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Is .show safe? The state of .show domain security

.show is riskier than the internet average. Across 18,078 graded .show domains, 84.9% 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 .show 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 14,878 graded .show domains, 80% earn an F — well above the 73.8% internet-wide average. DMARC enforcement here stands at 15.8% — above the 11.8% census-wide rate.

How do .show domains score?

Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .show domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.

GradeDomainsShare
A+20%
A130.1%
B3051.7%
C7184%
D1,6849.3%
F15,35684.9%

Does .show 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 .show doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .show domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.

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Frequently asked questions

Is .show safe?

On average, .show is riskier than the internet average: 84.9% of its 18,078 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 .show domains?

15.1% of .show 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 .show 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 .show too.

What does "grade F" mean for a .show 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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