newscientist.com
newscientist.com is ranked #2,775 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 12 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Jul 29, 1995, 31 years, 2 months ago, through Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE, and is paid up until Jul 28, 2027. Its homepage uses WordPress, Adobe Fonts and Google Tag Manager. It is served through Fastly by Nginx.
Popularity rank
#2,775 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: #2,580.
Domain registration
- Registered
- Jul 29, 1995 (31 years, 2 months ago)
- Expires
- Jul 28, 2027
- Registrar
- Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE
- Name servers
ns1.associated.co.uk,ns2.anlremote.com- 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
- ✓Title52 characters
- ✓Meta description158 characters
- ✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
- ✓Subheadings14 H2 headings
- ✓Image alt textAll 30 images have alt text
- ✓Content lengthAbout 1,261 words
Indexing
- ✓IndexableNo noindex directive
- ✓Canonical URLhttps://www.newscientist.com/
- ✓robots.txtFound
- ✓XML sitemapFound
- ✓Language attributeen-US
- ✓Structured dataCollectionPage, BreadcrumbList, WebSite
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://www.newscientist.com/- HTTP status
- 200
- Server
nginx- Response time
- 3.74 s (first byte 3.71 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
- HTML size
- 296 KB
- Compression
- gzip
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Questions about newscientist.com
How popular is newscientist.com?
newscientist.com is #2,775 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.
How old is newscientist.com?
newscientist.com was registered on Jul 29, 1995, which makes the domain 31 years, 2 months old.
What is newscientist.com built with?
We detected WordPress, Adobe Fonts, Google Tag Manager, Fastly and Nginx on its homepage.
Who is the registrar of newscientist.com?
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE, according to the registry's RDAP record.