Spam Activity in Top-level Domains (TLDs)
September 1,2024 - November 30,2024

We analyzed the spam domains to see how they were distributed across the top-level domains. For our analysis, we extract the Top-level Domain (e.g., com, xyz, uk) from the hostnames we found in spam reports. We then rank TLD operators based on the number of reported spam domains and a metric, spam score.

In the tables below, we rank TLDs that had the highest number of reported spam domains for the period. A complete list of TLDs where spam was reported for the quarter can be downloaded in CSV format from the Records page.

Ranking of TLDs by Spam Domains (September to November 2024)

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

Rank TLD Domains in TLD Spam Domains ▼ Spam Domain Score
1 com 154,104,949 636,969 41.3
2 top 2,874,708 303,639 1,056.2
3 cn 10,755,883 135,032 125.5
4 cc 1,575,350 121,953 774.1
5 vip 1,103,934 88,407 800.8
6 shop 3,495,554 87,928 251.5
7 xyz 3,764,803 82,708 219.7
8 net 12,399,692 49,987 40.3
9 ru 5,755,283 40,409 70.2
10 co 3,326,357 39,575 119.0
11 info 3,588,774 36,376 101.4
12 loan 44,631 25,183 5,642.5
13 org 11,013,124 21,382 19.4
14 club 599,103 19,157 319.8
15 sbs 821,990 14,907 181.4
16 bid 41,050 13,837 3,370.8
17 buzz 321,828 13,795 428.7
18 app 735,610 13,182 179.2
19 cfd 292,875 12,629 431.2
20 click 437,376 12,380 283.1

Ranking of TLDs by Spam Domain Score (September to November 2024)

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

Rank TLD Domains in TLD Spam Domains Spam Domain Score ▼
1 loan 44,631 25,183 5,642.5
2 bid 41,050 13,837 3,370.8
3 top 2,874,708 303,639 1,056.2
4 plus 32,640 3,047 933.5
5 wang 62,130 5,420 872.4
6 best 64,634 5,315 822.3
7 vip 1,103,934 88,407 800.8
8 academy 63,550 5,016 789.3
9 cc 1,575,350 121,953 774.1
10 ooo 40,485 3,125 771.9
11 wiki 73,813 5,094 690.1
12 skin 78,182 5,074 649.0
13 help 31,046 1,902 612.6
14 ink 73,154 4,215 576.2
15 cam 44,813 2,371 529.1
16 one 240,957 11,694 485.3
17 cfd 292,875 12,629 431.2
18 buzz 321,828 13,795 428.7
19 mom 48,814 1,719 352.2
20 pics 64,041 2,132 332.9

Ranking of TLDs by Malicious Spam Domains (September to November 2024)

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

Rank TLD Domains in TLD Malicious Spam
Domain Registrations ▼		 Malicious Spam
Domain Score
1 com 154,104,949 389,543 25.3
2 top 2,874,708 255,174 887.7
3 cc 1,575,350 110,961 704.4
4 vip 1,103,934 80,740 731.4
5 shop 3,495,554 71,633 204.9
6 xyz 3,764,803 58,715 156.0
7 cn 10,755,883 50,905 47.3
8 co 3,326,357 33,180 99.8
9 net 12,399,692 25,734 20.8
10 loan 44,631 25,074 5,618.1
11 info 3,588,774 23,880 66.5
12 ru 5,755,283 23,549 40.9
13 club 599,103 17,572 293.3
14 bid 41,050 13,769 3,354.2
15 app 735,610 12,066 164.0
16 buzz 321,828 10,977 341.1
17 sbs 821,990 10,789 131.3
18 cfd 292,875 10,080 344.2
19 pro 729,898 9,799 134.3
20 one 240,957 9,481 393.5

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