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Is .im safe? The state of .im domain security
.im is riskier than the internet average. Across 41,756 graded .im domains, 82.5% score an F — worse than the 78.3% global average — heavier on exposed domains than the web as a whole. 1.6% earn a B or better. Most .im 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 34,469 graded .im domains, 80.5% earn an F — well above the 73.8% internet-wide average. DMARC enforcement here stands at 6.8% — below the 11.8% census-wide rate.
How do .im domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .im domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 14 | 0% |
| A | 63 | 0.2% |
| B | 597 | 1.4% |
| C | 2,566 | 6.1% |
| D | 4,084 | 9.8% |
| F | 34,432 | 82.5% |
Does .im 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 .im doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .im domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .im safe?
On average, .im is riskier than the internet average: 82.5% of its 41,756 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 .im domains?
17.5% of .im 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 .im 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 .im too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .im 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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