slashdot.org

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slashdot.org is ranked #2,613 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 24 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Oct 5, 1997, 29 years ago, through GoDaddy.com, LLC, and is paid up until Oct 4, 2027. Its homepage uses Matomo. It is served through Cloudflare.

Global rank

#2,613

▲ 1 this week

Domain age

29 years

since Oct 5, 1997

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

85/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#2,613 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: #2,478.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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

Domain registration

Registered: Oct 5, 1997 (29 years ago)
Expires: Oct 4, 2027
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Name servers: ns11.constellix.com, ns21.constellix.com, ns31.constellix.com, ns41.constellix.net, ns51.constellix.net, ns61.constellix.net
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

Analytics

Matomo

CDN

Cloudflare

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://slashdot.org/

Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters, & software

Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news and B2B software reviews & comparisons.

17 passed · 5 warnings · 1 failed

Content

✓Title56 characters
✓Meta description132 characters
✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
✓Subheadings24 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 17 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 4,729 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://slashdot.org
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
!Structured dataNo JSON-LD or microdata

Social sharing

!Open Graph2 of 3 key tags set
!Twitter / X cardMissing

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://slashdot.org/
HTTP status: 200
Server: cloudflare
Response time: 295 ms (first byte 163 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 132 KB
Compression: br

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#2,615	flaticon.com	2013	Akamai
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#2,617	geocomply.com	2011	WordPress, Alpine.js, Cloudflare
#2,618	e-msedge.net	2014	—

Questions about slashdot.org

How popular is slashdot.org?

slashdot.org is #2,613 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is slashdot.org?

slashdot.org was registered on Oct 5, 1997, which makes the domain 29 years old.

What is slashdot.org built with?

We detected Matomo and Cloudflare on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of slashdot.org?

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