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Is .online safe? The state of .online domain security
.online is riskier than the internet average. Across 2,991,291 graded .online domains, 85% score an F — worse than the 78.3% global average — heavier on exposed domains than the web as a whole. 0.6% earn a B or better. Most .online 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 2,656,941 graded .online domains, 85.3% earn an F — well above the 73.8% internet-wide average. Only 0% reach an A or A+ — the highest protection tier in the census.
How do .online domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .online domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 180 | 0% |
| A | 1,225 | 0% |
| B | 16,315 | 0.5% |
| C | 114,566 | 3.8% |
| D | 317,444 | 10.6% |
| F | 2,541,561 | 85% |
Does .online 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 .online doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .online domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .online safe?
On average, .online is riskier than the internet average: 85% of its 2,991,291 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 .online domains?
15.0% of .online domains score above an F and 0.6% 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 .online 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 .online too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .online 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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