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Is .de safe? The state of .de domain security — Germany
.de is safer than the internet average. Across 13,396,126 graded .de domains, 69.3% score an F — cleaner than the 78.3% global average — better company than most of the web. 1.6% earn a B or better. Most .de domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
In the .de zone — covering Germany — 61.9% of 8,755,075 graded domains earn an F, well below the 73.8% internet-wide average. DMARC enforcement here stands at 21.9% — above the 11.8% census-wide rate.
Note: .de is used as a proxy for Germany based on the domain's TLD, not where the company is registered.
How do .de domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .de domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 3,944 | 0% |
| A | 14,625 | 0.1% |
| B | 194,748 | 1.5% |
| C | 1,254,839 | 9.4% |
| D | 2,648,196 | 19.8% |
| F | 9,279,774 | 69.3% |
Does .de 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 .de doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .de domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .de safe?
On average, .de is safer than the internet average: 69.3% of its 13,396,126 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 .de domains?
30.7% of .de domains score above an F and 1.6% 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 .de 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 .de too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .de 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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