diff --git a/graphify/ingest.py b/graphify/ingest.py
index 7dc92c341..c861d51a2 100644
--- a/graphify/ingest.py
+++ b/graphify/ingest.py
@@ -62,18 +62,24 @@ def _safe_filename(url: str, suffix: str) -> str:
     return name + suffix
 
 
+def _host_is(host: str, *domains: str) -> bool:
+    """True when *host* is one of *domains* or a subdomain of one."""
+    return any(host == domain or host.endswith(f".{domain}") for domain in domains)
+
+
 def _detect_url_type(url: str) -> str:
     """Classify the URL for targeted extraction."""
-    lower = url.lower()
-    if "twitter.com" in lower or "x.com" in lower:
-        return "tweet"
-    if "arxiv.org" in lower:
-        return "arxiv"
-    if "github.com" in lower:
-        return "github"
-    if "youtube.com" in lower or "youtu.be" in lower:
-        return "youtube"
     parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
+    # Match the host, not the URL text: dropbox.com and netflix.com contain "x.com".
+    host = (parsed.hostname or "").rstrip(".")
+    if _host_is(host, "twitter.com", "x.com"):
+        return "tweet"
+    if _host_is(host, "arxiv.org"):
+        return "arxiv"
+    if _host_is(host, "github.com"):
+        return "github"
+    if _host_is(host, "youtube.com", "youtu.be"):
+        return "youtube"
     path = parsed.path.lower()
     if path.endswith(".pdf"):
         return "pdf"
diff --git a/tests/test_ingest_url_type.py b/tests/test_ingest_url_type.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2cb9e2ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_ingest_url_type.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+"""Tests for how graphify.ingest classifies and routes a URL."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+import graphify.ingest as ingest_mod
+from graphify.ingest import _detect_url_type
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("url", "expected"),
+    [
+        ("https://x.com/user/status/1", "tweet"),
+        ("https://twitter.com/user/status/1", "tweet"),
+        ("https://mobile.twitter.com/user/status/1", "tweet"),
+        ("https://X.COM/user/status/1", "tweet"),
+        ("https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.12345", "arxiv"),
+        ("https://export.arxiv.org/abs/2301.12345", "arxiv"),
+        ("https://github.com/owner/repo", "github"),
+        ("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc", "youtube"),
+        ("https://youtu.be/abc", "youtube"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_known_hosts_keep_their_type(url, expected):
+    assert _detect_url_type(url) == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("url", "expected"),
+    [
+        # Hosts that end in "x.com" without being x.com.
+        ("https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/abc123/paper.pdf?dl=1", "pdf"),
+        ("https://www.netflix.com/title/80057281", "webpage"),
+        ("https://www.linux.com/news/", "webpage"),
+        ("https://developer.box.com/guides/", "webpage"),
+        ("https://x.com.example.org/status/1", "webpage"),
+        # The name only appears in the path or the query.
+        ("https://example.org/why-arxiv.org-matters", "webpage"),
+        ("https://example.org/?ref=github.com", "webpage"),
+        ("https://example.org/embed?src=youtube.com", "webpage"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_a_host_is_matched_whole_not_as_url_text(url, expected):
+    assert _detect_url_type(url) == expected
+
+
+def test_a_dropbox_pdf_is_downloaded_not_saved_as_a_tweet_stub(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """dropbox.com contains "x.com", so the link went to the tweet oEmbed endpoint
+    and was saved as an empty "Tweet at ... (could not fetch content)" note."""
+    url = "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/abc123/paper.pdf?dl=1"
+    fetched = []
+
+    def fake_safe_fetch(u):
+        fetched.append(u)
+        return b"%PDF-1.7 test"
+
+    def no_text_fetch(u):
+        raise AssertionError(f"unexpected text fetch: {u}")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ingest_mod, "validate_url", lambda u: u)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ingest_mod, "safe_fetch", fake_safe_fetch)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ingest_mod, "safe_fetch_text", no_text_fetch)
+
+    out = ingest_mod.ingest(url, tmp_path)
+
+    assert fetched == [url]
+    assert out.suffix == ".pdf"
+    assert out.read_bytes() == b"%PDF-1.7 test"