DMARC Adoption Statistics 2026
Updated daily. 71.0% of domains worldwide have no effective DMARC protection. Only 10.7% have full protection with a reject policy at 100% enforcement, while 18.3% have partial coverage through quarantine or gradual rollout. DMARC strict policy adoption is up +3.3% over 6 months. Based on DmarcDkim.com's monitoring of 831,408 domains worldwide as of February 2026.
Worldwide DMARC Protection Levels
The real measure of email security is not whether a domain has a DMARC record, but whether that record instructs receivers to reject or quarantine messages that fail authentication.
| Protection Level | Percentage | Domains | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Full Protection
(p=reject; pct=100)
|
10.7% | +1.4% | 88,961 |
|
Partial Protection
(p=quarantine or pct<100)
|
18.3% | +1.9% | 152,148 |
|
No Protection
(p=none, invalid, or absent)
|
71.0% | -3.3% | 590,300 |
DMARC Adoption Trend
6 months of worldwide DMARC adoption data. Strict policy enforcement has increased by 3.3% over 6 months. Domains with no DMARC record dropped by 5.2% in the same period, as more organizations adopt email authentication.
Global DMARC Policy Distribution
Nearly half of all monitored domains publish no DMARC record at all, the equivalent of leaving the front door unlocked for phishing campaigns. Month over month, strict enforcement climbed 0.3%. Over 6 months, strict adoption has gained 3.3% across the global email ecosystem.
| Policy Distribution | Percentage | Domains | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Strict Policy
(p=quarantine/reject, pct=100)
|
25.9% | +3.3% | 215,335 |
|
In Progress
(pct < 100)
|
2.9% | +0.1% | 24,111 |
|
Disabled
(p=none; pct=0)
|
29.0% | +1.7% | 241,108 |
|
Invalid Record
|
1.3% | +0.1% | 10,808 |
|
No Record
|
40.9% | -5.2% | 340,046 |
DMARC Adoption by Region and Industry
DMARC adoption varies widely by geography and sector. Drill into regional, national, and industry-level statistics to see who leads on email authentication enforcement and where the gaps remain.
DMARC Adoption by Country
DMARC Adoption by Economic Area
DMARC statistics improve one domain at a time.
How to Implement DMARC
DMARC is more than a DNS record — it is a process of taking control of an organization's email infrastructure.
Check the Domain
Run a free DMARC check to see the current authentication status and identify weak spots in the email setup.
Start Collecting Reports
Publish a DMARC record with a monitoring policy to begin receiving reports about who sends email on the domain's behalf.
Fix Email Sources
Use the DMARC Dashboard to identify misconfigured email sources and align SPF and DKIM across all senders.
Enforce a Strict Policy
Move to quarantine to divert suspicious messages to spam, then to reject to block them outright and protect the brand from impersonation.
Historical DMARC Adoption Statistics
Compare DMARC adoption rates across different time periods to track how email authentication enforcement has changed.
About Percentage Changes
All percentage changes shown on this page represent percentage points (pp), not relative percentage changes. For example, an increase from 10% to 15% is reported as +5%, meaning a 5 percentage point increase.
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