Phishing Activity
Quarter over Quarter Comparison:
February 1, 2021 - April 30, 2021
Top-level Domains
For purposes of observing change over time, it is useful to compare measurements and metrics over successive reporting periods. Such comparisons illustrate whether phishing activities are increasing or decreasing, and where such changes are occurring. Such comparisons can identify TLDs that are persistently abused or exploited by phishers. Investigators or policy makers may focus on these for deeper analyses.
In the table below, we use the measurement reported phishing domains to compare the ranking of TLDs during the November 1, 2020 - January 31, 2021 period to the rankings for the February 1, 2021 - April 30, 2021 period.
Ranking of TLDs by Phishing Domains, Quarter over Quarter (February to April 2021)
TLDs with a minimum of 30,000 domains under management and 25 phishing domains
| Domains under Management | Number of Phishing Domains | |||||||
| Rank | TLD | November 2020 to January 2021 | February to April 2021 | November 2020 to January 2021 | February to April 2021 ▼ | |||
| 1 | — | com | 150,193,669 | 154,155,492 | (+3%) | 57,789 | 59,226 | (+2%) |
| 2 | — | tk | 24,754,932 | 4,797,006 | (-81%) | 9,237 | 12,336 | (+34%) |
| 3 | ▲ +2* | xyz | 2,871,491 | 3,033,793 | (+6%) | 4,862 | 7,953 | (+64%) |
| 4 | ▼ -1 | ml | 3,546,423 | 4,009,918 | (+13%) | 6,327 | 7,586 | (+20%) |
| 5 | ▼ -1 | ga | 4,310,210 | 4,968,228 | (+15%) | 4,995 | 5,802 | (+16%) |
| 6 | ▲ +2 | cf | 3,956,931 | 4,352,161 | (+10%) | 4,562 | 5,086 | (+11%) |
| 7 | ▲ +2 | gq | 3,156,302 | 3,496,937 | (+11%) | 3,577 | 4,954 | (+38%) |
| 8 | ▲ +4 | top | 2,187,589 | 1,100,090 | (-50%) | 2,485 | 4,485 | (+80%) |
| 9 | ▼ -3 | cn | 14,676,961 | 9,518,054 | (-35%) | 4,651 | 3,368 | (-28%) |
| 10 | ▲ +1 | net | 13,287,890 | 13,349,104 | (0%) | 2,981 | 3,351 | (+12%) |
| 11 | N/R** | bar | 105,226 | 151,081 | (+44%) | 22 | 2,949 | (+13,305%) |
| 12 | ▼ -2 | info | 4,188,726 | 3,950,811 | (-6%) | 3,418 | 2,788 | (-18%) |
| 13 | — | ru | 4,880,081 | 4,899,116 | (0%) | 2,409 | 2,739 | (+14%) |
| 14 | ▲ +3 | icu | 4,697,211 | 626,924 | (-87%) | 1,870 | 2,411 | (+29%) |
| 15 | ▼ -1 | org | 10,269,395 | 10,436,774 | (+2%) | 2,224 | 2,358 | (+6%) |
| 16 | — | live | 470,265 | 444,572 | (-5%) | 1,895 | 2,251 | (+19%) |
| 17 | ▼ -2 | buzz | 507,724 | 251,787 | (-50%) | 2,127 | 2,166 | (+2%) |
| 18 | ▲ +1 | online | 1,608,039 | 1,790,351 | (+11%) | 1,641 | 1,782 | (+9%) |
| 19 | ▲ +4 | club | 1,090,548 | 1,048,604 | (-4%) | 880 | 1,532 | (+74%) |
| 20 | — | cc | 711,058 | 780,067 | (+10%) | 1,253 | 1,370 | (+9%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
** Indicates not ranked in prior quarter; either domains under management or number of phishing domains did not meet minimum threshold for ranking
In the table below, we use the metric phishing domain score to compare the ranking of TLDs during the August to October 2020 period to the ranking for the May to July 2020 period.
Ranking of TLDs by Phishing Domain Score, Quarter over Quarter (February to April 2021)
TLDs with a minimum of 30,000 domains under management and 25 phishing domains
| Domains under Management | Phishing Domain Score | |||||||
| Rank | TLD | November 2020 to January 2021 | February to April 2021 | November 2020 to January 2021 | February to April 2021 ▼ | |||
| 1 | N/R** | bar | 105,226 | 151,081 | (+44%) | 2.1 | 195.2 | (+9,239%) |
| 2 | ▲ +5* | buzz | 507,724 | 251,787 | (-50%) | 41.9 | 86 | (+105%) |
| 3 | ▼ -2 | cyou | 35,430 | 93,684 | (+164%) | 105 | 66.9 | (-36%) |
| 4 | ▲ +6 | casa | 40,780 | 50,719 | (+24%) | 24.5 | 65.9 | (+169%) |
| 5 | ▲ +52 | tokyo | 182,118 | 158,957 | (-13%) | 3.9 | 62.7 | (+1,507%) |
| 6 | ▲ +2 | live | 470,265 | 444,572 | (-5%) | 40.3 | 50.6 | (+26%) |
| 7 | ▼ -1 | link | 133,799 | 121,120 | (-9%) | 42.2 | 41.5 | (-1%) |
| 8 | ▲ +13 | top | 2,187,589 | 1,100,090 | (-50%) | 11.4 | 40.8 | (+259%) |
| 9 | ▲ +47 | icu | 4,697,211 | 626,924 | (-87%) | 4 | 38.5 | (+866%) |
| 10 | ▲ +7 | center | 38,916 | 40,074 | (+3%) | 13.9 | 32.7 | (+136%) |
| 11 | ▼ -6 | services | 50,882 | 55,378 | (+9%) | 53.9 | 32 | (-41%) |
| 12 | ▲ +1 | xyz | 2,871,491 | 3,033,793 | (+6%) | 16.9 | 26.2 | (+55%) |
| 13 | ▲ +48 | tk | 24,754,932 | 4,797,006 | (-81%) | 3.7 | 25.7 | (+590%) |
| 14 | ▲ +1 | click | 33,536 | 56,951 | (+70%) | 15.8 | 25.6 | (+62%) |
| 15 | N/R | zone | 29,354 | 32,041 | (+9%) | 10.9 | 24 | (+120%) |
| 16 | ▼ -7 | digital | 75,628 | 93,862 | (+24%) | 30.9 | 23.9 | (-23%) |
| 17 | ▲ +10 | cam | 36,883 | 53,030 | (+44%) | 9 | 21.9 | (+144%) |
| 18 | ▼ -15 | best | 106,609 | 75,200 | (-29%) | 59.6 | 21 | (-65%) |
| 19 | N/R | ink | 39,232 | 40,973 | (+4%) | 5.9 | 20.3 | (+246%) |
| 20 | ▲ +9 | ke | 81,018 | 84,411 | (+4%) | 8.3 | 19.6 | (+136%) |
Quarter over Quarter Comparisons of:
Activity in TLDs