bu.edu

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bu.edu is ranked #2,967 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 10 places in four weeks. Its homepage uses AngularJS, jQuery, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. It is served through Amazon CloudFront by Nginx.

Global rank

#2,967

▲ 26 this week

Domain age

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Registration date unavailable

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

72/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#2,967 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: #2,824.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

See where bu.edu sits in the top 10,000

Domain registration

The registry for .edu does not publish registration data over RDAP.

Technology stack

JavaScript frameworks

AngularJS

JavaScript libraries

jQuery

Analytics

Google Analytics Google Tag Manager

CDN

Amazon CloudFront

Web servers

Nginx 1.18.0

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.

72/100

https://www.bu.edu/

Homepage | Boston University

Boston University is a leading private research institution with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the world.

12 passed · 9 warnings · 2 failed

Content

✓Title28 characters
✓Meta description139 characters
✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
!SubheadingsNo H2 headings in the served HTML
✕Image alt text3 of 10 images have no alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 429 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.bu.edu/homepage-alt/
✓robots.txtFound
!XML sitemapNot found
✓Language attributeen
✓Structured dataWebSite, WebPage, BreadcrumbList

Social sharing

!Open Graph1 of 3 key tags set
✓Twitter / X cardsummary_large_image

Technical

✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
✓Mobile viewportFound
!FaviconMissing
✓Character encodingUTF-8

Security headers

!Strict-Transport-SecurityNot set
!Content-Security-PolicyNot set
!Clickjacking protectionNot set
!X-Content-Type-OptionsNot set
!Referrer-PolicyNot set

Server response

Final URL: https://www.bu.edu/
HTTP status: 200
Server: nginx/1.18.0
Response time: 9.97 s (first byte 9.94 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 150 KB
Compression: none reported

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Questions about bu.edu

How popular is bu.edu?

bu.edu is #2,967 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

What is bu.edu built with?

We detected AngularJS, jQuery, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Amazon CloudFront and Nginx on its homepage.