ons.gov.uk

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ons.gov.uk is ranked #5,196 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 91 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Jan 1, 1970, 56 years, 9 months ago, through Office for National Statistics, and is paid up until Feb 1, 2027. Its homepage uses jQuery and Google Tag Manager. It is served through Cloudflare.

Global rank

#5,196

▲ 26 this week

Domain age

56 years

since Jan 1, 1970

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

74/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#5,196 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: #5,149.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

See where ons.gov.uk sits in the top 10,000

Domain registration

Registered: Jan 1, 1970 (56 years, 9 months ago)
Expires: Feb 1, 2027
Registrar: Office for National Statistics
Name servers: ns0.bt.net, ns1.bt.net, ns2.bt.net
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

JavaScript libraries

jQuery

Analytics

Google Tag Manager

CDN

Cloudflare

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.

74/100

https://www.ons.gov.uk/

Home - Office for National Statistics

The UK's largest independent producer of official statistics and the recognised national statistical institute of the UK.

12 passed · 10 warnings · 1 failed

Content

✓Title37 characters
✓Meta description121 characters
!H1 heading3 H1 headings — use one
✓Subheadings31 H2 headings
!Image alt text1 of 13 images have no alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 783 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
!Canonical URLMissing
!robots.txtNot found
!XML sitemapNot found
✓Language attributeen
✓Structured dataGovernmentOrganization

Social sharing

✕Open GraphMissing
!Twitter / X cardMissing

Technical

✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
✓Mobile viewportFound
!FaviconMissing
✓Character encodingutf-8

Security headers

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

Server response

Final URL: https://www.ons.gov.uk/
HTTP status: 200
Server: cloudflare
Response time: 252 ms (first byte 251 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 79 KB
Compression: gzip

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Questions about ons.gov.uk

How popular is ons.gov.uk?

ons.gov.uk is #5,196 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is ons.gov.uk?

ons.gov.uk was registered on Jan 1, 1970, which makes the domain 56 years, 9 months old.

What is ons.gov.uk built with?

We detected jQuery, Google Tag Manager and Cloudflare on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of ons.gov.uk?

Office for National Statistics, according to the registry's RDAP record.