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Is .pet safe? The state of .pet domain security
.pet is riskier than the internet average. Across 19,563 graded .pet domains, 81.6% score an F — worse than the 78.3% global average — heavier on exposed domains than the web as a whole. 1.7% earn a B or better. Most .pet 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 17,362 graded .pet domains, 75.2% earn an F — above the 73.8% internet-wide average. Only 0.1% reach an A or A+ — the highest protection tier in the census.
How do .pet domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .pet domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 8 | 0% |
| A | 22 | 0.1% |
| B | 296 | 1.5% |
| C | 1,115 | 5.7% |
| D | 2,159 | 11% |
| F | 15,963 | 81.6% |
Does .pet 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 .pet doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .pet domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .pet safe?
On average, .pet is riskier than the internet average: 81.6% of its 19,563 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 .pet domains?
18.4% of .pet domains score above an F and 1.7% 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 .pet 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 .pet too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .pet 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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