wired.com

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wired.com is ranked #552 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), down 3 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Nov 20, 1992, 33 years, 10 months ago, through CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., and is paid up until Nov 19, 2027. Its homepage uses Google Ad Manager. It is served through Amazon CloudFront and Cloudflare.

Global rank

#552

▲ 6 this week

Domain age

33 years

since Nov 20, 1992

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

89/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#552 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: #508.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

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

Domain registration

Registered: Nov 20, 1992 (33 years, 10 months ago)
Expires: Nov 19, 2027
Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Name servers: ns-1116.awsdns-11.org, ns-1935.awsdns-49.co.uk, ns-28.awsdns-03.com, ns-836.awsdns-40.net
DNSSEC: Not signed

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

Technology stack

Advertising

Google Ad Manager

CDN

Amazon CloudFront 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.wired.com/

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We bring you the future as it happens. From the latest in science and technology to the big stories in business and culture, we've got you covered.

19 passed · 3 warnings · 1 failed

Content

!Title71 characters — aim for 15–65
✓Meta description147 characters
✓H1 headingExactly one H1
✓Subheadings35 H2 headings
✕Image alt text29 of 49 images have no alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 1,069 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://www.wired.com/
✓robots.txtFound
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen-US
✓Structured dataOrganization, WebSite, ItemList

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-PolicySet
✓Clickjacking protectionSet
✓X-Content-Type-OptionsSet
!Referrer-PolicyNot set

Server response

Final URL: https://www.wired.com/
HTTP status: 200
Server: cloudflare
Response time: 190 ms (first byte 176 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 1.5 MB
Compression: br

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#1,394	dagbladet.no	Amazon CloudFront, Cloudflare, jsDelivr
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#6,063	9gag.com	Amazon CloudFront, Cloudflare, Google Analytics

Sites ranked near wired.com

Rank	Website	Registered	Built with
#547	sberbank.ru	—	—
#548	firefox.com	1998	Fastly
#549	bitrix24.ru	—	—
#550	visualstudio.com	1997	WordPress, WP Engine, Nginx
#551	ft.com	1994	Cloudflare
#553	dreamhost.com	1997	Next.js, React, Fly.io
#554	icloud-content.com	2014	jQuery
#555	fast.com	1994	—
#556	digitalocean.com	2000	Next.js, React, Cloudflare
#557	openx.net	1996	—

Questions about wired.com

How popular is wired.com?

wired.com is #552 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is wired.com?

wired.com was registered on Nov 20, 1992, which makes the domain 33 years, 10 months old.

What is wired.com built with?

We detected Google Ad Manager, Amazon CloudFront and Cloudflare on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of wired.com?

CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., according to the registry's RDAP record.