archives.gov

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archives.gov is ranked #2,701 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 45 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Feb 1, 2001, 25 years, 8 months ago, through get.gov, and is paid up until Sep 2, 2027. Its homepage uses jQuery, Bootstrap, Google Fonts and Google Tag Manager. It is served through Amazon CloudFront.

Global rank

#2,701

▲ 19 this week

Domain age

25 years

since Feb 1, 2001

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

89/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#2,701 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: #2,604.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

See where archives.gov sits in the top 10,000

Domain registration

Registered: Feb 1, 2001 (25 years, 8 months ago)
Expires: Sep 2, 2027
Registrar: get.gov
Name servers: ns1.fedmettel.net, ns2.fedmettel.net
DNSSEC: Signed

From the registry's public RDAP record, checked Oct 1, 2026.

Technology stack

JavaScript libraries

jQuery

UI frameworks & fonts

Bootstrap Google Fonts

Analytics

Google Tag Manager

CDN

Amazon CloudFront

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.

89/100

https://www.archives.gov/

National Archives | Home

(no meta description)

19 passed · 3 warnings · 1 failed

Content

✓Title24 characters
✕Meta descriptionMissing
✓H1 headingExactly one H1
✓Subheadings13 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 1 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 335 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
!Canonical URLMissing
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
✓Structured dataWebPage

Social sharing

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

Technical

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

Security headers

✓Strict-Transport-SecuritySet
!Content-Security-PolicyNot set
✓Clickjacking protectionSet
✓X-Content-Type-OptionsSet
!Referrer-PolicyNot set

Server response

Final URL: https://www.archives.gov/
HTTP status: 200
Server: —
Response time: 74 ms (first byte 73 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 29 KB
Compression: gzip

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Questions about archives.gov

How popular is archives.gov?

archives.gov is #2,701 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is archives.gov?

archives.gov was registered on Feb 1, 2001, which makes the domain 25 years, 8 months old.

What is archives.gov built with?

We detected jQuery, Bootstrap, Google Fonts, Google Tag Manager and Amazon CloudFront on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of archives.gov?

get.gov, according to the registry's RDAP record.