cancer.gov

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cancer.gov is ranked #3,086 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 79 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Aug 23, 1999, 27 years, 1 month ago, through get.gov, and is paid up until Sep 15, 2027. Its homepage uses Drupal and Google Fonts. It is served by Nginx.

Global rank

#3,086

▲ 21 this week

Domain age

27 years

since Aug 23, 1999

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

91/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#3,086 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: #2,982.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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

Domain registration

Registered: Aug 23, 1999 (27 years, 1 month ago)
Expires: Sep 15, 2027
Registrar: get.gov
Name servers: ns.nih.gov, ns2.nih.gov, ns3.nih.gov
DNSSEC: Signed

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

Technology stack

CMS & site builders

Drupal 10

UI frameworks & fonts

Google Fonts

Web servers

Nginx

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.

91/100

https://www.cancer.gov/

Comprehensive Cancer Information - NCI

Accurate, up-to-date, comprehensive cancer information from the U.S. government's principal agency for cancer research.

20 passed · 2 warnings · 1 failed

Content

✓Title38 characters
✓Meta description119 characters
✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
✓Subheadings7 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 13 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 389 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.cancer.gov/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
ihreflang2 language alternates
✓Structured dataWebSite

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.cancer.gov/
HTTP status: 200
Server: nginx
Response time: 71 ms (first byte 71 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 41 KB
Compression: gzip

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Questions about cancer.gov

How popular is cancer.gov?

cancer.gov is #3,086 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is cancer.gov?

cancer.gov was registered on Aug 23, 1999, which makes the domain 27 years, 1 month old.

What is cancer.gov built with?

We detected Drupal, Google Fonts and Nginx on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of cancer.gov?

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