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

.best is riskier than the internet average. Across 69,319 graded .best domains, 92.7% score an F — worse than the 78.3% global average — heavier on exposed domains than the web as a whole. 0.5% earn a B or better. Most .best 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 51,136 graded .best domains, 92% earn an F — well above the 73.8% internet-wide average. DMARC enforcement here stands at 2% — below the 11.8% census-wide rate.

How do .best domains score?

Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .best domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.

GradeDomainsShare
A+60%
A270%
B2990.4%
C1,2081.7%
D3,5135.1%
F64,26692.7%

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

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Frequently asked questions

Is .best safe?

On average, .best is riskier than the internet average: 92.7% of its 69,319 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 .best domains?

7.3% of .best domains score above an F and 0.5% 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 .best 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 .best too.

What does "grade F" mean for a .best 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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