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Is .wales safe? The state of .wales domain security
.wales is about average for the internet. Across 12,984 graded .wales domains, 77.2% score an F — roughly in line with the 78.3% global average. 1.5% earn a B or better. Most .wales 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 11,604 graded .wales domains, 71.7% 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 .wales domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .wales domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 5 | 0% |
| A | 8 | 0.1% |
| B | 188 | 1.4% |
| C | 884 | 6.8% |
| D | 1,880 | 14.5% |
| F | 10,019 | 77.2% |
Does .wales 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 .wales doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .wales domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .wales safe?
On average, .wales is about average for the internet: 77.2% of its 12,984 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 .wales domains?
22.8% of .wales domains score above an F and 1.5% 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 .wales 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 .wales too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .wales 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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