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6%

6% -- dmarc preject policy rate for Domains with DMARC records (2026)

2026  · n=5,499,028  · DMARCguard

Among domains with DMARC records scanned by DMARCguard, 6.0% use a reject (p=reject) policy.

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Value
6%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Domains with DMARC records
Sample Size
5,499,028
Geography
Global
B
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61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
DMARCguard Primary Tier B
https://dmarcguard.io/blog/dmarc-policy-not-enabled-fix/ ↗
Confidence: 59/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Deep Crawl
Source Article
DMARC Quarantine/Reject Policy Not Enabled: Fix It | DMARCguard
How to Fix “DMARC Quarantine/Reject Policy Not Enabled” If your security scanner shows “DMARC quarantine/reject policy not enabled,” your domain’s DMARC record exists but is not enforcing anything. The record uses p=none — a monitoring-only mode that collects reports while letting spoofed emails rea…
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DMARCguard · Original study ↗

DMARCguard domain scan of 5,499,028 domains

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Domains with DMARC records: 6% dmarc preject policy rate. Source: DMARCguard (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/dmarc-reject-rate-2026
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