theonion.com
theonion.com is ranked #7,615 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 Mar 21, 1995, 31 years, 6 months ago, through MarkMonitor Inc., and is paid up until Mar 22, 2027. Its homepage uses WordPress, Font Awesome and Google Tag Manager. It is served by Nginx.
Popularity rank
#7,615 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: #7,233.
Domain registration
- Registered
- Mar 21, 1995 (31 years, 6 months ago)
- Expires
- Mar 22, 2027
- Registrar
- MarkMonitor Inc.
- Name servers
ha1.markmonitor.zone,ha2.markmonitor.zone,ha3.markmonitor.zone,ha4.markmonitor.zone- 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.
17 passed · 5 warnings · 1 failed
Content
- ✓Title16 characters
- ✓Meta description112 characters
- ✕H1 headingMissing in the served HTML
- ✓Subheadings18 H2 headings
- ✓Image alt textAll 66 images have alt text
- ✓Content lengthAbout 1,173 words
Indexing
- ✓IndexableNo noindex directive
- ✓Canonical URLhttps://theonion.com/
- ✓robots.txtFound
- ✓XML sitemapFound
- ✓Language attributeen-US
- ✓Structured dataWebPage, ImageObject, BreadcrumbList, WebSite, 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 protectionNot set
- !X-Content-Type-OptionsNot set
- !Referrer-PolicyNot set
Server response
- Final URL
https://theonion.com/- HTTP status
- 200
- Server
nginx- Response time
- 37 ms (first byte 13 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
- HTML size
- 464 KB
- Compression
- br
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|---|---|---|
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| #7,612 | uqam.ca | 2000 |
| #7,613 | n1info.rs | — |
| #7,614 | hasil.gov.my | — |
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| #7,617 | awsdns-33.net | 2010 |
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Questions about theonion.com
How popular is theonion.com?
theonion.com is #7,615 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.
How old is theonion.com?
theonion.com was registered on Mar 21, 1995, which makes the domain 31 years, 6 months old.
What is theonion.com built with?
We detected WordPress, Font Awesome, Google Tag Manager and Nginx on its homepage.
Who is the registrar of theonion.com?
MarkMonitor Inc., according to the registry's RDAP record.