TLD Abuse Rate Report

As of May 14, 2026 (UTC)

This report ranks domain zones (TLDs) by how often compromised domains appear relative to the total number of active domains in each zone.
We aggregate daily signals from public threat-intelligence sources and match them to NetAPI zone data.
The full list of compromised domains can be downloaded here.

Use it to compare abuse levels across popular TLDs, spot outliers, and prioritize monitoring or policy decisions.
The table below shows the top 100 zones for the selected sort order.

Domain zones in database

1,390

Live domains (all zones)

352,991,555

Live compromised domains (all zones)

315,689

Average compromised rate (all zones)

0.089%

Formula:

Abuse Rate = Compromised Domains / Total Registered Domains

By Abuse Rate By Zone Popularity

TLD	Total Domains	Compromised	Abuse Rate
.yt	1,077	274	25.441%
.vu	1,835	388	21.144%
.ml	4,623	626	13.541%
.gq	1,748	222	12.700%
.ga	3,921	339	8.646%
.tk	13,573	1,070	7.883%
.cf	6,166	363	5.887%
.coupons	9,938	442	4.448%
.surf	19,563	862	4.406%
.ug	4,505	161	3.574%
.tf	1,517	41	2.703%
.rest	177,722	4,785	2.692%
.re	17,647	273	1.547%
.fr	2,463,991	36,746	1.491%
.lat	275,415	3,863	1.403%
.gd	7,014	81	1.155%
.cfd	862,288	9,488	1.100%
.pw	23,097	237	1.026%
.pm	16,602	144	0.867%
.fyi	115,393	889	0.770%
.xin	144,380	1,074	0.744%
.vg	2,294	16	0.697%
.io	1,273,775	8,220	0.645%
.pics	138,326	843	0.609%
.icu	864,163	5,210	0.603%
.cc	501,192	2,829	0.564%
.tr	214,984	1,191	0.554%
.accountant	1,307	7	0.536%
.nf	2,643	14	0.530%
.cyou	681,120	3,556	0.522%
.sbs	1,904,606	9,893	0.519%
.app	1,436,750	7,329	0.510%
.fit	73,290	369	0.503%
.page	50,604	252	0.498%
.navy	1,612	8	0.496%
.monster	64,993	319	0.491%
.garden	84,086	403	0.479%
.digital	412,096	1,968	0.478%
.click	1,207,637	5,720	0.474%
.cv	3,112	14	0.450%
.help	230,994	991	0.429%
.sh	18,188	77	0.423%
.casa	67,068	271	0.404%
.download	8,284	32	0.386%
.link	402,075	1,479	0.368%
.host	29,295	107	0.365%
.mom	99,954	360	0.360%
.cam	91,523	319	0.349%
.courses	13,339	46	0.345%
.gy	4,544	14	0.308%
.gl	2,358	7	0.297%
.motorcycles	44,273	129	0.291%
.cd	1,742	5	0.287%
.tc	4,881	14	0.287%
.limo	2,545	7	0.275%
.buzz	186,864	507	0.271%
.id	278,855	755	0.271%
.guru	72,808	197	0.271%
.pro	1,578,683	4,237	0.268%
.im	14,208	38	0.267%
.best	77,844	202	0.259%
.zw	7,548	19	0.252%
.sx	1,214	3	0.247%
.ht	2,043	5	0.245%
.shop	3,973,431	9,476	0.238%
.wiki	85,468	198	0.232%
.review	7,414	17	0.229%
.credit	7,325	16	0.218%
.my	103,216	222	0.215%
.hair	73,092	157	0.215%
.ink	118,023	252	0.214%
.army	11,475	24	0.209%
.mg	2,393	5	0.209%
.luxe	10,295	21	0.204%
.eg	3,959	8	0.202%
.club	530,061	1,065	0.201%
.tz	8,999	18	0.200%
.info	6,496,019	12,790	0.197%
.je	2,561	5	0.195%
.bet	152,680	293	0.192%
.world	575,602	1,059	0.184%
.homes	137,421	252	0.183%
.yoga	35,331	64	0.181%
.pf	1,107	2	0.181%
.sn	3,886	7	0.180%
.ci	4,591	8	0.174%
.ni	1,154	2	0.173%
.af	1,740	3	0.172%
.et	1,848	3	0.162%
.so	16,749	27	0.161%
.bi	1,246	2	0.161%
.lol	1,132,643	1,811	0.160%
.support	48,817	78	0.160%
.me	536,348	845	0.158%
.site	2,792,379	4,390	0.157%
.dev	719,726	1,112	0.155%
.net	14,096,684	21,648	0.154%
.limited	8,073	12	0.149%
.website	366,091	536	0.146%
.ms	4,787	7	0.146%

Methodology & Disclaimer

This report is based on NetAPI datasets and daily signals collected from public and private threat-intelligence sources.

A domain may appear in this report if it has been observed in phishing, malware distribution, spam, botnet activity, or other potentially abusive behavior.

The presence of a domain in this report does not necessarily indicate malicious intent by the domain owner, registrar, registry, or hosting provider. Some domains may be compromised without the owner's knowledge.

Abuse rates are calculated by comparing the number of observed compromised domains against the estimated number of active domains within each TLD.

Smaller TLDs with low registration costs or limited moderation policies may show disproportionately high abuse rates compared to large legacy zones.

Statistics are updated daily and may change as new data becomes available.