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Is .bot safe? The state of .bot domain security
.bot is riskier than the internet average. Across 22,089 graded .bot domains, 84.6% score an F — worse than the 78.3% global average — heavier on exposed domains than the web as a whole. 1.2% earn a B or better. Most .bot 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 20,147 graded .bot domains, 79.6% earn an F — well above the 73.8% internet-wide average. Only 0.2% reach an A or A+ — the highest protection tier in the census.
How do .bot domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .bot domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 6 | 0% |
| A | 29 | 0.1% |
| B | 223 | 1% |
| C | 919 | 4.2% |
| D | 2,217 | 10% |
| F | 18,695 | 84.6% |
Does .bot 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 .bot doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .bot domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .bot safe?
On average, .bot is riskier than the internet average: 84.6% of its 22,089 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 .bot domains?
15.4% of .bot domains score above an F and 1.2% 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 .bot 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 .bot too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .bot 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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