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RussiaRussia's top sites: post-quantum TLS, October 2026

The 990 most visited sites in Russia — the top-1,000 popularity bucket of the Chrome UX Report for September 2026 — scanned on with the same scanner as the rest of the issue. 955 of them completed a handshake.

27%
negotiate X25519MLKEM768

9 of 9 countries; the world list: 58.7%

29.8%
sign with ECDSA

the world list: 41%

79.3%
negotiate TLS 1.3

the world list: 84.8%

40.4%
still accept TLS 1.0 or 1.1

the world list: 29.5%

0.1%
meet the 2029 lifetime rule

median lifetime: 90 days

52.5%
graded A or A+

the world list: 61.6%

Compared with the other countries

The same figures for every country list of the issue and for the world list.

Key figures by list and country
ListMeasuredX25519MLKEM768ECDSATLS 1.3TLS 1.0/1.1A or A+
Tranco top 10,0007,90958.7%41%84.8%29.5%61.6%
Mexico94277%50.3%92.5%32.9%60.8%
Brazil97173.6%52.9%90.4%38.6%56.5%
France98873.1%48.7%93.8%23.5%72.2%
Germany99972.8%51.8%94.8%24.8%72.3%
Spain99168.4%40.1%87%23.6%66.1%
Taiwan94766.8%46.7%85.9%43.7%45.2%
China96363.2%55.1%87.9%61.5%33.3%
Japan96958%27.9%78.1%31.9%56.3%
Russia95527%29.8%79.3%40.4%52.5%

The details

Leaf certificate key algorithms

Share of the 955 domains that completed a handshake.

RSA70.2%670ECDSA29.8%285
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Leaf certificate key algorithms
Key familyDomainsShare
RSA67070.2%
ECDSA28529.8%

Exact key types

Curve for elliptic-curve keys, modulus size for RSA.

RSA-204858.4%558ECDSA P-25629.1%278RSA-409611.4%109ECDSA P-3840.7%7RSA-30720.3%3
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Exact key types on leaf certificates
Key typeDomainsShare
RSA-204855858.4%
ECDSA P-25627829.1%
RSA-409610911.4%
ECDSA P-38470.7%
RSA-307230.3%

Issuing CAs, and what they issue

Issuing intermediates folded into the operator behind them. The bar is the CA's share; the table shows how the same certificates split between ECDSA and RSA.

Let's Encrypt52%497GlobalSign27.3%261Google Trust Services10.4%99Other / smaller CAs5.9%56DigiCert1.7%16Sectigo1.6%15Amazon0.7%7GoDaddy0.2%2Smaller CAs (2)0.2%2
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Certificate authorities by share of the sample
Certificate authorityDomainsShare
Let's Encrypt49752%
GlobalSign26127.3%
Google Trust Services9910.4%
Other / smaller CAs565.9%
DigiCert161.7%
Sectigo151.6%
Amazon70.7%
GoDaddy20.2%
Smaller CAs (2)20.2%

Protocol negotiated by a modern client

What our scanner and the server agreed on when both were free to pick the best available version.

TLS 1.379.3%757TLS 1.220.7%198
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Negotiated TLS version
TLS versionDomainsShare
TLS 1.375779.3%
TLS 1.219820.7%

Response to a deliberately obsolete handshake

A separate connection per domain, offering nothing above TLS 1.1 (and, where that succeeds, a second one capped at TLS 1.0).

Refused TLS 1.0 and 1.159.6%569Accepted TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.137.8%361Accepted TLS 1.12.6%25
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Server response to a handshake capped at TLS 1.1 or lower
BehaviourDomainsShare
Refused TLS 1.0 and 1.156959.6%
Accepted TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.136137.8%
Accepted TLS 1.1252.6%

Certificate lifetime distribution

Total notBefore → notAfter validity of the leaf certificate, for the 955 domains measured. The highlighted bucket is the one that already satisfies the 2029 limit.

0.1%≤ 47 days163.8%48–100 days60922.1%101–200 days21114%201–398 days1340%> 398 days0
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Certificate lifetime distribution in days
LifetimeDomainsShare
≤ 47 days10.1%
48–100 days60963.8%
101–200 days21122.1%
201–398 days13414%
> 398 days00%

90 days

median lifetime; the mean is 156 days, the shortest 45 and the longest 397

63.9%

would already satisfy the 100-day cap that starts in March 2027

0.1%

would already satisfy the 47-day cap that starts in March 2029 — 1 certificate in total

Grade distribution

All 955 domains that completed a handshake.

A+13.1%125A39.4%376B9.3%89C36.8%351
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Distribution of A+ to F grades
GradeDomainsShare
A+12513.1%
A37639.4%
B899.3%
C35136.8%
D121.3%
F20.2%

Most frequent findings

Every observation the grader made, ranked by how many domains it applied to. Green is praise, amber is a deduction, red is disqualifying.

Classical algorithm — migration ahead100%955Chain complete as served99.7%952Within validity period91.2%871TLS 1.3 negotiated79.3%757Lifetime of 90 days or less63.2%604Legacy TLS refused59.6%569RSA-2048 — fine, but not compact58.4%558TLS 1.0 accepted37.8%361Modern key (ECDSA / EdDSA)29.8%285TLS 1.3 not offered20.7%198RSA above 2048 bits11.7%112In the renewal window (< 30 days)6.3%60
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Most frequent grader findings
FindingDomainsShare
Classical algorithm — migration ahead955100%
Chain complete as served95299.7%
Within validity period87191.2%
TLS 1.3 negotiated75779.3%
Lifetime of 90 days or less60463.2%
Legacy TLS refused56959.6%
RSA-2048 — fine, but not compact55858.4%
TLS 1.0 accepted36137.8%
Modern key (ECDSA / EdDSA)28529.8%
TLS 1.3 not offered19820.7%
RSA above 2048 bits11211.7%
In the renewal window (< 30 days)606.3%

Why domains dropped out

Share of the 35 domains that produced no result. One attempt each — the scanner never retries.

No handshake before the timeout85.7%30No public DNS answer8.6%3Port 443 refused or reset5.7%2
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Reasons domains produced no measurement
ReasonDomainsShare
No handshake before the timeout3085.7%
No public DNS answer38.6%
Port 443 refused or reset25.7%

Data

The hosts behind these numbers are rows of the issue's per-host CSV whose crux_countries column contains ru. Country lists come from the Chrome UX Report by Google (CC BY 4.0); the results are licensed under CC BY 4.0.

The October 2026 issue

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