history.com

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history.com is ranked #2,934 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 41 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Nov 1, 1994, 31 years, 11 months ago, through CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., and is paid up until Oct 31, 2027. Its homepage uses Next.js and React. It is served through Fastly and Vercel.

Global rank

#2,934

▼ 6 this week

Domain age

31 years

since Nov 1, 1994

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

96/100

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Popularity rank

#2,934 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: #2,650.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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

Domain registration

Registered: Nov 1, 1994 (31 years, 11 months ago)
Expires: Oct 31, 2027
Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Name servers: blue.foundationdns.com, blue.foundationdns.net, blue.foundationdns.org
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

JavaScript frameworks

Next.js React

CDN

Fastly

Hosting

Vercel

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

https://www.history.com/

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21 passed · 2 warnings · 0 failed

Content

✓Title57 characters
✓Meta description64 characters
✓H1 headingExactly one H1
✓Subheadings23 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 51 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 803 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.history.com/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
✓Structured dataOrganization, Graph, WebSite, BreadcrumbList, VideoObject

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-PolicySet
!Clickjacking protectionNot set
✓X-Content-Type-OptionsSet
!Referrer-PolicyNot set

Server response

Final URL: https://www.history.com/
HTTP status: 200
Server: Vercel
Response time: 8.30 s (first byte 8.28 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 606 KB
Compression: gzip

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#2,936	rottentomatoes.com	1999	Akamai, jsDelivr
#2,937	kpmg.com	1992	Fastly
#2,938	freshdesk.com	2004	Next.js, React, Amazon CloudFront
#2,939	mapquest.com	1996	Amazon CloudFront

Questions about history.com

How popular is history.com?

history.com is #2,934 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is history.com?

history.com was registered on Nov 1, 1994, which makes the domain 31 years, 11 months old.

What is history.com built with?

We detected Next.js, React, Fastly and Vercel on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of history.com?

CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., according to the registry's RDAP record.