howstuffworks.com

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howstuffworks.com is ranked #2,853 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 34 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Jul 11, 1998, 28 years, 3 months ago, through eNom, LLC, and is paid up until Jul 10, 2030. It is served through Amazon CloudFront.

Global rank

#2,853

▼ 7 this week

Domain age

28 years

since Jul 11, 1998

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

55/100

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Popularity rank

#2,853 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: #2,525.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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

Domain registration

Registered: Jul 11, 1998 (28 years, 3 months ago)
Expires: Jul 10, 2030
Registrar: eNom, LLC
Name servers: ns-1026.awsdns-00.org, ns-1723.awsdns-23.co.uk, ns-230.awsdns-28.com, ns-514.awsdns-00.net
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

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.

55/100

https://howstuffworks.com/

(no title)

(no meta description)

7 passed · 10 warnings · 5 failed

Content

✕TitleMissing
✕Meta descriptionMissing
✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
!SubheadingsNo H2 headings in the served HTML
iImage alt textNo images in the served HTML
✕Content lengthAbout 0 words in the served HTML

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
!Canonical URLMissing
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
!Structured dataNo JSON-LD or microdata

Social sharing

✕Open GraphMissing
!Twitter / X cardMissing

Technical

✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
✓Mobile viewportFound
!FaviconMissing
✓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://howstuffworks.com/
HTTP status: 202
Server: CloudFront
Response time: 12 ms (first byte 12 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 2.0 KB
Compression: none reported

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Questions about howstuffworks.com

How popular is howstuffworks.com?

howstuffworks.com is #2,853 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is howstuffworks.com?

howstuffworks.com was registered on Jul 11, 1998, which makes the domain 28 years, 3 months old.

What is howstuffworks.com built with?

We detected Amazon CloudFront on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of howstuffworks.com?

eNom, LLC, according to the registry's RDAP record.