pcgamer.com

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pcgamer.com is ranked #5,881 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 693 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Feb 21, 1995, 31 years, 7 months ago, through Lexsynergy Limited, and is paid up until Feb 22, 2027. Its homepage uses Alpine.js, Google Fonts and Google Tag Manager. It is served through Fastly.

Global rank

#5,881

▼ 5 this week

Domain age

31 years

since Feb 21, 1995

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

85/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#5,881 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: #4,772.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

See where pcgamer.com sits in the top 10,000

Domain registration

Registered: Feb 21, 1995 (31 years, 7 months ago)
Expires: Feb 22, 2027
Registrar: Lexsynergy Limited
Name servers: ns-1384.awsdns-45.org, ns-142.awsdns-17.com, ns-1564.awsdns-03.co.uk, ns-593.awsdns-10.net
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

JavaScript frameworks

Alpine.js

UI frameworks & fonts

Google Fonts

Analytics

Google Tag Manager

CDN

Fastly

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.pcgamer.com/

PC Gamer | THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES

(no meta description)

18 passed · 3 warnings · 2 failed

Content

✓Title43 characters
✕Meta descriptionMissing
✓H1 headingExactly one H1
✓Subheadings9 H2 headings
!Image alt text14 of 108 images have no alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 4,404 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.pcgamer.com/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
ihreflang6 language alternates
✓Structured dataWebPage, WebSite, SiteNavigationElement, ItemList

Social sharing

✕Open GraphMissing
✓Twitter / X cardsummary_large_image

Technical

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

Security headers

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

Server response

Final URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/
HTTP status: 200
Server: —
Response time: 1.98 s (first byte 1.89 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 1.9 MB
Compression: br

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Questions about pcgamer.com

How popular is pcgamer.com?

pcgamer.com is #5,881 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is pcgamer.com?

pcgamer.com was registered on Feb 21, 1995, which makes the domain 31 years, 7 months old.

What is pcgamer.com built with?

We detected Alpine.js, Google Fonts, Google Tag Manager and Fastly on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of pcgamer.com?

Lexsynergy Limited, according to the registry's RDAP record.