Host Europe (DE) mailbox provider

According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (July 13, 2026), Host Europe (DE) is the mailbox provider for 81 domains — 0.01% of 658,711 domains with MX records. Detection method: primary MX record (lowest preference).

Key facts

Host Europe (DE) is a regional mailbox provider operating across Germany and the German-speaking market, serving smaller commercial websites and organisations rather than global enterprise brands. It appears as a primary mail exchanger for websites across the Tranco top-1M list, with concentrated presence in the .de domain space.

For senders targeting German-language regions or smaller European sites, Host Europe (DE) represents a distinct layer of receiving infrastructure where deliverability depends on local sender reputation, compliance with German data-protection standards, and alignment with regional anti-spam norms. Poor authentication and weak sender credentials disproportionately affect campaigns where the sending domain lacks German market legitimacy.

Where Host Europe (DE) sits in the Tranco ranking

Tranco rank bandDomainsShare of its base
Top 1,00000.0%
Top 10,00022.5%
Top 100,00078.6%
Top 1,000,0006782.7%
Unranked56.2%

Top-level domain split

TLDDomainsShare
.de3948.1%
.com2328.4%
.net44.9%
.co.uk33.7%
.io33.7%
.org11.2%
.one11.2%
.ru11.2%
.co.il11.2%
.shop11.2%

What Host Europe (DE) users also use

Cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot — the other email services seen on the same 81 domains.

TypeServiceDomainsShare of Host Europe (DE) users
ESPMailjet (Sinch)911.1%
ESPBrevo (ex-Sendinblue)56.2%
ESPMailgun33.7%
ESPAmazon SES33.7%
ESPConstant Contact22.5%
ESPZendesk22.5%
ESPMailchimp22.5%
ESPNewsletter2Go (Brevo)22.5%
ESPSendGrid (Twilio)22.5%
ESPemailsys (artegic, DE)11.2%

Regional provider reputation filtering and authentication sensitivity

Host Europe (DE) typically enforces stricter authentication and reputation requirements than larger international providers, reflecting regional German compliance expectations around data protection and anti-spam practice. Senders with incomplete or weak SPF, DKIM, or DMARC configurations face higher rejection or spam-folder rates, particularly if the sending domain is not established within German markets or lacks local credibility signals.

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Frequently asked questions

Why does Host Europe (DE) appear in my email bounce logs?

Host Europe (DE) is the primary mail exchanger for many smaller German and Central European websites. Bounces indicate either a non-existent recipient, failed sender authentication, poor sender reputation with that provider, or content filtering by Host Europe (DE)'s anti-spam rules.

How many domains use Host Europe (DE)?

81 domains in the Tranco top-1M use Host Europe (DE) as their mailbox provider as of July 13, 2026 (0.01% of domains with MX records), according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.

Is Host Europe (DE) common enough to affect email deliverability testing?

Host Europe (DE) accounts for 0.01% of domains with MX records in the top 1M. Whether you should seed a test mailbox there depends on how much of your audience it represents — the co-usage table above shows the services it appears alongside most.

Which countries or TLDs use Host Europe (DE) most?

Host Europe (DE)'s largest TLD is .de (48.1% of its domains); it appears across 14 TLDs in total.

Other mailbox providers

Self-Hosted (22.44%)Google Workspace (21.79%)Microsoft 365 (16.74%)Unknown / Other (7.54%)Generic / unmatched (mx*.*) (2.57%)Proofpoint (1.90%)Generic / unmatched (mail.*) (1.75%)Yandex 360 (1.64%)Cloudflare Email Routing (1.60%)Mimecast (1.52%)