afr.com

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afr.com is ranked #8,216 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 5 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Jun 3, 1997, 29 years, 4 months ago, through CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., and is paid up until Jun 2, 2027. Its homepage uses Google Tag Manager. It is served through Fastly.

Global rank

#8,216

▲ 30 this week

Domain age

29 years

since Jun 3, 1997

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

96/100

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Popularity rank

#8,216 of the top 1 million sites in the Tranco research ranking, which averages several traffic and DNS sources over 30 days. Best rank in the period shown: #5,735.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

See where afr.com sits in the top 10,000

Domain registration

Registered: Jun 3, 1997 (29 years, 4 months ago)
Expires: Jun 2, 2027
Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Name servers: ns-1452.awsdns-53.org, ns-170.awsdns-21.com, ns-1910.awsdns-46.co.uk, ns-573.awsdns-07.net
DNSSEC: Not signed

From the registry's public RDAP record, checked Oct 7, 2026.

Technology stack

Analytics

Google Tag Manager

CDN

Fastly

Detected from the homepage HTML and response headers on Oct 14, 2026. Tools loaded only after scripts run (or after consent banners) may be missing.

Homepage SEO check

Checked from the HTML our scanner received on Oct 14, 2026. Content added later by JavaScript isn't counted.

96/100

https://www.afr.com/

Financial Review - Business, Finance and Investment News | afr.com

The Australian Financial Review reports the latest news from business, finance, investment and politics, updated in real time. It has a reputation for independent, award-winning journalism and is essential reading for the business and investor community.

21 passed · 2 warnings · 0 failed

Content

!Title66 characters — aim for 15–65
!Meta description254 characters — aim for 50–170
✓H1 headingExactly one H1
✓Subheadings47 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 51 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 2,644 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.afr.com/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
✓Structured dataWebPage

Social sharing

✓Open GraphTitle, description and image set
✓Twitter / X cardsummary_large_image

Technical

✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
✓Mobile viewportFound
✓FaviconFound
✓Character encodingutf-8

Security headers

✓Strict-Transport-SecuritySet
✓Content-Security-PolicySet
✓Clickjacking protectionSet
✓X-Content-Type-OptionsSet
✓Referrer-PolicySet

Server response

Final URL: https://www.afr.com/
HTTP status: 200
Server: —
Response time: 2.39 s (first byte 2.34 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 1.1 MB
Compression: gzip

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Questions about afr.com

How popular is afr.com?

afr.com is #8,216 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is afr.com?

afr.com was registered on Jun 3, 1997, which makes the domain 29 years, 4 months old.

What is afr.com built with?

We detected Google Tag Manager and Fastly on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of afr.com?

CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., according to the registry's RDAP record.