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Is .ng safe? The state of .ng domain security — Nigeria
.ng is safer than the internet average. Across 169,224 graded .ng domains, 61.8% 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 .ng 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 .ng zone — covering Nigeria — 50% of 126,059 graded domains earn an F, well below the 73.8% internet-wide average. Only 0.1% reach an A or A+ — the highest protection tier in the census.
Note: .ng is used as a proxy for Nigeria based on the domain's TLD, not where the company is registered.
How do .ng domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .ng domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 18 | 0% |
| A | 97 | 0.1% |
| B | 2,540 | 1.5% |
| C | 15,792 | 9.3% |
| D | 46,203 | 27.3% |
| F | 104,574 | 61.8% |
Does .ng 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 .ng doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .ng domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .ng safe?
On average, .ng is safer than the internet average: 61.8% of its 169,224 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 .ng domains?
38.2% of .ng 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 .ng 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 .ng too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .ng 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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