www.gov.uk
www.gov.uk is ranked #294 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 15 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Sep 24, 2012, 14 years ago, through .gov.uk Registry, and is paid up until Sep 24, 2027. It is served through Fastly by Nginx.
Popularity rank
#294 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: #286.
Domain registration
- Registered
- Sep 24, 2012 (14 years ago)
- Expires
- Sep 24, 2027
- Registrar
- .gov.uk Registry
- Name servers
- —
- DNSSEC
- Not signed
From the registry's public RDAP record, checked Oct 1, 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.
20 passed · 3 warnings · 0 failed
Content
- ✓Title17 characters
- ✓Meta description68 characters
- ✓H1 headingExactly one H1
- ✓Subheadings13 H2 headings
- ✓Image alt textAll 4 images have alt text
- ✓Content lengthAbout 817 words
Indexing
- ✓IndexableNo noindex directive
- ✓Canonical URLhttps://www.gov.uk/
- ✓robots.txtFound
- ✓XML sitemapFound
- ✓Language attributeen
- !Structured dataNo JSON-LD or microdata
Social sharing
- !Open Graph1 of 3 key tags set
- !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.gov.uk/- HTTP status
- 200
- Server
nginx- Response time
- 18 ms (first byte 15 ms, from our scanner in a US data centre)
- HTML size
- 84 KB
- Compression
- br
Sites ranked near www.gov.uk
| Rank | Website | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| #289 | one.one | 2015 |
| #290 | telegram.me | — |
| #291 | adsafeprotected.com | 2010 |
| #292 | hp.com | 1986 |
| #293 | springer.com | 1997 |
| #295 | mangosip.ru | — |
| #296 | autodesk.com | 1989 |
| #297 | publicnode.com | 2016 |
| #298 | nature.com | 1994 |
| #299 | tiktokcdn-us.com | 2021 |
Questions about www.gov.uk
How popular is www.gov.uk?
www.gov.uk is #294 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.
How old is www.gov.uk?
www.gov.uk was registered on Sep 24, 2012, which makes the domain 14 years old.
What is www.gov.uk built with?
We detected Fastly and Nginx on its homepage.
Who is the registrar of www.gov.uk?
.gov.uk Registry, according to the registry's RDAP record.