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phys.org is ranked #2,921 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 2 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Apr 26, 2002, 24 years, 5 months ago, through GoDaddy.com, LLC, and is paid up until Apr 26, 2027. Its homepage uses Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager, Google AdSense and reCAPTCHA. It is served by Apache.

Global rank

#2,921

▲ 4 this week

Domain age

24 years

since Apr 26, 2002

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

93/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#2,921 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: #2,797.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

See where phys.org sits in the top 10,000

Domain registration

Registered: Apr 26, 2002 (24 years, 5 months ago)
Expires: Apr 26, 2027
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Name servers: gns1.cloudns.net, gns2.cloudns.net, gns3.cloudns.net, gns4.cloudns.net
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

Analytics

Google Analytics

Advertising

Google Ad Manager Google AdSense

Security

reCAPTCHA

Web servers

Apache

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.

93/100

https://phys.org/

Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology

Daily science news on research developments, technological breakthroughs and the latest scientific innovations

20 passed · 3 warnings · 0 failed

Content

✓Title54 characters
✓Meta description110 characters
✓H1 headingExactly one H1
✓Subheadings2 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 117 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 3,294 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://phys.org/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
✓Structured dataWebSite, NewsMediaOrganization

Social sharing

✓Open GraphTitle, description and image set
!Twitter / X cardMissing

Technical

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

Security headers

!Strict-Transport-SecurityNot set
!Content-Security-PolicyNot set
✓Clickjacking protectionSet
✓X-Content-Type-OptionsSet
✓Referrer-PolicySet

Server response

Final URL: https://phys.org/
HTTP status: 200
Server: Apache
Response time: 156 ms (first byte 108 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 202 KB
Compression: gzip

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Questions about phys.org

How popular is phys.org?

phys.org is #2,921 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is phys.org?

phys.org was registered on Apr 26, 2002, which makes the domain 24 years, 5 months old.

What is phys.org built with?

We detected Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager, Google AdSense, reCAPTCHA and Apache on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of phys.org?

GoDaddy.com, LLC, according to the registry's RDAP record.