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

.cool is riskier than the internet average. Across 20,810 graded .cool domains, 84.8% score an F — worse than the 78.3% global average — heavier on exposed domains than the web as a whole. 1.3% earn a B or better. Most .cool 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 17,110 graded .cool domains, 77.1% earn an F — above the 73.8% internet-wide average. Only 0.1% reach an A or A+ — the highest protection tier in the census.

How do .cool domains score?

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

GradeDomainsShare
A+60%
A150.1%
B2401.2%
C9994.8%
D1,9039.1%
F17,64784.8%

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

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Frequently asked questions

Is .cool safe?

On average, .cool is riskier than the internet average: 84.8% of its 20,810 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 .cool domains?

15.2% of .cool domains score above an F and 1.3% 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 .cool 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 .cool too.

What does "grade F" mean for a .cool 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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