mentalfloss.com
mentalfloss.com is ranked #5,947 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 168 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Apr 9, 1996, 30 years, 6 months ago, through GoDaddy.com, LLC, and is paid up until Apr 10, 2027. Its homepage uses Qwik, Google Fonts and Google Tag Manager. It is served through Amazon CloudFront.
Popularity rank
#5,947 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: #4,999.
Domain registration
- Registered
- Apr 9, 1996 (30 years, 6 months ago)
- Expires
- Apr 10, 2027
- Registrar
- GoDaddy.com, LLC
- Name servers
ns-127.awsdns-15.com,ns-1355.awsdns-41.org,ns-1783.awsdns-30.co.uk,ns-856.awsdns-43.net- DNSSEC
- Not signed
From the registry's public RDAP record, checked Oct 1, 2026.
Technology stack
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.
19 passed · 4 warnings · 0 failed
Content
- ✓Title59 characters
- ✓Meta description153 characters
- ✓H1 headingExactly one H1
- ✓Subheadings11 H2 headings
- ✓Image alt textAll 71 images have alt text
- ✓Content lengthAbout 1,389 words
Indexing
- ✓IndexableNo noindex directive
- ✓Canonical URLhttps://www.mentalfloss.com/
- ✓robots.txtFound
- ✓XML sitemapFound
- ✓Language attributeen-US
- ✓Structured dataWebSite, BreadcrumbList, NewsArticle
Social sharing
- ✓Open GraphTitle, description and image set
- ✓Twitter / X cardsummary_large_image
Technical
- ✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
- ✓Mobile viewportFound
- ✓FaviconFound
- ✓Character encodingutf-8
Security headers
- !Strict-Transport-SecurityNot set
- !Content-Security-PolicyNot set
- !Clickjacking protectionNot set
- !X-Content-Type-OptionsNot set
- ✓Referrer-PolicySet
Server response
- Final URL
https://www.mentalfloss.com/- HTTP status
- 200
- Server
CloudFront- Response time
- 753 ms (first byte 580 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
- HTML size
- 1.3 MB
- Compression
- gzip
Sites with a similar tech stack
| Rank | Website |
|---|---|
| #4,012 | si.com |
| #4,681 | expressvpn.com |
| #7,309 | fakt.pl |
| #7,605 | mcdonalds.co.jp |
| #983 | change.org |
| #1,389 | sportybet.com |
Sites ranked near mentalfloss.com
| Rank | Website | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| #5,942 | arvancdn.ir | — |
| #5,943 | d-zone.ca | 2014 |
| #5,944 | starfall.com | 1997 |
| #5,945 | homeoffice.gov.uk | 2001 |
| #5,946 | funplus.com | 1997 |
| #5,948 | itunes.com | 1998 |
| #5,949 | hostedrmm.com | 2011 |
| #5,950 | getdropbox.com | 2006 |
| #5,951 | marthastewart.com | 1997 |
| #5,952 | atsenergo.ru | — |
Questions about mentalfloss.com
How popular is mentalfloss.com?
mentalfloss.com is #5,947 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.
How old is mentalfloss.com?
mentalfloss.com was registered on Apr 9, 1996, which makes the domain 30 years, 6 months old.
What is mentalfloss.com built with?
We detected Qwik, Google Fonts, Google Tag Manager and Amazon CloudFront on its homepage.
Who is the registrar of mentalfloss.com?
GoDaddy.com, LLC, according to the registry's RDAP record.