duckduckgo.com

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duckduckgo.com is ranked #424 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 75 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Nov 11, 2007, 18 years, 11 months ago, through NameCheap, Inc., and is paid up until Jun 23, 2027. Its homepage uses Next.js and React. It is served by Nginx.

Global rank

#424

▲ 1 this week

Domain age

18 years

since Nov 11, 2007

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

89/100

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Popularity rank

#424 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: #399.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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Domain registration

Registered: Nov 11, 2007 (18 years, 11 months ago)
Expires: Jun 23, 2027
Registrar: NameCheap, Inc.
Name servers: dns1.p05.nsone.net, dns2.p05.nsone.net, dns3.p05.nsone.net, dns4.p05.nsone.net, ns01.quack-dns.com, ns02.quack-dns.com, ns03.quack-dns.com, ns04.quack-dns.com
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

JavaScript frameworks

Next.js React

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.

89/100

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Content

✓Title48 characters
✓Meta description133 characters
✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
✓Subheadings5 H2 headings
iImage alt textNo images in the served HTML
✕Content lengthAbout 30 words in the served HTML

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://duckduckgo.com/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen-US
ihreflang38 language alternates
!Structured dataNo JSON-LD or microdata

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://duckduckgo.com/
HTTP status: 200
Server: nginx
Response time: 3 ms (first byte 2 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 230 KB
Compression: br

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#2,235	adkernel.com	Next.js, React, Nginx

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#420	kwai-pro.com	2020	—
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#422	netease.com	1998	Nginx
#423	163.com	1997	Alibaba Cloud CDN, jQuery
#425	line.me	—	Amazon CloudFront, jsDelivr, Google Tag Manager
#426	claude.ai	2018	Cloudflare
#427	heytapdl.com	2019	—
#428	beian.gov.cn	—	—
#429	steamcommunity.com	2006	Nginx, jQuery

Questions about duckduckgo.com

How popular is duckduckgo.com?

duckduckgo.com is #424 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is duckduckgo.com?

duckduckgo.com was registered on Nov 11, 2007, which makes the domain 18 years, 11 months old.

What is duckduckgo.com built with?

We detected Next.js, React and Nginx on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of duckduckgo.com?

NameCheap, Inc., according to the registry's RDAP record.