snopes.com

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snopes.com is ranked #4,339 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 16 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Jan 9, 1997, 29 years, 9 months ago, through eNom, LLC, and is paid up until Jan 8, 2028. Its homepage uses Google Analytics. It is served through Cloudflare.

Global rank

#4,339

▲ 4 this week

Domain age

29 years

since Jan 9, 1997

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

89/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#4,339 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: #3,897.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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

Domain registration

Registered: Jan 9, 1997 (29 years, 9 months ago)
Expires: Jan 8, 2028
Registrar: eNom, LLC
Name servers: abdullah.ns.cloudflare.com, surina.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

Analytics

Google Analytics

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.

89/100

https://www.snopes.com/

Snopes.com | The definitive fact-checking site and reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

The definitive Internet reference source for researching urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

18 passed · 5 warnings · 0 failed

Content

!Title131 characters — aim for 15–65
✓Meta description116 characters
✓H1 headingExactly one H1
✓Subheadings2 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 63 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 2,147 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.snopes.com/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
✓Structured dataWebSite, Organization

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-SecurityNot set
!Content-Security-PolicyNot set
✓Clickjacking protectionSet
!X-Content-Type-OptionsNot set
!Referrer-PolicyNot set

Server response

Final URL: https://www.snopes.com/
HTTP status: 200
Server: cloudflare
Response time: 128 ms (first byte 121 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 680 KB
Compression: br

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Questions about snopes.com

How popular is snopes.com?

snopes.com is #4,339 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is snopes.com?

snopes.com was registered on Jan 9, 1997, which makes the domain 29 years, 9 months old.

What is snopes.com built with?

We detected Google Analytics and Cloudflare on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of snopes.com?

eNom, LLC, according to the registry's RDAP record.