metro.co.uk
metro.co.uk is ranked #3,219 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 7 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Jun 17, 1995, 31 years, 3 months ago, through Nom-IQ Limited t/a Com Laude, and is paid up until Jun 17, 2028. Its homepage uses WordPress, Google Fonts, Google Analytics and reCAPTCHA. It is served by Nginx.
Popularity rank
#3,219 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: #2,934.
Domain registration
- Registered
- Jun 17, 1995 (31 years, 3 months ago)
- Expires
- Jun 17, 2028
- Registrar
- Nom-IQ Limited t/a Com Laude
- Name servers
a1-204.akam.net.,a16-67.akam.net.,a24-65.akam.net.,a4-67.akam.net.,a6-64.akam.net.,a7-66.akam.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.
18 passed · 4 warnings · 1 failed
Content
- ✓Title57 characters
- ✓Meta description57 characters
- ✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
- ✓Subheadings22 H2 headings
- ✓Image alt textAll 128 images have alt text
- ✓Content lengthAbout 2,652 words
Indexing
- ✓IndexableNo noindex directive
- ✓Canonical URLhttps://metro.co.uk/
- ✓robots.txtFound
- ✓XML sitemapFound
- ✓Language attributeen
- ✓Structured dataWebSite, Organization, VideoObject
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-SecuritySet
- !Content-Security-PolicyNot set
- !Clickjacking protectionNot set
- !X-Content-Type-OptionsNot set
- !Referrer-PolicyNot set
Server response
- Final URL
https://metro.co.uk/- HTTP status
- 200
- Server
nginx- Response time
- 46 ms (first byte 16 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
- HTML size
- 566 KB
- Compression
- br
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|---|---|---|
| #3,214 | cygwin.com | 1999 |
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| #3,216 | wikibooks.org | 2003 |
| #3,217 | chase.com | 1995 |
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Questions about metro.co.uk
How popular is metro.co.uk?
metro.co.uk is #3,219 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.
How old is metro.co.uk?
metro.co.uk was registered on Jun 17, 1995, which makes the domain 31 years, 3 months old.
What is metro.co.uk built with?
We detected WordPress, Google Fonts, Google Analytics, reCAPTCHA and Nginx on its homepage.
Who is the registrar of metro.co.uk?
Nom-IQ Limited t/a Com Laude, according to the registry's RDAP record.