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thehackernews.com

thehackernews.com is ranked #7,881 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 389 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Oct 27, 2010, 15 years, 11 months ago, through Squarespace Domains LLC, and is paid up until Oct 27, 2034. Its homepage uses Google Analytics. It is served through Cloudflare.

Global rank
#7,881
▲ 89 this week
Domain age
15 years
since Oct 27, 2010
Technologies
2
detected on the homepage
SEO score
96/100
homepage checks

Popularity rank

#7,881 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: #7,881.

#7,686#8,857#10,027 Jun 30, 2026: #9,832Jul 1, 2026: #9,789Jul 7, 2026: #9,696Jul 8, 2026: #9,709Jul 14, 2026: #9,550Jul 15, 2026: #9,490Jul 21, 2026: #9,350Jul 22, 2026: #9,311Jul 28, 2026: #9,183Jul 29, 2026: #9,164Aug 4, 2026: #9,064Aug 5, 2026: #9,054Aug 11, 2026: #8,946Aug 12, 2026: #8,906Aug 18, 2026: #8,823Aug 19, 2026: #8,818Aug 25, 2026: #8,730Aug 26, 2026: #8,722Sep 1, 2026: #8,589Sep 2, 2026: #8,578Sep 8, 2026: #8,452Sep 9, 2026: #8,426Sep 15, 2026: #8,303Sep 16, 2026: #8,270Sep 22, 2026: #8,160Sep 23, 2026: #8,139Sep 29, 2026: #8,059Sep 30, 2026: #8,050Oct 6, 2026: #7,970Oct 13, 2026: #7,881 Jun 30, 2026 Oct 13, 2026
Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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Domain registration

Registered
Oct 27, 2010 (15 years, 11 months ago)
Expires
Oct 27, 2034
Registrar
Squarespace Domains LLC
Name servers
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com, maria.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC
Not signed

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

96/100
https://thehackernews.com/
The Hacker News | #1 Trusted Source for Cybersecurity News
The Hacker News is the top cybersecurity news platform, delivering real-time updates, threat intelligence, data breach reports, expert analysis, and actionable insights for infosec professionals and decision-makers.

21 passed · 2 warnings · 0 failed

Content

  • ✓Title58 characters
  • !Meta description215 characters — aim for 50–170
  • ✓H1 headingExactly one H1
  • ✓Subheadings22 H2 headings
  • ✓Image alt textAll 58 images have alt text
  • ✓Content lengthAbout 3,630 words

Indexing

  • ✓IndexableNo noindex directive
  • ✓Canonical URLhttps://thehackernews.com/
  • ✓robots.txtFound
  • ✓XML sitemapFound
  • ✓Language attributeen
  • ✓Structured dataOrganization

Social sharing

  • !Open Graph1 of 3 key tags set
  • ✓Twitter / X cardsummary_large_image

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://thehackernews.com/
HTTP status
200
Server
cloudflare
Response time
84 ms (first byte 81 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size
190 KB
Compression
br

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Questions about thehackernews.com

How popular is thehackernews.com?

thehackernews.com is #7,881 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is thehackernews.com?

thehackernews.com was registered on Oct 27, 2010, which makes the domain 15 years, 11 months old.

What is thehackernews.com built with?

We detected Google Analytics and Cloudflare on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of thehackernews.com?

Squarespace Domains LLC, according to the registry's RDAP record.