theguardian.com

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theguardian.com is ranked #194 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 9 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Jul 6, 1994, 32 years, 3 months ago, through GoDaddy.com, LLC, and is paid up until Jul 5, 2027. Its homepage uses Google Ad Manager.

Global rank

#194

▲ 9 this week

Domain age

32 years

since Jul 6, 1994

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

87/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#194 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: #183.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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

Domain registration

Registered: Jul 6, 1994 (32 years, 3 months ago)
Expires: Jul 5, 2027
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Name servers: dns1.p04.nsone.net, dns2.p04.nsone.net, dns3.p04.nsone.net, dns4.p04.nsone.net, ns01.theguardiandns.com, ns02.theguardiandns.com, ns03.theguardiandns.com, ns04.theguardiandns.com
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

Advertising

Google Ad Manager

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.

87/100

https://www.theguardian.com/us

Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian

Latest US news, world news, sports, business, opinion, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice

19 passed · 2 warnings · 2 failed

Content

✓Title48 characters
✓Meta description128 characters
✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
✓Subheadings33 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 126 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 2,780 words

Indexing

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

Social sharing

✕Open GraphMissing
!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-OptionsSet
✓Referrer-PolicySet

Server response

Final URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us
HTTP status: 200
Server: —
Response time: 1.75 s (first byte 1.73 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 1.4 MB
Compression: gzip

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Questions about theguardian.com

How popular is theguardian.com?

theguardian.com is #194 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is theguardian.com?

theguardian.com was registered on Jul 6, 1994, which makes the domain 32 years, 3 months old.

What is theguardian.com built with?

We detected Google Ad Manager on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of theguardian.com?

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