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usc.edu is ranked #2,437 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 7 places in four weeks. Its homepage uses jQuery, WordPress, Adobe Fonts, Google Fonts, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager and 1 more technologies. It is served through Fastly and Pantheon by Nginx.

Global rank

#2,437

▲ 8 this week

Domain age

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Registration date unavailable

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

89/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#2,437 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: #2,289.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

See where usc.edu sits in the top 10,000

Domain registration

The registry for .edu does not publish registration data over RDAP.

Technology stack

JavaScript libraries

jQuery

CMS & site builders

WordPress 6.9.9

UI frameworks & fonts

Adobe Fonts Google Fonts

Analytics

Google Analytics Google Tag Manager Hotjar

CDN

Fastly

Hosting

Pantheon

Web servers

Nginx

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://usc.edu/

University of Southern California

USC is one of the world's leading research universities. At USC, the human spirit is cultivated through learning, research and creativity.

17 passed · 5 warnings · 0 failed

Content

✓Title33 characters
✓Meta description138 characters
!H1 heading2 H1 headings — use one
✓Subheadings9 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 18 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 1,618 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
iCanonical URLPoints to another host: https://www.usc.edu/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen-US
✓Structured dataWebPage, ImageObject, BreadcrumbList, WebSite

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-SecuritySet
!Content-Security-PolicyNot set
!Clickjacking protectionNot set
!X-Content-Type-OptionsNot set
!Referrer-PolicyNot set

Server response

Final URL: https://usc.edu/
HTTP status: 200
Server: nginx
Response time: 1.85 s (first byte 1.82 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 231 KB
Compression: gzip

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Questions about usc.edu

How popular is usc.edu?

usc.edu is #2,437 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

What is usc.edu built with?

We detected jQuery, WordPress, Adobe Fonts, Google Fonts, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar, Fastly, Pantheon and Nginx on its homepage.