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Is .ai safe? The state of .ai domain security
.ai is safer than the internet average. Across 1,014,782 graded .ai domains, 70.7% score an F — cleaner than the 78.3% global average — better company than most of the web. 3.4% earn a B or better. Most .ai domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
Of 929,142 graded .ai domains, 71.3% earn an F — below the 73.8% internet-wide average. DMARC enforcement here stands at 29.8% — above the 11.8% census-wide rate.
How do .ai domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .ai domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 437 | 0% |
| A | 2,370 | 0.2% |
| B | 32,089 | 3.2% |
| C | 106,716 | 10.5% |
| D | 156,019 | 15.4% |
| F | 717,151 | 70.7% |
Does .ai 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 .ai doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .ai domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .ai safe?
On average, .ai is safer than the internet average: 70.7% of its 1,014,782 graded domains score an F as of 2026-08-16, against a 78.3% global average. Most domains on every ending are exposed — the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade.
How secure are .ai domains?
29.3% of .ai domains score above an F and 3.4% 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 .ai 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 .ai too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .ai 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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