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Is .photo safe? The state of .photo domain security
.photo is about average for the internet. Across 17,983 graded .photo domains, 78.1% score an F — roughly in line with the 78.3% global average. 1.4% earn a B or better. Most .photo 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 14,963 graded .photo domains, 70.2% earn an F — below the 73.8% internet-wide average. Only 0.2% reach an A or A+ — the highest protection tier in the census.
How do .photo domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .photo domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 4 | 0% |
| A | 25 | 0.1% |
| B | 218 | 1.2% |
| C | 1,012 | 5.6% |
| D | 2,687 | 14.9% |
| F | 14,037 | 78.1% |
Does .photo 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 .photo doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .photo domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .photo safe?
On average, .photo is about average for the internet: 78.1% of its 17,983 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 .photo domains?
21.9% of .photo domains score above an F and 1.4% 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 .photo 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 .photo too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .photo 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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