Malware Activity in Top-level Domains (TLDs) July 1,2025 - September 30,2025

We analyzed the domains reported as serving up malware 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 malware reports.

In the table below, we present the twenty TLDs that had the highest number of domains reported as serving up malware. A complete list of TLDs where malware was reported for the quarter can be downloaded in CSV format from the Records page.

Ranking of TLDs by Malware Domains (July to September 2025)

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

Rank TLD Total Malware Domains ▼
1 com 10,437
2 ru 1,341
3 top 915
4 net 630
5 org 621
6 life 500
7 xyz 427
8 shop 351
9 online 304
10 info 273
11 site 231
12 cfd 213
13 cn 210
14 cc 202
15 click 190
16 it 178
17 sbs 178
18 br 174
19 pl 169
20 qpon 166

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