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Is .hk safe? The state of .hk domain security — Hong Kong
.hk is safer than the internet average. Across 119,194 graded .hk domains, 71.7% score an F — cleaner than the 78.3% global average — better company than most of the web. 2.5% earn a B or better. Most .hk 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 .hk zone — covering Hong Kong — 54.7% of 82,020 graded domains earn an F, well below the 73.8% internet-wide average. Only 0.4% reach an A or A+ — the highest protection tier in the census.
Note: .hk is used as a proxy for Hong Kong based on the domain's TLD, not where the company is registered.
How do .hk domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .hk domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 38 | 0% |
| A | 323 | 0.3% |
| B | 2,607 | 2.2% |
| C | 10,306 | 8.6% |
| D | 20,487 | 17.2% |
| F | 85,433 | 71.7% |
Does .hk 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 .hk doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .hk domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .hk safe?
On average, .hk is safer than the internet average: 71.7% of its 119,194 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 .hk domains?
28.3% of .hk domains score above an F and 2.5% 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 .hk 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 .hk too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .hk 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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