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Online

Server IP address resolved: Yes
Http response code: 200
Response time: 0.08 sec.
Last Checked: 08/14/2025

Theonion.com traffic volume is 82,193 unique daily visitors and their 140,550 pageviews. The web value rate of theonion.com is 1,841,834 USD. Each visitor makes around 1.83 page views on average.

By Alexa's traffic estimates theonion.com placed at 1,633 position over the world, while the largest amount of its visitors comes from United States, where it takes 1,276 place.

Perfect for theonion.com that their data center (provided by company company AUTOMATTIC - Automattic, Inc, US) is located in United States, as that empowers most of the visitors to reduce the page load time. See the list of other web pages hosted by AUTOMATTIC - Automattic, Inc, US.

Theonion.com registered under .COM top-level domain. Check other websites in .COM zone.

The last verification results, performed on (October 13, 2024) theonion.com show that theonion.com has an expired SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt (expired on November 13, 2024). Click “Refresh” button for SSL Information at the Safety Information section. Check the list of websites using SSL certificates issued by Let's Encrypt.

In accordance with Google Safe Browsing, Google Safe Search, Symantec and Web of Trust theonion.com is pretty a safe domain.

Relying Google MobileFriendly test theonion.com is well optimized for mobile and tablet devices, however web page loading speed may be improved.

Theonion.com General Information

Global Rank

5,250

Average Load Time

1.23sec

Links In Count

15,330

Website Value

$1.7 M

Audience Geography. Where are theonion.com visitors located?

Country	Visitors
United States US	75.8%
United Kingdom GB	4.5%
Canada CA	4.2%
Australia AU	2.3%
Germany DE	1.1%
France FR	0.9%
Sweden SE	0.7%
India IN	0.7%
Spain ES	0.7%
Other	9.1%

Country	Pageviews
United States US	77.1%
United Kingdom GB	4.6%
Canada CA	3.9%
Australia AU	2.4%
Germany DE	1.1%
Spain ES	1%
France FR	0.8%
India IN	0.6%
Sweden SE	0.5%
Other	8%

Country	Rank
United States US	1276
Canada CA	2400
Australia AU	2838
United Kingdom GB	3361
Sweden SE	4684
Spain ES	11997
France FR	16169
Germany DE	16781
India IN	33914

Where do visitors go on theonion.com?

Subdomain	Pageviews
theonion.com	60.92%
local.theonion.com	18.54%
politics.theonion.com	8.8%
entertainment.theonion.com	6.66%
sports.theonion.com	4.58%
store.theonion.com	0.36%
other	0.16%

Subdomain	Pageviews per User
store.theonion.com	4
theonion.com	1.47
sports.theonion.com	1.4
entertainment.theonion.com	1.3
politics.theonion.com	1.3
local.theonion.com	1.3

Subdomain	Reach
theonion.com	67.95%
local.theonion.com	23.56%
politics.theonion.com	10.87%
entertainment.theonion.com	8.58%
sports.theonion.com	5.58%
store.theonion.com	0.15%

How popular is theonion.com?

Period	Global Rank	Global Rank Delta
past 3 months	5250	496
past month	5784	37
past week	4893	-565
yesterday	5564	-1690

Days	Pageviews Rank	Pageviews Rank Delta	Pageviews per Million	Pageviews per Million Delta	Pageviews per User	Pageviews per User Delta
90	8868	799	848	-6.298%	1.71	0%
30	9962	335	756	-0.813%	1.64	-3.53%
7	8628	-741	875	8%	1.62	-3.57%
1	9990	-2687	78	33%	1.7	6%

Days	Reach Rank	Reach Rank Delta	Reach per Million	Reach per Million Delta
90	4482	500	183	-6.526%
30	4866	0	170	3%
7	4073	-562	201	13%
1	4706	-1342	180	30%

Theonion.com Safety Information

Overview

Last Updated: 08/14/2025

Overall result - theonion.com is safe.

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Norton Connect Safe

Last Updated: 03/21/2025

theonion.com is safe.

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Google Safe Search

Last Updated: 01/30/2019

theonion.com is safe.

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Google Safe Browsing

Last Updated: 01/09/2019

theonion.com is safe.
Malware: not found.
Phishing: not detected.
Unwanted software: not found.
Harmfull applications: not found.

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Site Advisor

Last Updated: 02/22/2021

theonion.com is safe.

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Web of Trust

Last Updated: 01/09/2019

theonion.com child safety is very good.

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SSL Information

SSL Checker Tool

Domain	theonion.com
Issuer Organization	Let's Encrypt
Issuer	E6
Algorithm	ecdsa-with-SHA384
Valid form	08/15/2024
Expiration	11/13/2024
Signed	Certificate is not self signed
Additional Domains	theonion.com www.theonion.com

Theonion.com Server Information

Server Location

Geolocation Tool

ASN Information

ASN Lookup Tool

ASN ID: 2635
ASN Title: AUTOMATTIC - Automattic, Inc, US

Last Update: 04/04/2025

ASN Whois

#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
#
# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
# https://www.arin.net/resources/whois_reporting/index.html
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# Copyright 1997-2018, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd.
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ASNumber: 2635
ASName: AUTOMATTIC
ASHandle: AS2635
RegDate: 2012-10-01
Updated: 2012-10-01
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/autnum/2635

OrgName: Automattic, Inc
OrgId: AUTOM-93
Address: 60 29th Street #343
City: San Francisco
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 94110
Country: US
RegDate: 2011-10-05
Updated: 2018-06-04
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/AUTOM-93

OrgNOCHandle: NOC12276-ARIN
OrgNOCName: NOC
OrgNOCPhone: +1-877-273-8550
OrgNOCEmail: ipadmin@automattic.com
OrgNOCRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NOC12276-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: NOC12276-ARIN
OrgTechName: NOC
OrgTechPhone: +1-877-273-8550
OrgTechEmail: ipadmin@automattic.com
OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NOC12276-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE3970-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-877-273-8550
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@automattic.com
OrgAbuseRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ABUSE3970-ARIN

#
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#
# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
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#
# Copyright 1997-2018, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd.
#

Theonion.com Domain Name Information

WHOIS

WHOIS Lookup Tool

Domain Whois

Domain Name: THEONION.COM
Registry Domain ID: 388737_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar URL: http://www.markmonitor.com
Updated Date: 2024-08-12T22:03:06Z
Creation Date: 1995-03-21T05:00:00Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2027-03-22T04:00:00Z
Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 292
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abusecomplaints@markmonitor.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.2086851750
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Name Server: NS1.MARKMONITOR.COM
Name Server: NS2.MARKMONITOR.COM
Name Server: NS3.MARKMONITOR.COM
Name Server: NS4.MARKMONITOR.COM
Name Server: NS5.MARKMONITOR.COM
Name Server: NS6.MARKMONITOR.COM
Name Server: NS7.MARKMONITOR.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of whois database: 2024-09-09T11:24:13Z

DNS Records

DNS Lookup Tool

Host	A Record	TTL
theonion.com	192.0.66.48	3600

Host	MX Record	Priority	TTL
theonion.com	smtp.google.com	1	3600
theonion.com	aspmx.l.google.com	10	3600
theonion.com	alt1.aspmx.l.google.com	20	3600
theonion.com	alt2.aspmx.l.google.com	20	3600
theonion.com	aspmx2.googlemail.com	30	3600
theonion.com	aspmx3.googlemail.com	30	3600
theonion.com	aspmx4.googlemail.com	30	3600
theonion.com	aspmx5.googlemail.com	30	3600

Host	NS Record	TTL
theonion.com	ha1.markmonitor.zone	86400
theonion.com	ha2.markmonitor.zone	86400
theonion.com	ha3.markmonitor.zone	86400
theonion.com	ha4.markmonitor.zone	86400

Host	TXT Record	TTL
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theonion.com	MS=ms65916377	3600
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theonion.com	60aa88b0-451e-403c-adf9-49b1eec55ca9	3600
theonion.com	apple-domain-verification=QFgtwfzFdimP4aDt	3600
theonion.com	slack-domain-verification=oet7IV3H02YkOAtL7uw09V0Ehd7l1Pyxzys9TWAH	3600
theonion.com	google-site-verification=9grpBfJNAWsMASvKUX-8yvrfs5AOq4OnRwwDfYIyQqw	3600
theonion.com	google-site-verification=Li89hF3jky072ZFAAi4X-_1tHTcfzyoyPhqvRdOFpvc	3600
theonion.com	google-site-verification=Xua_59_IKSOyb7JYEuH2nL1cu3n9lgm4Vvfdgm7FvQk	3600
theonion.com	google-site-verification=Zc4PpjrJKuLmNb-XLHPj9rxmW3LUXDvsCdrETQBmADc	3600
theonion.com	_globalsign-domain-verification=63GY7DdhmEwU6Yc6mPqIRV6Tlu3atl9B6izj643Qy2	3600
theonion.com	_globalsign-domain-verification=PILG2L7GR-2KecCXJkC9QC-kzXA2GQir70Rw22Bv9C	3600
theonion.com	v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:shops.shopify.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:servers.mcsv.net include:mail.zendesk.com ~all	3600

ha1.markmonitor.zone
TTL: 86400
Email address: hostmaster.markmonitor.com
Serial: 2024102206
Refresh: 86400
Retry: 3600
Expire: 2592000
Minimum: 172800

Theonion.com HTML Validation

HTML Validation Tool

Errors

A “meta” element with an “http-equiv” attribute whose value is “X-UA-Compatible” must have a “content” attribute with the value “IE=edge”.

Attribute “rel” not allowed on element “style” at this point.

Attribute “value” not allowed on element “meta” at this point.

Element “meta” is missing one or more of the following attributes: “content”, “property”.

No space between attributes.

Duplicate ID “theonion-avatar-svg”.

Duplicate ID “theonion-avatar-svgid”.

Bad value “--small” for attribute “media” on element “source”: Expected “(” or letter at start of a media query part but saw “-” instead.

Element “source” is missing required attribute “srcset”.

Bad value “--medium” for attribute “media” on element “source”: Expected “(” or letter at start of a media query part but saw “-” instead.

An “img” element must have an “alt” attribute, except under certain conditions. For details, consult guidance on providing text alternatives for images.

Stray end tag “div”.

Attribute “webkitallowfullscreen” not allowed on element “iframe” at this point.

Attribute “mozallowfullscreen” not allowed on element “iframe” at this point.

The “frameborder” attribute on the “iframe” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.

Element “div” not allowed as child of element “span” in this context. (Suppressing further errors from this subtree.)

The element “button” must not appear as a descendant of the “a” element.

Attribute “alt” not allowed on element “span” at this point.

Element “h4” not allowed as child of element “span” in this context. (Suppressing further errors from this subtree.)

The text content of element “time” was not in the required format: The literal did not satisfy the time-datetime format.

The element “header” must not appear as a descendant of the “footer” element.

The element “footer” must not appear as a descendant of the “footer” element.

Attribute “x” not allowed on element “symbol” at this point.

Attribute “y” not allowed on element “symbol” at this point.

End tag “symbol” did not match the name of the current open element (“path”).

Duplicate ID “iconset-search”.

Warnings

The first occurrence of ID “theonion-avatar-svg” was here.

The first occurrence of ID “theonion-avatar-svgid” was here.

Consider using the “h1” element as a top-level heading only (all “h1” elements are treated as top-level headings by many screen readers and other tools).

Section lacks heading. Consider using “h2”-“h6” elements to add identifying headings to all sections.

The first occurrence of ID “iconset-search” was here.

The “border” attribute is obsolete. Consider specifying “img { border: 0; }” in CSS instead.

Theonion.com Desktop Insights

Last tested: 06/12/2016

Desktop

Desktop Speed

75%

Leverage browser caching

Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content

Optimize images

Prioritize visible content

Enable compression

Minify HTML

Minify JavaScript

Desktop Resource Breakdown

Total Resources	168
Number of Hosts	55
Static Resources	71
JavaScript Resources	63
CSS Resources	5

Theonion.com Mobile Insights

Last tested: 12/02/2019

Mobile

Mobile Usability

95%

Size content to viewport

Size tap targets appropriately

Mobile Speed

58%

Avoid landing page redirects

Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content

Prioritize visible content

Leverage browser caching

Mobile Resource Breakdown

Total Resources	58
Number of Hosts	12
Static Resources	51
JavaScript Resources	36

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