TLD Abuse Rate Report

As of August 20, 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

1,392

Live domains (all zones)

364,279,184

Live compromised domains (all zones)

297,115

Average compromised rate (all zones)

0.082%

Compromised Domains / Total Registered Domains × 100%

By Abuse Rate By Zone Popularity

TLD	Total Domains	Compromised	Abuse Rate
.yt	1,119	276	24.665%
.gq	1,822	104	5.708%
.vu	2,006	108	5.384%
.ga	3,972	190	4.783%
.wf	1,010	43	4.257%
.ml	4,751	183	3.852%
.ug	4,621	163	3.527%
.tf	1,554	43	2.767%
.cf	6,266	164	2.617%
.fr	2,530,200	40,936	1.618%
.re	18,072	292	1.616%
.rest	155,645	2,428	1.560%
.tk	15,052	215	1.428%
.je	2,710	27	0.996%
.cyou	793,182	7,422	0.936%
.nf	2,801	24	0.857%
.gd	7,425	63	0.848%
.sh	19,720	154	0.781%
.fyi	114,506	893	0.780%
.io	1,361,612	10,525	0.773%
.pw	24,435	187	0.765%
.mom	121,532	920	0.757%
.host	29,952	222	0.741%
.lat	320,752	2,342	0.730%
.xin	154,373	1,073	0.695%
.cc	565,178	3,460	0.612%
.cfd	1,011,902	5,926	0.586%
.download	8,024	44	0.548%
.football	7,326	39	0.532%
.live	949,403	5,051	0.532%
.pm	22,828	121	0.530%
.app	1,774,688	9,179	0.517%
.casa	86,623	444	0.513%
.fit	87,077	445	0.511%
.click	1,335,330	6,720	0.503%
.luxe	11,996	60	0.500%
.tc	5,050	22	0.436%
.sbs	1,920,816	8,351	0.435%
.hair	81,662	350	0.429%
.cl	284,355	1,210	0.426%
.digital	524,089	2,082	0.397%
.id	289,415	1,131	0.391%
.cd	1,836	7	0.381%
.shop	4,374,116	15,814	0.362%
.guru	74,444	267	0.359%
.help	289,677	1,020	0.352%
.vg	2,371	8	0.337%
.mg	2,479	8	0.323%
.monster	68,852	220	0.320%
.cv	6,897	21	0.304%
.qpon	112,391	341	0.303%
.yoga	32,687	99	0.303%
.gy	5,065	14	0.276%
.pro	1,692,741	4,539	0.268%
.baby	74,743	196	0.262%
.motorcycles	48,384	126	0.260%
.zw	7,771	20	0.257%
.et	1,947	5	0.257%
.site	2,643,095	6,742	0.255%
.poker	13,163	33	0.251%
.bw	2,011	5	0.249%
.promo	8,291	20	0.241%
.ink	139,447	331	0.237%
.tz	9,341	22	0.236%
.limo	2,582	6	0.232%
.autos	357,078	815	0.228%
.dev	806,888	1,755	0.218%
.icu	1,027,087	2,228	0.217%
.rw	2,883	6	0.208%
.best	94,355	195	0.207%
.ve	6,315	13	0.206%
.gl	2,433	5	0.206%
.accountant	1,471	3	0.204%
.bingo	4,019	8	0.199%
.sn	4,032	8	0.198%
.eg	4,039	8	0.198%
.cam	118,218	234	0.198%
.club	557,724	1,094	0.196%
.sc	2,567	5	0.195%
.is	49,098	94	0.191%
.us	391,604	749	0.191%
.ht	2,136	4	0.187%
.ps	3,830	7	0.183%
.navy	1,654	3	0.181%
.im	14,977	27	0.180%
.pf	1,128	2	0.177%
.jo	2,336	4	0.171%
.foo	5,293	9	0.170%
.ni	1,178	2	0.170%
.af	1,780	3	0.169%
.ci	4,762	8	0.168%
.my	107,579	180	0.167%
.bet	210,907	336	0.159%
.ke	29,098	46	0.158%
.bi	1,299	2	0.154%
.website	331,313	509	0.154%
.lol	1,274,874	1,952	0.153%
.wiki	132,904	198	0.149%
.futbol	3,393	5	0.147%
.skin	261,609	382	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.