arstechnica.com
arstechnica.com is ranked #1,942 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 87 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Dec 30, 1998, 27 years, 9 months ago, through CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., and is paid up until Dec 30, 2027. Its homepage uses Alpine.js, jQuery, WordPress and Google Tag Manager.
Popularity rank
#1,942 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: #1,836.
Domain registration
- Registered
- Dec 30, 1998 (27 years, 9 months ago)
- Expires
- Dec 30, 2027
- Registrar
- CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
- Name servers
ns-1285.awsdns-32.org,ns-2008.awsdns-59.co.uk,ns-493.awsdns-61.com,ns-783.awsdns-33.net- DNSSEC
- Not signed
From the registry's public RDAP record, checked Oct 1, 2026.
Technology stack
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.
21 passed · 2 warnings · 0 failed
Content
- !Title80 characters — aim for 15–65
- ✓Meta description144 characters
- ✓H1 headingExactly one H1
- ✓Subheadings40 H2 headings
- ✓Image alt textAll 61 images have alt text
- ✓Content lengthAbout 1,541 words
Indexing
- ✓IndexableNo noindex directive
- ✓Canonical URLhttps://arstechnica.com/
- ✓robots.txtFound
- ✓XML sitemapFound
- ✓Language attributeen
- ✓Structured dataWebSite, WebPage, Organization
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-PolicyNot set
Server response
- Final URL
https://arstechnica.com/- HTTP status
- 200
- Server
- —
- Response time
- 59 ms (first byte 43 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
- HTML size
- 345 KB
- Compression
- br
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Questions about arstechnica.com
How popular is arstechnica.com?
arstechnica.com is #1,942 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.
How old is arstechnica.com?
arstechnica.com was registered on Dec 30, 1998, which makes the domain 27 years, 9 months old.
What is arstechnica.com built with?
We detected Alpine.js, jQuery, WordPress and Google Tag Manager on its homepage.
Who is the registrar of arstechnica.com?
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., according to the registry's RDAP record.