Cybercrime Activity in Top-level Domains (TLDs)
September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023

Ranking of TLDs by Cybercrime Domains (September 2022 to August 2023)

TLDs with a minimum of 30,000 domains

Rank TLD Registered Domains
August 2023		 Total Cybercrime
Domains ▼		 Yearly Cybercrime
Domain Score
1 com 158,896,675 1,742,619 109.7
2 cn 7,374,910 290,070 393.3
3 top 2,300,368 206,512 897.7
4 info 3,747,572 179,747 479.6
5 net 12,770,100 139,194 109.0
6 live 624,542 112,349 1,798.9
7 tk 4,298,105 111,695 259.9
8 online 2,534,934 105,794 417.3
9 site 1,365,425 100,977 739.5
10 shop 1,768,228 93,725 530.1
11 xyz 3,293,663 89,959 273.1
12 us 1,986,691 65,900 331.7
13 cf 1,312,154 64,286 489.9
14 gq 1,057,651 62,112 587.3
15 org 10,767,300 56,163 52.2
16 ru 4,956,261 53,190 107.3
17 uk 10,295,509 53,131 51.6
18 click 539,687 50,779 940.9
19 cyou 263,541 49,490 1,877.9
20 me 1,157,898 46,433 401.0

Ranking of TLDs by Yearly Cybercrime Domain Score (September 2022 to August 2023)

TLDs with a minimum of 30,000 domains

Rank TLD Registered Domains
August 2023		 Total Cybercrime
Domains		 Yearly Cybercrime
Domain Score ▼
1 beauty 37,689 2,835 2,834.8
2 rest 32,480 2,542 2,542.2
3 cyou 263,541 1,878 1,877.9
4 monster 80,177 1,873 1,873.1
5 live 624,542 1,799 1,798.9
6 autos 34,382 1,313 1,312.9
7 icu 184,045 1,270 1,270.1
8 fit 38,760 1,214 1,213.6
9 best 52,814 1,167 1,167.1
10 link 229,819 1,124 1,123.8
11 quest 38,884 1,116 1,115.9
12 tokyo 110,481 1,098 1,098.4
13 click 539,687 941 940.9
14 mom 41,951 934 933.9
15 top 2,300,368 898 897.7
16 support 33,273 880 879.7
17 pics 51,843 836 836.0
18 wiki 54,068 818 818.0
19 site 1,365,425 740 739.5
20 fyi 58,459 722 721.9

Ranking of Legacy TLDs by Cybercrime Domains (September 2022 to August 2023)

TLDs with a minimum of 30,000 domains

Rank Legacy TLD Registered Domains
August 2023		 Total Cybercrime
Domains ▼		 Yearly Cybercrime
Domain Score
1 com 158,896,675 1,742,619 109.7
2 info 3,747,572 179,747 479.6
3 net 12,770,100 139,194 109.0
4 org 10,767,300 56,163 52.2
5 biz 1,284,688 43,711 340.2
6 asia 275,861 18,345 665.0
7 pro 405,584 10,900 268.7
8 name 105,780 2,666 252.0
9 mobi 265,863 1,738 65.4
10 tel 43,646 235 53.8

Ranking of ccTLDs by Cybercrime Domains (September 2022 to August 2023)

TLDs with a minimum of 30,000 domains

Rank ccTLD Registered Domains
August 2023		 Total Cybercrime
Domains ▼		 Yearly Cybercrime
Domain Score
1 cn 7,374,910 290,070 393.3
2 tk 4,298,105 111,695 259.9
3 us 1,986,691 65,900 331.7
4 cf 1,312,154 64,286 489.9
5 gq 1,057,651 62,112 587.3
6 ru 4,956,261 53,190 107.3
7 uk 10,295,509 53,131 51.6
8 me 1,157,898 46,433 401.0
9 co 3,464,555 43,486 125.5
10 in 2,953,196 35,641 120.7
11 cc 1,060,584 31,073 293.0
12 de 16,641,216 24,441 14.7
13 br 4,498,951 22,279 49.5
14 fr 4,040,782 18,280 45.2
15 pl 2,442,226 16,064 65.8
16 eu 3,679,306 13,833 37.6
17 id 667,329 10,697 160.3
18 pw 383,397 9,327 243.3
19 jp 1,687,486 8,896 52.7
20 nl 6,050,578 8,798 14.5

Ranking of New gTLDs by Cybercrime Domains (September 2022 to August 2023)

TLDs with a minimum of 30,000 domains

Rank New gTLD Registered Domains
August 2023		 Total Cybercrime
Domains ▼		 Yearly Cybercrime
Domain Score
1 top 2,300,368 206,512 897.7
2 live 624,542 112,349 1,798.9
3 online 2,534,934 105,794 417.3
4 site 1,365,425 100,977 739.5
5 shop 1,768,228 93,725 530.1
6 xyz 3,293,663 89,959 273.1
7 click 539,687 50,779 940.9
8 cyou 263,541 49,490 1,877.9
9 cfd 771,136 34,879 452.3
10 link 229,819 25,828 1,123.8
11 vip 743,981 25,564 343.6
12 buzz 405,097 25,133 620.4
13 store 1,190,092 24,374 204.8
14 icu 184,045 23,376 1,270.1
15 life 355,459 22,485 632.6
16 club 595,781 20,353 341.6
17 space 384,054 17,024 443.3
18 monster 80,177 15,018 1,873.1
19 website 283,885 14,103 496.8
20 work 258,453 13,729 531.2

Ranking of TLDs by Malicious Cybercrime Domains (September 2022 to August 2023)

TLDs with a minimum of 30,000 domains

Rank TLD Total Cybercrime
Domains		 Malicious Cybercrime
Domains ▼		 % Malicious Domains
1 com 1,742,619 819,146 47.0%
2 top 206,512 189,592 91.8%
3 info 179,747 126,874 70.6%
4 cn 290,070 93,953 32.4%
5 shop 93,725 89,792 95.8%
6 live 112,349 89,217 79.4%
7 site 100,977 86,485 85.6%
8 online 105,794 81,696 77.2%
9 net 139,194 58,180 41.8%
10 xyz 89,959 57,129 63.5%
11 us 65,900 41,403 62.8%
12 click 50,779 35,904 70.7%
13 tk 111,695 35,627 31.9%
14 cyou 49,490 35,090 70.9%
15 biz 43,711 32,625 74.6%
16 cfd 34,879 31,238 89.6%
17 me 46,433 24,735 53.3%
18 org 56,163 22,859 40.7%
19 vip 25,564 22,657 88.6%
20 cf 64,286 21,677 33.7%

Ranking of TLDs by Percent Malicious Cybercrime Domains (September 2022 to August 2023)

TLDs with a minimum of 30,000 domains and 25 cybercrime domains

Rank TLD Total Cybercrime
Domains		 Malicious Cybercrime
Domains		 % Malicious Domains ▼
1 xn--fiqs8s 29 29 100.0%
2 tokyo 12,135 11,948 98.5%
3 shop 93,725 89,792 95.8%
4 xn--p1ai 7,911 7,508 94.9%
5 fit 4,704 4,461 94.8%
6 top 206,512 189,592 91.8%
7 wiki 4,423 4,013 90.7%
8 wang 467 419 89.7%
9 cfd 34,879 31,238 89.6%
10 autos 4,514 4,014 88.9%
11 vip 25,564 22,657 88.6%
12 wtf 2,166 1,887 87.1%
13 bio 2,300 1,977 86.0%
14 site 100,977 86,485 85.6%
15 bond 3,224 2,753 85.4%
16 win 1,914 1,544 80.7%
17 work 13,729 11,052 80.5%
18 icu 23,376 18,765 80.3%
19 live 112,349 89,217 79.4%
20 asia 18,345 14,543 79.3%

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