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Is .design safe? The state of .design domain security
.design is safer than the internet average. Across 100,724 graded .design domains, 62.6% score an F — cleaner than the 73.8% global average — better company than most of the web. 2.6% earn a B or better. Most .design domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-07-29.
How do .design domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .design domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-07-29.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 22 | 0% |
| A | 102 | 0.1% |
| B | 2,477 | 2.5% |
| C | 12,065 | 12% |
| D | 22,984 | 22.8% |
| F | 63,074 | 62.6% |
Does .design make a domain secure?
No — and that's the most important thing to know. A domain's grade is decided by how it is configured (SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS), not by its ending. Choosing .design doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .design domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .design safe?
On average, .design is safer than the internet average: 62.6% of its 100,724 graded domains score an F as of 2026-07-29, against a 73.8% global average. Most domains on every ending are exposed — the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade.
How secure are .design domains?
37.4% of .design domains score above an F and 2.6% earn a B or better. The rest fail the basic externally observable protections, most importantly enforced SPF and DMARC, so they can be impersonated in email.
Does choosing .design make my domain secure?
No. A domain's grade comes from how it is configured — SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS — not from its ending. A well-configured domain earns an A on any ending; an unconfigured one sits at F on .design too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .design domain?
It fails the basic protections we can observe from outside — above all, it has no enforced SPF and DMARC, so its email can be forged and its customers targeted with convincing fakes.
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