daringfireball.net
daringfireball.net is ranked #8,917 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 Mar 18, 2002, 24 years, 6 months ago, through pair Networks, Inc. d/b/a pair Domains, and is paid up until Mar 18, 2027. Its homepage uses Cloudflare Web Analytics. It is served through Cloudflare.
Popularity rank
#8,917 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: #8,898.
Domain registration
- Registered
- Mar 18, 2002 (24 years, 6 months ago)
- Expires
- Mar 18, 2027
- Registrar
- pair Networks, Inc. d/b/a pair Domains
- Name servers
doug.ns.cloudflare.com,robin.ns.cloudflare.com- DNSSEC
- Not signed
From the registry's public RDAP record, checked Oct 7, 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.
11 passed · 10 warnings · 2 failed
Content
- ✓Title15 characters
- ✕Meta descriptionMissing
- !H1 heading3 H1 headings — use one
- ✓Subheadings16 H2 headings
- ✓Image alt textAll 4 images have alt text
- ✓Content lengthAbout 11,165 words
Indexing
- ✓IndexableNo noindex directive
- !Canonical URLMissing
- ✓robots.txtFound
- !XML sitemapNot found
- ✓Language attributeen
- !Structured dataNo JSON-LD or microdata
Social sharing
- ✓Open GraphTitle, description and image set
- !Twitter / X cardMissing
Technical
- ✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
- ✕Mobile viewportMissing
- ✓FaviconFound
- ✓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://daringfireball.net/- HTTP status
- 200
- Server
cloudflare- Response time
- 107 ms (first byte 103 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
- HTML size
- 96 KB
- Compression
- br
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Questions about daringfireball.net
How popular is daringfireball.net?
daringfireball.net is #8,917 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.
How old is daringfireball.net?
daringfireball.net was registered on Mar 18, 2002, which makes the domain 24 years, 6 months old.
What is daringfireball.net built with?
We detected Cloudflare Web Analytics and Cloudflare on its homepage.
Who is the registrar of daringfireball.net?
pair Networks, Inc. d/b/a pair Domains, according to the registry's RDAP record.