What do parked domains publish, and does it protect anyone?

Parked domains publish the most and enforce the least

The highest SPF rate is 94.9%, on parked domains; the highest p=none share is 90.4%, on parked domains. One cause for both: a provisioning template wrote the records, nobody chose them.

SPF, enforcement and p=none, parked and live domains compared

PopulationDomainsSPFEnforcingp=none of publishers
Operates mail, live165,715,13577.76%14.78%60.51%
Operates mail, parked22,198,41794.93%1.97%90.41%
No mail, live165,649,1977.25%11.31%11.95%
No mail, parked10,003,16514.23%1.15%39.69%
Source: Datazagas of 2026-09-24resolving domains, split by whether they operate mail and whether they are parked

The parked-domain figures

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8.86%
no prior period

Domains parked on a recognised parking platform

32,201,582 of 363.6M resolving domains

Source: Datazag · as of 2026-09-24

What is domain parking?
69.86%
no prior period

Parked domains publishing an SPF record

22,496,482 of 32.2M parked domains

Source: Datazag · as of 2026-09-24

14.84%
no prior period

Parked domains publishing a DMARC record

4,778,241 of 32.2M parked domains

Source: Datazag · as of 2026-09-24

88.37%
no prior period

Parked domains publishing DMARC that set p=none

4,222,664 of 4.8M parked domains publishing DMARC

Source: Datazag · as of 2026-09-24

What is domain parking?
42.51%
no prior period

Domains publishing an SPF record, excluding parked domains

140,864,837 of 331.4M resolving domains not detected as parked

Source: Datazag · as of 2026-09-24

25.18%
no prior period

Domains publishing a DMARC record, excluding parked domains

83,439,551 of 331.4M resolving domains not detected as parked

Source: Datazag · as of 2026-09-24

39.82%
no prior period

Parked domains publishing an MX record

12,821,795 of 32.2M parked domains

Source: Datazag · as of 2026-09-24

49.35%
no prior period

Domains publishing an MX record, excluding parked domains

163,543,445 of 331.4M resolving domains not detected as parked

Source: Datazag · as of 2026-09-24

33.82%
no prior period

Parked domains with an MX that can actually receive mail

10,891,149 of 32.2M parked domains

Source: Datazag · as of 2026-09-24

47.87%
no prior period

Domains with a working MX, excluding parked domains

158,632,366 of 331.4M resolving domains not detected as parked

Source: Datazag · as of 2026-09-24

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