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Is .qa safe? The state of .qa domain security — Qatar
.qa is safer than the internet average. Across 14,083 graded .qa domains, 58.9% score an F — cleaner than the 78.3% global average — better company than most of the web. 3.3% earn a B or better. Most .qa 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 .qa zone — covering Qatar — 58.7% of 11,669 graded domains earn an F, well below the 73.8% internet-wide average. Only 0.3% reach an A or A+ — the highest protection tier in the census.
Note: .qa is used as a proxy for Qatar based on the domain's TLD, not where the company is registered.
How do .qa domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .qa domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 4 | 0% |
| A | 34 | 0.2% |
| B | 422 | 3% |
| C | 1,569 | 11.1% |
| D | 3,757 | 26.7% |
| F | 8,297 | 58.9% |
Does .qa 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 .qa doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .qa domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .qa safe?
On average, .qa is safer than the internet average: 58.9% of its 14,083 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 .qa domains?
41.1% of .qa domains score above an F and 3.3% 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 .qa 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 .qa too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .qa 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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