ghost.org

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ghost.org is ranked #4,221 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 73 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Jun 25, 2005, 21 years, 3 months ago, through 1API GmbH, and is paid up until Jun 25, 2029. Its homepage uses Alpine.js and Hugo. It is served through Netlify.

Global rank

#4,221

▼ 28 this week

Domain age

21 years

since Jun 25, 2005

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

96/100

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Popularity rank

#4,221 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: #4,057.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

See where ghost.org sits in the top 10,000

Domain registration

Registered: Jun 25, 2005 (21 years, 3 months ago)
Expires: Jun 25, 2029
Registrar: 1API GmbH
Name servers: sara.ns.cloudflare.com, woz.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

JavaScript frameworks

Alpine.js

CMS & site builders

Hugo 0.119.0

Hosting

Netlify

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.

96/100

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Content

✓Title54 characters
✓Meta description167 characters
✓H1 headingExactly one H1
✓Subheadings12 H2 headings
!Image alt text1 of 78 images have no alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 776 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://ghost.org/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen-gb
✓Structured dataWebSite

Social sharing

✓Open GraphTitle, description and image set
✓Twitter / X cardsummary_large_image

Technical

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

Security headers

✓Strict-Transport-SecuritySet
✓Content-Security-PolicySet
✓Clickjacking protectionSet
✓X-Content-Type-OptionsSet
✓Referrer-PolicySet

Server response

Final URL: https://ghost.org/
HTTP status: 200
Server: Netlify
Response time: 3.54 s (first byte 3.50 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 120 KB
Compression: br

Sites with a similar tech stack

Rank	Website	Built with
#4,426	gohugo.io	Hugo, Alpine.js, Netlify

Sites ranked near ghost.org

Rank	Website	Registered	Built with
#4,216	ucoz.net	2005	Nginx, jQuery, Google Tag Manager
#4,217	seattletimes.com	1996	Amazon CloudFront
#4,218	hga050.com	2015	—
#4,219	studentaid.gov	2012	—
#4,220	remotepc.com	1998	Cloudflare, Google Fonts
#4,222	nbc.com	1997	React, Akamai
#4,223	squid-cache.org	1998	Apache
#4,224	permutive.com	2014	WordPress, WP Engine, cdnjs
#4,225	mobilityware.com	2003	Nginx
#4,226	optable.co	—	Webflow, Cloudflare, jsDelivr

Questions about ghost.org

How popular is ghost.org?

ghost.org is #4,221 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is ghost.org?

ghost.org was registered on Jun 25, 2005, which makes the domain 21 years, 3 months old.

What is ghost.org built with?

We detected Alpine.js, Hugo and Netlify on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of ghost.org?

1API GmbH, according to the registry's RDAP record.