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Is .live safe? The state of .live domain security

.live is riskier than the internet average. Across 499,463 graded .live domains, 85.9% score an F — worse than the 73.8% global average — heavier on exposed domains than the web as a whole. 1.4% earn a B or better. Most .live 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 .live domains score?

Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .live domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-07-29.

GradeDomainsShare
A+470%
A2750.1%
B6,5821.3%
C22,1594.4%
D41,4978.3%
F428,90385.9%

Does .live 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 .live doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .live domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.

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Frequently asked questions

Is .live safe?

On average, .live is riskier than the internet average: 85.9% of its 499,463 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 .live domains?

14.1% of .live domains score above an F and 1.4% 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 .live 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 .live too.

What does "grade F" mean for a .live 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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