Website Insights

smartnews.com

smartnews.com is ranked #8,048 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 83 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Mar 9, 1999, 27 years, 7 months ago, through GoDaddy.com, LLC, and is paid up until Mar 9, 2027. Its homepage uses Next.js and React. It is served through Amazon CloudFront by Envoy.

Global rank
#8,048
▼ 92 this week
Domain age
27 years
since Mar 9, 1999
Technologies
4
detected on the homepage
SEO score
89/100
homepage checks

Popularity rank

#8,048 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: #7,506.

#7,263#8,720#10,177 Apr 1, 2026: #7,735Apr 7, 2026: #7,950Apr 8, 2026: #8,468Apr 14, 2026: #9,029Apr 15, 2026: #9,133Apr 22, 2026: #9,934May 5, 2026: #9,732May 6, 2026: #9,759May 12, 2026: #9,607May 13, 2026: #9,668May 19, 2026: #9,719May 20, 2026: #9,749May 26, 2026: #9,740May 27, 2026: #9,594Jun 2, 2026: #9,559Jun 3, 2026: #9,734Jun 9, 2026: #9,763Jun 10, 2026: #9,828Jun 16, 2026: #9,290Jun 17, 2026: #9,298Jun 23, 2026: #9,862Jun 24, 2026: #9,898Jun 30, 2026: #9,554Jul 1, 2026: #9,536Jul 7, 2026: #9,664Jul 8, 2026: #9,567Jul 14, 2026: #9,453Jul 15, 2026: #9,554Jul 21, 2026: #9,277Jul 22, 2026: #9,285Jul 28, 2026: #8,871Jul 29, 2026: #8,998Aug 4, 2026: #9,044Aug 5, 2026: #8,929Aug 11, 2026: #9,034Aug 12, 2026: #8,839Aug 18, 2026: #8,508Aug 19, 2026: #8,517Aug 25, 2026: #8,520Aug 26, 2026: #8,489Sep 1, 2026: #7,999Sep 2, 2026: #7,987Sep 8, 2026: #8,110Sep 9, 2026: #7,858Sep 15, 2026: #8,135Sep 16, 2026: #8,131Sep 22, 2026: #8,044Sep 23, 2026: #7,953Sep 29, 2026: #7,506Sep 30, 2026: #7,903Oct 6, 2026: #7,956Oct 13, 2026: #8,048 Apr 1, 2026 Oct 13, 2026
Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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Domain registration

Registered
Mar 9, 1999 (27 years, 7 months ago)
Expires
Mar 9, 2027
Registrar
GoDaddy.com, LLC
Name servers
ns-1055.awsdns-03.org, ns-2018.awsdns-60.co.uk, ns-220.awsdns-27.com, ns-895.awsdns-47.net
DNSSEC
Not signed

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

Technology stack

JavaScript frameworks
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.

89/100
https://www.smartnews.com/en
SmartNews - Discover your world every day
Trusted by over 40+ million worldwide readers, SmartNews provides the best news, stories and events across 200+ local news sites.

18 passed · 5 warnings · 0 failed

Content

  • ✓Title41 characters
  • ✓Meta description129 characters
  • ✓H1 headingExactly one H1
  • ✓Subheadings8 H2 headings
  • ✓Image alt textAll 48 images have alt text
  • ✓Content lengthAbout 377 words

Indexing

  • ✓IndexableNo noindex directive
  • ✓Canonical URLhttps://www.smartnews.com/en/
  • ✓robots.txtFound
  • ✓XML sitemapFound
  • ✓Language attributeja
  • !Structured dataNo JSON-LD or microdata

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

Server response

Final URL
https://www.smartnews.com/en
HTTP status
200
Server
CloudFront
Response time
2.27 s (first byte 2.27 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size
98 KB
Compression
gzip

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Questions about smartnews.com

How popular is smartnews.com?

smartnews.com is #8,048 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is smartnews.com?

smartnews.com was registered on Mar 9, 1999, which makes the domain 27 years, 7 months old.

What is smartnews.com built with?

We detected Next.js, React, Amazon CloudFront and Envoy on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of smartnews.com?

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