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Is .ly safe? The state of .ly domain security
.ly is safer than the internet average. Across 29,561 graded .ly domains, 51% score an F — cleaner than the 78.3% global average — better company than most of the web. 1.5% earn a B or better. Most .ly 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 25,590 graded .ly domains, 48.5% earn an F — well below the 73.8% internet-wide average. DMARC enforcement here stands at 6.3% — below the 11.8% census-wide rate.
How do .ly domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .ly domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 8 | 0% |
| A | 33 | 0.1% |
| B | 394 | 1.3% |
| C | 2,490 | 8.4% |
| D | 11,572 | 39.1% |
| F | 15,064 | 51% |
Does .ly 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 .ly doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .ly domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .ly safe?
On average, .ly is safer than the internet average: 51% of its 29,561 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 .ly domains?
49.0% of .ly domains score above an F and 1.5% 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 .ly 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 .ly too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .ly 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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