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Is .family safe? The state of .family domain security
.family is about average for the internet. Across 34,092 graded .family domains, 71.6% score an F — roughly in line with the 73.8% global average. 3.2% earn a B or better. Most .family 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 .family domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .family domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-07-29.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 49 | 0.1% |
| A | 160 | 0.5% |
| B | 881 | 2.6% |
| C | 3,009 | 8.8% |
| D | 5,583 | 16.4% |
| F | 24,410 | 71.6% |
Does .family 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 .family doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .family domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .family safe?
On average, .family is about average for the internet: 71.6% of its 34,092 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 .family domains?
28.4% of .family domains score above an F and 3.2% 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 .family 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 .family too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .family 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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