Proofpoint email provider statistics and deliverability context

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According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (July 26, 2026), Proofpoint is the mailbox provider for 12,797 domains — 1.92% of 667,887 domains with MX records. Its share has been stable over the last 30 days. Its strongest TLD is .com (61.1% of its domains). Detection: primary MX record (lowest preference).

Last updated from the 2026-07-26 DNS snapshot.

12,797domains
1.92%of domains with MX records
-0.00 ppshare, 30 days
213distinct TLDs
2026-07-26snapshot (updated daily)

What Proofpoint represents in this dataset

US enterprise email security, market leader for large orgs.

Directory category: Gateway. The classification comes from primary MX record (lowest preference). It describes observed DNS infrastructure, not a commercial relationship and not the placement of any individual message.

What the 2026-07-26 snapshot shows about Proofpoint

Across 213 distinct TLDs its top three are .com (61.1%), .org (5.4%), .com.au (2.9%) — together 69.3% of the 12,797 domains, which makes the footprint moderately concentrated, with a recognisable home market. The service most often observed on the same domains is Proofpoint (ESP, 4,883 domains, 38.2% of them), followed by Salesforce (8.6%). Its share of domains with MX records has not moved measurably in 30 days. Directly comparable by the same detection rule: Self-Hosted, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365. Ranking between them reflects what is published in DNS, not delivery quality or volume sent. All figures come from a single daily DNS snapshot (2026-07-26); a domain appears here when its published records match the primary MX record (lowest preference) rule, which is an infrastructure fact, not a commercial relationship.

Commonly used together with Proofpoint

What else the same 12,797 domains use — cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot (2026-07-26).

TypeServiceDomainsShare of Proofpoint users
ESPProofpoint4,88338.2%
ESPSalesforce1,0998.6%
ESPAmazon SES8386.5%
ESPZendesk7265.7%
ESPSendGrid (Twilio)6875.4%
ESPMandrill4973.9%
ESPHubSpot4663.6%
ESPMailchimp4553.6%
ESPMailgun3342.6%
ESPMarketo (Adobe)3012.4%

TLD distribution (top 30 of 213)

com — 7,815 (61.1%)
org — 685 (5.4%)
com.au — 372 (2.9%)
net — 282 (2.2%)
de — 276 (2.2%)
fr — 248 (1.9%)
co.uk — 247 (1.9%)
edu — 234 (1.8%)
ca — 221 (1.7%)
es — 169 (1.3%)
gov — 169 (1.3%)
it — 152 (1.2%)
com.br — 151 (1.2%)
co.jp — 110 (0.9%)
nl — 73 (0.6%)
com.mx — 66 (0.5%)
co.nz — 63 (0.5%)
eu — 58 (0.5%)
cl — 49 (0.4%)
io — 46 (0.4%)
at — 43 (0.3%)
au — 42 (0.3%)
be — 41 (0.3%)
ae — 41 (0.3%)
ch — 39 (0.3%)
jp — 39 (0.3%)
us — 37 (0.3%)
ie — 35 (0.3%)
no — 35 (0.3%)
se — 32 (0.3%)

Frequently asked questions

How many domains use Proofpoint?

12,797 domains in the Tranco top-1M use Proofpoint as their mailbox provider as of July 26, 2026, according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.

What is Proofpoint's market share?

Proofpoint holds 1.92% of domains with MX records in the Tranco top-1M (snapshot of 2026-07-26). The number is recomputed every day.

Is Proofpoint growing or declining?

Proofpoint's share has been stable over the last 30 days (±0.01 pp).

What are the biggest alternatives to Proofpoint?

The largest mailbox providers in the same category by Tranco top-1M share are: Self-Hosted, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Unknown / Other, Generic / unmatched (mx*.*) (as of 2026-07-26).

Largest mailbox providers in this category

Self-Hosted (22.75%) · Google Workspace (21.84%) · Microsoft 365 (16.92%) · Unknown / Other (6.80%) · Generic / unmatched (mx*.*) (2.54%) · Generic / unmatched (mail.*) (1.77%) · Yandex 360 (1.68%) · Cloudflare Email Routing (1.63%) · Mimecast (1.53%) · Hostinger (1.15%)

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Domain sample (top 100 by Tranco rank)

Showing 100 of 12,797 domains.