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Is .org safe? The state of .org domain security
.org is about average for the internet. Across 12,899,875 graded .org domains, 80.1% score an F — roughly in line with the 78.3% global average. 1.8% earn a B or better. Most .org 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 10,809,611 graded .org domains, 77.7% earn an F — above the 73.8% internet-wide average. Only 0.3% reach an A or A+ — the highest protection tier in the census.
How do .org domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .org domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 2,603 | 0% |
| A | 25,681 | 0.2% |
| B | 206,883 | 1.6% |
| C | 790,335 | 6.1% |
| D | 1,537,302 | 11.9% |
| F | 10,337,071 | 80.1% |
Does .org 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 .org doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .org domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .org safe?
On average, .org is about average for the internet: 80.1% of its 12,899,875 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 .org domains?
19.9% of .org domains score above an F and 1.8% 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 .org 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 .org too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .org 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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