bbc.co.uk

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bbc.co.uk is ranked #225 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 10 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Dec 13, 1994, 31 years, 10 months ago, through British Broadcasting Corporation, and is paid up until Dec 13, 2034. It is served through Fastly.

Global rank

#225

▲ 8 this week

Domain age

31 years

since Dec 13, 1994

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

98/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#225 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: #215.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

See where bbc.co.uk sits in the top 10,000

Domain registration

Registered: Dec 13, 1994 (31 years, 10 months ago)
Expires: Dec 13, 2034
Registrar: British Broadcasting Corporation
Name servers: ddns0.bbc.co.uk., ddns0.bbc.com., ddns1.bbc.co.uk., ddns1.bbc.com., dns0.bbc.co.uk., dns0.bbc.com., dns1.bbc.co.uk., dns1.bbc.com.
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

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.

98/100

https://www.bbc.co.uk/

BBC - Home

The best of the BBC, with the latest news and sport headlines, weather, TV & radio highlights and much more from across the whole of BBC Online.

22 passed · 1 warnings · 0 failed

Content

!Title10 characters — aim for 15–65
✓Meta description144 characters
✓H1 headingExactly one H1
✓Subheadings17 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 96 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 1,644 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen-GB
ihreflang2 language alternates
✓Structured dataCollectionPage

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.bbc.co.uk/
HTTP status: 200
Server: BBC-GTM
Response time: 535 ms (first byte 517 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 703 KB
Compression: gzip

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Questions about bbc.co.uk

How popular is bbc.co.uk?

bbc.co.uk is #225 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is bbc.co.uk?

bbc.co.uk was registered on Dec 13, 1994, which makes the domain 31 years, 10 months old.

What is bbc.co.uk built with?

We detected Fastly on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of bbc.co.uk?

British Broadcasting Corporation, according to the registry's RDAP record.