popsci.com
popsci.com is ranked #4,515 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 104 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Aug 21, 1995, 31 years, 1 month ago, through CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., and is paid up until Aug 20, 2027. Its homepage uses WordPress, Google Fonts, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. It is served by Nginx.
Popularity rank
#4,515 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: #4,173.
Domain registration
- Registered
- Aug 21, 1995 (31 years, 1 month ago)
- Expires
- Aug 20, 2027
- Registrar
- CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
- Name servers
melinda.ns.cloudflare.com,stan.ns.cloudflare.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.
17 passed · 6 warnings · 0 failed
Content
- ✓Title59 characters
- ✓Meta description164 characters
- ✓H1 headingExactly one H1
- ✓Subheadings8 H2 headings
- !Image alt text1 of 36 images have no alt text
- ✓Content lengthAbout 996 words
Indexing
- ✓IndexableNo noindex directive
- ✓Canonical URLhttps://www.popsci.com/
- ✓robots.txtFound
- ✓XML sitemapFound
- ✓Language attributeen-US
- ✓Structured dataWebPage, ImageObject, BreadcrumbList, WebSite, Organization
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-SecurityNot set
- !Content-Security-PolicyNot set
- !Clickjacking protectionNot set
- !X-Content-Type-OptionsNot set
- !Referrer-PolicyNot set
Server response
- Final URL
https://www.popsci.com/- HTTP status
- 200
- Server
nginx- Response time
- 36 ms (first byte 27 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
- HTML size
- 143 KB
- Compression
- br
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|---|---|---|
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Questions about popsci.com
How popular is popsci.com?
popsci.com is #4,515 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.
How old is popsci.com?
popsci.com was registered on Aug 21, 1995, which makes the domain 31 years, 1 month old.
What is popsci.com built with?
We detected WordPress, Google Fonts, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Nginx on its homepage.
Who is the registrar of popsci.com?
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., according to the registry's RDAP record.