irs.gov

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irs.gov is ranked #1,331 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 34 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Oct 2, 1997, 29 years ago, through get.gov, and is paid up until Aug 4, 2027. Its homepage uses Drupal. It is served through Akamai.

Global rank

#1,331

▲ 17 this week

Domain age

29 years

since Oct 2, 1997

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

85/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#1,331 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: #627.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

See where irs.gov sits in the top 10,000

Domain registration

Registered: Oct 2, 1997 (29 years ago)
Expires: Aug 4, 2027
Registrar: get.gov
Name servers: ns0022.secondary.cloudflare.com, ns0227.secondary.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC: Signed

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

Technology stack

CMS & site builders

Drupal 10

CDN

Akamai

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.

85/100

https://www.irs.gov/

Internal Revenue Service | An official website of the United States government

Pay your taxes. Get your refund status. Find IRS forms and answers to tax questions. We help you understand and meet your federal tax responsibilities.

17 passed · 5 warnings · 1 failed

Content

!Title78 characters — aim for 15–65
✓Meta description151 characters
✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
✓Subheadings23 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 18 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 1,833 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.irs.gov/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
ihreflang8 language alternates
!Structured dataNo JSON-LD or microdata

Social sharing

!Open Graph1 of 3 key tags set
✓Twitter / X cardsummary

Technical

✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
✓Mobile viewportFound
✓FaviconFound
✓Character encodingutf-8

Security headers

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

Server response

Final URL: https://www.irs.gov/
HTTP status: 200
Server: —
Response time: 76 ms (first byte 71 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 144 KB
Compression: br

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#1,335	emag.ro	—	—
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Questions about irs.gov

How popular is irs.gov?

irs.gov is #1,331 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is irs.gov?

irs.gov was registered on Oct 2, 1997, which makes the domain 29 years old.

What is irs.gov built with?

We detected Drupal and Akamai on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of irs.gov?

get.gov, according to the registry's RDAP record.