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Is .fm safe? The state of .fm domain security
.fm is about average for the internet. Across 19,953 graded .fm domains, 76.6% score an F — roughly in line with the 78.3% global average. 2.2% earn a B or better. Most .fm 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 13,244 graded .fm domains, 68.7% earn an F — well below the 73.8% internet-wide average. Only 0.3% reach an A or A+ — the highest protection tier in the census.
How do .fm domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .fm domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 7 | 0% |
| A | 35 | 0.2% |
| B | 402 | 2% |
| C | 1,503 | 7.5% |
| D | 2,722 | 13.6% |
| F | 15,284 | 76.6% |
Does .fm 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 .fm doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .fm domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .fm safe?
On average, .fm is about average for the internet: 76.6% of its 19,953 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 .fm domains?
23.4% of .fm domains score above an F and 2.2% 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 .fm 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 .fm too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .fm 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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