rfa.org

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rfa.org is ranked #3,976 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 946 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Oct 7, 1996, 30 years ago, through Tucows Domains Inc., and is paid up until Oct 6, 2027. Its homepage uses Google Tag Manager. It is served through Akamai by OpenResty.

Global rank

#3,976

▲ 64 this week

Domain age

30 years

since Oct 7, 1996

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

80/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#3,976 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: #3,976.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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

Domain registration

Registered: Oct 7, 1996 (30 years ago)
Expires: Oct 6, 2027
Registrar: Tucows Domains Inc.
Name servers: ns-1028.awsdns-00.org, ns-1588.awsdns-06.co.uk, ns-599.awsdns-10.net, ns-8.awsdns-01.com
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

Analytics

Google Tag Manager

CDN

Akamai

Web servers

OpenResty

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.

80/100

https://www.rfa.org/english/

Radio Free Asia

(no meta description)

16 passed · 5 warnings · 2 failed

Content

✓Title15 characters
✕Meta descriptionMissing
✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
✓Subheadings30 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 27 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 655 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.rfa.org
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
✓Structured dataNewsMediaOrganization

Social sharing

!Open Graph2 of 3 key tags set
✓Twitter / X cardsummary_large_image

Technical

✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
✓Mobile viewportFound
✓FaviconFound
!Character encodingNot declared

Security headers

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

Server response

Final URL: https://www.rfa.org/english/
HTTP status: 200
Server: openresty
Response time: 162 ms (first byte 159 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 175 KB
Compression: gzip

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Rank	Website	Registered	Built with
#3,971	awin1.com	2000	Alpine.js, Astro, Akamai
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#3,973	brightcove.net	2005	—
#3,974	microsoftapp.net	2020	—
#3,975	elespanol.com	2004	—
#3,977	rei.com	1996	—
#3,978	perimeterx.net	2014	—
#3,979	ebay.it	—	Akamai
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#3,981	shopee.tw	—	Google Tag Manager

Questions about rfa.org

How popular is rfa.org?

rfa.org is #3,976 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is rfa.org?

rfa.org was registered on Oct 7, 1996, which makes the domain 30 years old.

What is rfa.org built with?

We detected Google Tag Manager, Akamai and OpenResty on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of rfa.org?

Tucows Domains Inc., according to the registry's RDAP record.