goodreads.com

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goodreads.com is ranked #481 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 31 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Dec 9, 2002, 23 years, 10 months ago, through MarkMonitor Inc., and is paid up until Dec 9, 2026. Its homepage uses Amazon Ads and Google Ad Manager. It is served through Amazon CloudFront.

Global rank

#481

▼ 4 this week

Domain age

23 years

since Dec 9, 2002

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

80/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#481 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: #436.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

See where goodreads.com sits in the top 10,000

Domain registration

Registered: Dec 9, 2002 (23 years, 10 months ago)
Expires: Dec 9, 2026
Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc.
Name servers: ns-1373.awsdns-43.org, ns-1560.awsdns-03.co.uk, ns-472.awsdns-59.com, ns-778.awsdns-33.net
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

Advertising

Amazon Ads Google Ad Manager

CDN

Amazon CloudFront

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.

80/100

https://www.goodreads.com/

Goodreads | Meet your next favorite book

Find and read more books you’ll love, and keep track of the books you want to read. Be part of the world’s largest community of book lovers on Goodreads.

16 passed · 5 warnings · 2 failed

Content

✓Title40 characters
✓Meta description153 characters
✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
✓Subheadings9 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 57 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 760 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.goodreads.com/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
!Language attributeMissing
✓Structured dataMicrodata

Social sharing

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

Technical

✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
✕Mobile viewportMissing
!FaviconMissing
!Character encodingNot declared

Security headers

✓Strict-Transport-SecuritySet
!Content-Security-PolicyNot set
✓Clickjacking protectionSet
✓X-Content-Type-OptionsSet
!Referrer-PolicyNot set

Server response

Final URL: https://www.goodreads.com/
HTTP status: 200
Server: Server
Response time: 3.97 s (first byte 3.97 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 54 KB
Compression: gzip

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Rank	Website	Registered	Built with
#476	cnbc.com	1997	Akamai, Varnish
#477	edgecdn.ru	—	—
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#479	kwai.net	1999	—
#480	wswebcdn.com	2014	—
#482	ui-dns.com	2010	—
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#484	statista.com	2005	Amazon CloudFront, Google Tag Manager
#485	on.aws	2021	—
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Questions about goodreads.com

How popular is goodreads.com?

goodreads.com is #481 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is goodreads.com?

goodreads.com was registered on Dec 9, 2002, which makes the domain 23 years, 10 months old.

What is goodreads.com built with?

We detected Amazon Ads, Google Ad Manager and Amazon CloudFront on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of goodreads.com?

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