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Is .church safe? The state of .church domain security
.church is about average for the internet. Across 35,127 graded .church domains, 75.6% score an F — roughly in line with the 78.3% global average. 1.7% earn a B or better. Most .church 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 31,737 graded .church domains, 72.2% earn an F — below the 73.8% internet-wide average. Only 0.1% reach an A or A+ — the highest protection tier in the census.
How do .church domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .church domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 6 | 0% |
| A | 36 | 0.1% |
| B | 566 | 1.6% |
| C | 2,569 | 7.3% |
| D | 5,390 | 15.3% |
| F | 26,560 | 75.6% |
Does .church 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 .church doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .church domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .church safe?
On average, .church is about average for the internet: 75.6% of its 35,127 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 .church domains?
24.4% of .church domains score above an F and 1.7% 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 .church 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 .church too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .church 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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