diff --git a/app/Services/Social/LinkCard/LinkCardMetadata.php b/app/Services/Social/LinkCard/LinkCardMetadata.php
index 2e1f47a7..53760b73 100644
--- a/app/Services/Social/LinkCard/LinkCardMetadata.php
+++ b/app/Services/Social/LinkCard/LinkCardMetadata.php
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 namespace App\Services\Social\LinkCard;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
+use Illuminate\Support\Uri;
+
 final readonly class LinkCardMetadata
 {
     public function __construct(
@@ -14,15 +17,29 @@ public function __construct(
     ) {}
 
     /**
-     * @return array{uri: string, title: string, description: string, image: ?string}
+     * @return array{uri: string, domain: string, title: string, description: string, image: ?string}
      */
     public function toArray(): array
     {
         return [
             'uri' => $this->uri,
+            'domain' => $this->domain(),
             'title' => $this->title,
             'description' => $this->description,
             'image' => $this->imageUrl,
         ];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * The bare display host for the card (e.g. "nyt.com" from
+     * "https://www.nyt.com/x"), so the frontend renders it without parsing URLs.
+     */
+    private function domain(): string
+    {
+        $host = Uri::of($this->uri)->host();
+
+        return $host === null || $host === ''
+            ? $this->uri
+            : Str::chopStart($host, 'www.');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/resources/js/components/posts/previews/LinkCard.vue b/resources/js/components/posts/previews/LinkCard.vue
index bd759aae..d440cc53 100644
--- a/resources/js/components/posts/previews/LinkCard.vue
+++ b/resources/js/components/posts/previews/LinkCard.vue
@@ -1,19 +1,7 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { computed } from 'vue';
-
 import type { LinkCard } from '@/composables/useLinkCard';
 
-const props = defineProps<{ card: LinkCard }>();
-
-const domain = computed(() => {
-    try {
-        const { hostname } = new URL(props.card.uri);
-
-        return hostname.startsWith('www.') ? hostname.slice(4) : hostname;
-    } catch {
-        return props.card.uri;
-    }
-});
+defineProps<{ card: LinkCard }>();
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -25,7 +13,7 @@ const domain = computed(() => {
             class="aspect-[1.91/1] w-full object-cover"
         />
         <div class="px-3 py-2">
-            <div class="text-[13px] text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400">{{ domain }}</div>
+            <div class="text-[13px] text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400">{{ card.domain }}</div>
             <div
                 v-if="card.title"
                 class="mt-0.5 text-[15px] font-semibold text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-100 line-clamp-2"
diff --git a/resources/js/composables/useLinkCard.ts b/resources/js/composables/useLinkCard.ts
index 25dda490..429a6319 100644
--- a/resources/js/composables/useLinkCard.ts
+++ b/resources/js/composables/useLinkCard.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type { MediaItem } from '@/types/media';
 
 export interface LinkCard {
     uri: string;
+    domain: string;
     title: string;
     description: string;
     image: string | null;
diff --git a/tests/Feature/App/Post/LinkPreviewControllerTest.php b/tests/Feature/App/Post/LinkPreviewControllerTest.php
index e64a677a..d845abee 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/App/Post/LinkPreviewControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/App/Post/LinkPreviewControllerTest.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         ->assertOk()
         ->assertJson([
             'uri' => 'https://example.com',
+            'domain' => 'example.com',
             'title' => 'Example',
             'description' => 'Desc',
             'image' => 'https://example.com/card.png',