.1%

Localization across all groups.

Security and Fraud Prevention

ToolDomainsShare
ClickCease 35 0.6%
Oneleet 19 0.4%
Riskified 3 0.1%
Fraud Blocker 3 0.1%
CleanTalk 2 0.0%

Security and Fraud Prevention across all groups.

Investor Relations

ToolDomainsShare
Q4 2 0.0%

Investor Relations across all groups.

Recruiting and Careers

ToolDomainsShare
Ashby 110 2.0%
Greenhouse 31 0.6%
Lever 19 0.4%
Workable 12 0.2%
BambooHR 9 0.2%

Recruiting and Careers across all groups.

CMS

ToolDomainsShare
Webflow 845 15.7%
WordPress 397 7.4%
Framer 371 6.9%
Sanity 100 1.9%
Squarespace 60 1.1%

CMS across all groups.

Infrastructure categories

Hosting and CDN

ToolDomainsShare
Cloudflare 2,207 41.0%
Vercel 1,468 27.3%
jsDelivr 797 14.8%
Amazon CloudFront 400 7.4%
Nginx 295 5.5%

Hosting and CDN across all groups.

JavaScript Framework

ToolDomainsShare
React 1,900 35.3%
Next.js 1,767 32.8%
jQuery 1,298 24.1%
Astro 258 4.8%
Vue.js 113 2.1%

JavaScript Framework across all groups.

UI Framework

ToolDomainsShare
Google Fonts 2,023 37.6%
Swiper 270 5.0%
Font Awesome 210 3.9%
Bootstrap 201 3.7%
Adobe Fonts 170 3.2%

UI Framework across all groups.

Developer Tools

ToolDomainsShare
Google reCAPTCHA 408 7.6%
Cloudflare Turnstile 176 3.3%
Sentry 125 2.3%
hCaptcha 72 1.3%
New Relic Browser 40 0.7%

Developer Tools across all groups.

By batch year

Share of each segment's own crawled domains. Segments under 100 crawled domains are left out.

Tool All <=2019 (1,595)2020-21 (984)2022-23 (1,008)2024-25 (1,157)2026+ (642)
Google Analytics 4 41.0% 44.6%51.6%49.7%31.9%18.2%
Google Tag Manager 29.4% 37.1%42.2%33.9%16.3%6.7%
Google Ads Conversion 19.4% 21.3%25.7%22.3%14.7%9.0%
Meta Pixel 17.0% 20.6%23.8%18.1%10.5%7.8%
Webflow 15.7% 15.4%25.6%21.6%10.2%1.9%
LinkedIn Insight Tag 13.7% 14.7%20.1%17.0%8.8%4.8%
PostHog 12.8% 3.5%10.3%16.8%22.1%16.5%
HubSpot 11.2% 14.2%18.2%13.1%5.1%0.9%
Cloudflare Web Analytics 9.5% 10.5%8.3%8.2%8.9%11.5%
Google Universal Analytics 7.9% 16.3%13.1%3.5%0.1%0.0%
Microsoft Clarity 7.8% 8.8%12.7%9.8%4.0%1.2%
WordPress 7.4% 15.1%8.8%6.1%0.5%0.3%
YouTube Embed 7.1% 7.5%10.4%7.5%3.9%6.1%
Framer 6.9% 1.9%5.1%9.6%13.7%5.5%
Reddit Pixel 5.0% 5.1%6.6%6.3%3.9%2.0%

By industry

Share of each segment's own crawled domains. Segments under 100 crawled domains are left out.

Tool All B2B (2,796)Consumer (670)Healthcare (620)Fintech (573)Industrials (420)Real Estate and Construction (142)Education (106)
Google Analytics 4 41.0% 42.3%37.5%38.5%48.3%25.2%47.2%50.0%
Google Tag Manager 29.4% 30.5%25.5%26.0%40.5%13.6%34.5%42.5%
Google Ads Conversion 19.4% 21.4%18.5%14.0%23.2%7.9%25.4%21.7%
Meta Pixel 17.0% 14.9%27.8%13.5%23.0%4.5%27.5%31.1%
Webflow 15.7% 15.6%6.4%23.4%17.6%16.2%21.1%12.3%
LinkedIn Insight Tag 13.7% 18.0%3.7%7.6%14.7%6.9%18.3%16.0%
PostHog 12.8% 16.7%9.1%7.1%9.9%3.8%15.5%13.2%
HubSpot 11.2% 13.4%3.4%9.5%12.6%7.4%16.9%12.3%
Cloudflare Web Analytics 9.5% 10.2%9.7%6.5%9.6%9.3%6.3%9.4%
Google Universal Analytics 7.9% 6.2%11.3%7.6%9.4%5.0%16.2%20.8%
Microsoft Clarity 7.8% 8.3%7.8%5.6%9.9%1.9%8.5%17.9%
WordPress 7.4% 5.4%7.5%11.6%9.2%9.3%9.2%8.5%
YouTube Embed 7.1% 6.7%6.3%7.6%5.9%7.9%12.7%16.0%
Framer 6.9% 8.5%3.1%5.2%8.4%5.5%1.4%4.7%
Reddit Pixel 5.0% 6.7%3.3%2.6%4.7%1.0%4.2%5.7%

By status

Share of each segment's own crawled domains. Segments under 100 crawled domains are left out.

Tool All Active (4,127)Inactive (650)Acquired (592)
Google Analytics 4 41.0% 43.6%24.0%41.4%
Google Tag Manager 29.4% 31.0%9.7%39.0%
Google Ads Conversion 19.4% 21.3%6.2%21.3%
Meta Pixel 17.0% 18.1%9.7%17.1%
Webflow 15.7% 17.2%6.6%15.0%
LinkedIn Insight Tag 13.7% 15.0%4.8%14.9%
PostHog 12.8% 15.4%3.1%5.4%
HubSpot 11.2% 12.4%2.2%12.7%
Cloudflare Web Analytics 9.5% 8.8%11.1%12.3%
Google Universal Analytics 7.9% 6.9%9.5%13.2%
Microsoft Clarity 7.8% 8.4%2.8%9.0%
WordPress 7.4% 5.9%9.2%15.5%
YouTube Embed 7.1% 7.9%2.6%6.8%
Framer 6.9% 8.2%1.4%3.7%
Reddit Pixel 5.0% 5.6%0.9%4.9%

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Installmap, software used by Y Combinator companies, crawl of 4 September 2026, https://installmap.com/groups/yc.

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