smithsonianmag.com
smithsonianmag.com is ranked #2,736 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026). The domain was registered on Aug 8, 1997, 29 years, 2 months ago, through DNC Holdings, Inc., and is paid up until Aug 7, 2032. Its homepage uses Font Awesome, Google Fonts, Cloudflare Web Analytics and Google Tag Manager. It is served through Cloudflare.
Popularity rank
#2,736 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: #2,494.
Domain registration
- Registered
- Aug 8, 1997 (29 years, 2 months ago)
- Expires
- Aug 7, 2032
- Registrar
- DNC Holdings, Inc.
- Name servers
ns-1149.awsdns-15.org,ns-1878.awsdns-42.co.uk,ns-472.awsdns-59.com,ns-726.awsdns-26.net- 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 · 5 warnings · 1 failed
Content
- ✓Title62 characters
- !Meta description187 characters — aim for 50–170
- ✓H1 headingExactly one H1
- ✓Subheadings14 H2 headings
- ✓Image alt textAll 45 images have alt text
- ✓Content lengthAbout 1,978 words
Indexing
- ✓IndexableNo noindex directive
- ✓Canonical URLhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/
- !robots.txtNot found
- ✓XML sitemapFound
- ✓Language attributeen
- ✓Structured dataOrganization
Social sharing
- ✕Open GraphMissing
- !Twitter / X cardMissing
Technical
- ✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
- ✓Mobile viewportFound
- ✓FaviconFound
- ✓Character encodingutf-8
Security headers
- ✓Strict-Transport-SecuritySet
- !Content-Security-PolicyNot set
- ✓Clickjacking protectionSet
- ✓X-Content-Type-OptionsSet
- !Referrer-PolicyNot set
Server response
- Final URL
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/- HTTP status
- 200
- Server
cloudflare- Response time
- 62 ms (first byte 60 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
- HTML size
- 110 KB
- Compression
- br
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Questions about smithsonianmag.com
How popular is smithsonianmag.com?
smithsonianmag.com is #2,736 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.
How old is smithsonianmag.com?
smithsonianmag.com was registered on Aug 8, 1997, which makes the domain 29 years, 2 months old.
What is smithsonianmag.com built with?
We detected Font Awesome, Google Fonts, Cloudflare Web Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Cloudflare on its homepage.
Who is the registrar of smithsonianmag.com?
DNC Holdings, Inc., according to the registry's RDAP record.