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Is .red safe? The state of .red domain security
.red is riskier than the internet average. Across 18,397 graded .red domains, 82.6% score an F — worse than the 78.3% global average — heavier on exposed domains than the web as a whole. 1.8% earn a B or better. Most .red 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 15,421 graded .red domains, 74.1% earn an F — close to the 73.8% internet-wide average. Only 0.4% reach an A or A+ — the highest protection tier in the census.
How do .red domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .red domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 14 | 0.1% |
| A | 44 | 0.2% |
| B | 277 | 1.5% |
| C | 952 | 5.2% |
| D | 1,906 | 10.4% |
| F | 15,204 | 82.6% |
Does .red 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 .red doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .red domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .red safe?
On average, .red is riskier than the internet average: 82.6% of its 18,397 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 .red domains?
17.4% of .red 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 .red 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 .red too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .red 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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