Mail.ru for Business mailbox provider
According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (September 12, 2026), Mail.ru for Business is the mailbox provider for 3,516 domains — 0.53% of 665,310 domains with MX records. Detection method: primary MX record (lowest preference).
Key facts
- 3,516 domains in the Tranco top-1M use Mail.ru for Business (0.53% of domains with MX records).
- Snapshot date: 2026-09-12 — recomputed every day.
- 30-day share change: -0.00 pp.
- Strongest TLD: .ru (66.8% of its domains).
- Region skew: Russia.
- Most co-used service: Unisender (RU).
- Directory category: mailbox provider.
Why Mail.ru for Business appears in this category
VK / Mail.ru group corporate mail. Strong in Russian SMB and personal-domain hosting.
We classify it as a mailbox provider from primary MX record (lowest preference) matching a maintained provider rule. This is infrastructure attribution from public DNS, not evidence of a direct contract or exclusive use.
Mail.ru for Business is a mailbox hosting service operated by Mail.ru Group, a Russian internet company. It provides email and collaboration tools for small to medium-sized organisations, primarily within the Russian market and Russian-speaking regions.
Email infrastructure surveys show Mail.ru for Business holding primary MX records chiefly among smaller websites in the .ru domain space, with heavy geographic concentration in Russia. Its market position has been contracting. For senders and administrators, this means Mail.ru for Business is a secondary provider to account for when targeting Russian or regionally-focused organisations, but it is unlikely to be a primary focus for globally-oriented deliverability strategies.
Where Mail.ru for Business sits in the Tranco ranking
| Tranco rank band | Domains | Share of its base |
|---|---|---|
| Top 1,000 | 8 | 0.2% |
| Top 10,000 | 20 | 0.6% |
| Top 100,000 | 268 | 7.6% |
| Top 1,000,000 | 3,190 | 90.7% |
| Unranked | 30 | 0.9% |
Top-level domain split
| TLD | Domains | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| .ru | 2,350 | 66.8% | |
| .com | 324 | 9.2% | |
| .kz | 109 | 3.1% | |
| .net | 81 | 2.3% | |
| .by | 70 | 2.0% | |
| .pro | 62 | 1.8% | |
| .su | 57 | 1.6% | |
| .uz | 25 | 0.7% | |
| .online | 23 | 0.7% | |
| .tech | 21 | 0.6% |
What Mail.ru for Business users also use
Cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot — the other email services seen on the same 3,516 domains.
| Type | Service | Domains | Share of Mail.ru for Business users |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESP | Unisender (RU) | 405 | 11.5% |
| ESP | SendPulse | 120 | 3.4% |
| ESP | SMTP.BZ | 98 | 2.8% |
| ESP | DashaMail (RU) | 73 | 2.1% |
| ESP | UniSender | 57 | 1.6% |
| ESP | Sendsay | 52 | 1.5% |
| ESP | Send-Box | 42 | 1.2% |
| ESP | Mindbox | 41 | 1.2% |
| ESP | Mailgun | 36 | 1.0% |
| ESP | Amazon SES | 34 | 1.0% |
Regional provider considerations for Russian markets
Because Mail.ru for Business is concentrated in the Russian market and Russian-speaking regions, mail systems sending into this provider need to account for regional infrastructure and policy variations that may differ from global email standards. The provider's acceptance criteria, rate limiting, and authentication requirements reflect Russian business practices and regulatory environment. Organisations targeting Russian customers or partners should verify Mail.ru for Business policies independently rather than assume alignment with Western-based provider norms.
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Frequently asked questions
Do I need to test email deliverability against Mail.ru for Business?
If your audience includes Russian businesses or Russian-speaking regions, yes. However, because Mail.ru for Business serves a regional and smaller-site footprint, it is typically a secondary consideration after testing against larger global providers.
How many domains use Mail.ru for Business?
3,516 domains in the Tranco top-1M use Mail.ru for Business as their mailbox provider as of September 12, 2026 (0.53% of domains with MX records), according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.
Is Mail.ru for Business common enough to affect email deliverability testing?
Mail.ru for Business accounts for 0.53% 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.
Is Mail.ru for Business growing or declining?
Mail.ru for Business has been stable — its share moved -0.00 pp over the last 30 days (as of September 12, 2026).
Which countries or TLDs use Mail.ru for Business most?
Mail.ru for Business's largest TLD is .ru (66.8% of its domains); it appears across 134 TLDs in total.