Website Insights

schneier.com

schneier.com is ranked #7,625 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 366 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on May 22, 1999, 27 years, 4 months ago, through Network Solutions, LLC, and is paid up until May 22, 2029. Its homepage uses jQuery and WordPress. It is served through cdnjs by Nginx.

Global rank
#7,625
▲ 62 this week
Domain age
27 years
since May 22, 1999
Technologies
4
detected on the homepage
SEO score
83/100
homepage checks

Popularity rank

#7,625 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: #7,625.

#7,399#8,754#10,108 Jul 28, 2026: #9,882Jul 29, 2026: #9,790Aug 4, 2026: #9,463Aug 5, 2026: #9,403Aug 11, 2026: #9,167Aug 12, 2026: #9,108Aug 18, 2026: #8,871Aug 19, 2026: #8,863Aug 25, 2026: #8,712Aug 26, 2026: #8,667Sep 1, 2026: #8,470Sep 2, 2026: #8,444Sep 8, 2026: #8,228Sep 9, 2026: #8,172Sep 15, 2026: #8,019Sep 16, 2026: #7,991Sep 22, 2026: #7,831Sep 23, 2026: #7,817Sep 29, 2026: #7,745Sep 30, 2026: #7,732Oct 6, 2026: #7,687Oct 13, 2026: #7,625 Jul 28, 2026 Oct 13, 2026
Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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

Domain registration

Registered
May 22, 1999 (27 years, 4 months ago)
Expires
May 22, 2029
Registrar
Network Solutions, LLC
Name servers
ns79.worldnic.com, ns80.worldnic.com
DNSSEC
Not signed

From the registry's public RDAP record, checked Oct 7, 2026.

Technology stack

JavaScript libraries
CMS & site builders
CDN
Web servers

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.

83/100
https://www.schneier.com/
Schneier on Security -
(no meta description)

16 passed · 6 warnings · 1 failed

Content

  • ✓Title22 characters
  • ✕Meta descriptionMissing
  • ✓H1 headingExactly one H1
  • ✓Subheadings10 H2 headings
  • !Image alt text1 of 9 images have no alt text
  • ✓Content lengthAbout 4,684 words

Indexing

  • ✓IndexableNo noindex directive
  • ✓Canonical URLhttps://www.schneier.com/
  • ✓robots.txtFound
  • ✓XML sitemapFound
  • ✓Language attributeen-US
  • ✓Structured dataCollectionPage, BreadcrumbList, WebSite

Social sharing

  • !Open Graph1 of 3 key tags set
  • ✓Twitter / X cardsummary_large_image

Technical

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

Security headers

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

Server response

Final URL
https://www.schneier.com/
HTTP status
200
Server
nginx
Response time
185 ms (first byte 172 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size
91 KB
Compression
br

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Questions about schneier.com

How popular is schneier.com?

schneier.com is #7,625 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is schneier.com?

schneier.com was registered on May 22, 1999, which makes the domain 27 years, 4 months old.

What is schneier.com built with?

We detected jQuery, WordPress, cdnjs and Nginx on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of schneier.com?

Network Solutions, LLC, according to the registry's RDAP record.