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Automated Website Trust & Risk Intelligence Report
https://scamlookup.net/website/instagram
Generated: Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:29:07 GMT
Target Website: instagram.com
Overall Trust Score: 98/100 (Trusted)
instagram.com
Trusted
Scanned: Sep 5, 11:29 AMTRUST SCORE
98
CONFIDENT
Low Risk
98/100
TRUST SCORE
CONFIDENT
Low Risk
SAFETY
100/100
100/100
TRANSPARENCY
95/100
95/100
DOMAIN RISK
LowLow Tier
LowRisk
SSL SECURITY
20/100
20/100
PAYMENT RISK
NoNo Risk
NoRisk
VERDICT
Trusted
Trusted
AI Security Summary
98/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (22.3 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Verdict driven by: certificate expires soon (0 days); large response served uncompressed — worth extra caution before trusting.
No malware/phishing on feedsGood reputationHTTPS enabled
HTTPS & SSL
SecureSecure
HTTPS Active (TLS 1.3/1.2)
Threat Status
CleanClean
No blacklists or malware
Domain Age
22.3 years22.3 years
Registered 6/4/2004
Reputation
High TrustHigh Trust
Based on 65+ verified signals
IP & Server
57.145.2.3457.145.2.34
cloudflare
Email Security
ProtectedProtected
SPF, DMARC, MX active
Performance
36 / 10036 / 100
Standard speed
Redirects
1 Hop1 Hop
Redirect chain analyzed
Top Priority RecommendationAction Needed
Certificate expires soon (0 days)
Why it matters
Addressing this signal prevents trust downgrades and potential security risks.
View Glossary GuidePositive Signals
- Site responded with 200
- HTTPS is enforced
- Served through Cloudflare
- 2 address record(s) resolved
- IPv6 (AAAA) available
- 4 authoritative nameservers
- Domain registered 22+ years ago
- Owner information disclosed
Warnings
- Certificate expires soon (0 days)
- Large response served uncompressed
Critical Issues
No critical issues found
Domain passes all high-risk checks
- Registrar Name
- RegistrarSafe, LLC
- Creation Date
- June 4, 2004 (22.3 years ago)
- Last Updated
- June 25, 2025
- Registry Expiry Date
- June 4, 2034
- WHOIS Privacy Protection
- Publicly Visible
- Domain Status Codes
- client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited, server delete prohibited, server transfer prohibited, server update prohibited
ICANN Status Badges
client delete prohibitedclient transfer prohibitedclient update prohibitedserver delete prohibitedserver transfer prohibitedserver update prohibited
Domain registered 22+ years ago
Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
+15
Registered via RegistrarSafe, LLC
Owner information disclosed
The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.
+2
Security Header Baseline
Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing
Content-Security-PolicyMissing
X-Frame-Options Present
X-Content-Type-Options Present
Referrer-PolicyMissing
Permissions-PolicyMissing
Recommended Missing Headers
missing: Referrer Policy
All Response Headers (32)
HSTS is set
Tells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.
+6
Content Security Policy is set
Restricts which scripts and resources the page can load.
+5
X-Frame-Options is set
Prevents clickjacking by disallowing framing.
+3
X-Content-Type-Options is set
Blocks MIME-sniffing browser attacks.
+2
Missing Referrer Policy
Controls what referrer information is sent with requests.
-2
Permissions Policy is set
Restricts access to powerful browser features (camera, mic, etc.).
+2
- IPv4 Addresses (A)
- 57.145.2.34
- IPv6 Addresses (AAAA)
- 2a03:2880:f381:22:face:b00c:0:4420
- Mail Servers (MX)
- mxa-00082601.gslb.pphosted.com (Priority: 10), mxb-00082601.gslb.pphosted.com (Priority: 10), mx0a-00082601.pphosted.com (Priority: 20), mx0b-00082601.pphosted.com (Priority: 20)
- Authoritative Nameservers (NS)
- a.ns.instagram.com, d.ns.instagram.com, c.ns.instagram.com, b.ns.instagram.com
- TXT Records Found
- 10 TXT verification records
A Records (IPv4)
57.145.2.34
TXT Verification Records
v=spf1 include:facebookmail.com include:_spf.fb.com -all
facebook-domain-verification=hksvhmzcutq39t1kgpmlx11kt8314q
_yvfspgyfwcjnwgopowc9qjme14c32od
google-site-verification=_iQgLr68Rdg7YnN2PqOljSG5dnWOFUUXISF9R77fs5c
ms=ms86975275
adobe-idp-site-verification=367fda82-a8bb-46cf-9cff-0062d452d229
hyWdekepiNsp/V9b1JCR+wZDdzbESurl4GqY+FLMfiN+7aeFaway0Art+kNDHeL5OnGZipNeV/iIC+lOONSQVQ==
nEXgIFIbDifAKlSMQvAhly5SA-vpsAkm5wiOdwdkrzY
google-site-verification=GGtId51KFyq0hqX2xNvt1u0P9Xp0C7k6pp9do49fCNw
4cbb1b68-601f-4801-8e7f-e8f68a4a41dd
2 address record(s) resolved
+4
IPv6 (AAAA) available
Modern dual-stack setup.
+2
4 authoritative nameservers
+2
- Registrable Domain
- instagram.com
- Registrar Organization
- RegistrarSafe, LLC
- WHOIS Privacy Status
- Public Registration Data
- Registry Status Codes
- client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited, server delete prohibited, server transfer prohibited, server update prohibited
- Delegated Authoritative Nameservers
- a.ns.instagram.com, b.ns.instagram.com, c.ns.instagram.com, d.ns.instagram.com
- Registration Lifecycle
- Registered: 2004 → Expires: 2034
Nameservers (NS)
a.ns.instagram.comb.ns.instagram.comc.ns.instagram.comd.ns.instagram.com
Domain registered 22+ years ago
Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
+15
Registered via RegistrarSafe, LLC
Owner information disclosed
The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.
+2
- SPF Record
- v=spf1 include:facebookmail.com include:_spf.fb.com -all
- DMARC Policy Mode
- Policy: REJECT
- DMARC Raw Record
- v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:a@dmarc.facebookmail.com; pct=100
- DKIM Selectors Detected
- None detected
Email Protection Summary: This domain has strong email authentication configured to prevent spammers from sending emails impersonating this brand.
SPF record published
+5
DMARC published (reject)
+6
URLhaus Malware
Clean / Not Listed
PhishStats Feed
Clean / Not Listed
Google Safe Browsing
Not checked
- Root Domain Label
- Top-Level Domain (TLD)
- .com (Standard TLD)
- Punycode Obfuscation
- No (Standard ASCII)
- Homoglyph / Lookalike Script
- No mixed scripts
- Brand Match Analysis
- Official Domain (instagram)
- Typosquatting Risk
- Clean
instagram is the real brand's registered domain
The root label matches the brand exactly — this IS the brand's own domain.
+10
No impersonation patterns detected
Domain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.
+8
Detected Technologies by Category
js
ReactSvelte
analytics
Google Analytics
cdn
Cloudflare
Page Metadata & Fingerprint
- HTML Title
- Meta Description
- Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
- Document Language
- en
- Character Encoding
- utf-8
- Viewport Setting
- width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, maximum-scale=2, viewport-fit=cover
- Generator Software
- —
4 technologies detected
React, Svelte, Google Analytics, Cloudflare
Mobile viewport configured
+2
Items to Fix & Optimize
Text compression (Brotli/Gzip)
MUCH NEEDEDEnable on server or CDN
Modern image formats (WebP/AVIF/SVG)
OPTIONALConvert heavy images to WebP/AVIF
Protocol
HTTP/3
QUIC-based, multiplexed
Compression
NONE
No compression detected
Optimization Signals (From Detectable Headers & Assets)
Image Formats
Legacy / Unchecked
Transfer
Uncompressed
Transport
QUIC/H3
These are server-side signals. Actual Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) require real-user measurement via PageSpeed Insights.
Detected Asset & Image Formats
WebPAVIFSVGJPEGPNG
- HTTP Response Time
- 799 ms
- Payload Body Size
- 477.3 KB
- Compression Status
- Uncompressed
- Cache Directives
- private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
Large response served uncompressed
Enable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.
-3
AI Content Evaluation
98/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (22.3 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Verdict driven by: certificate expires soon (0 days); large response served uncompressed — worth extra caution before trusting.
- Payment Red Flags
- None (No suspicious payment requests)
- High-Pressure Language
- None (No artificial urgency detected)
- Disposable Domain Risk
- No (Established infrastructure)
- Text Scanned Depth
- 865 characters verified
No scam-correlated language found on the home page
No crypto-only / gift-card / wire-only payment demands, and no obvious urgency tactics.
+6
- Primary Web Server
- cloudflare
- CDN / Cloud Provider
- Cloudflare
- Primary IP Address
- 57.145.2.34
- HTTP Status Code
- 200 OK
- Final Landing Destination
- https://www.instagram.com/
- Redirect Hop Count
- 1 hop
Redirect Hop Chain
- 1.https://instagram.com/ → https://www.instagram.com/
Site responded with 200
Final URL: https://www.instagram.com/. Response time 799ms.
+8
HTTPS is enforced
All redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.
+10
Served through Cloudflare
Sites behind a major CDN benefit from DDoS protection and edge caching.
+4
- Certificate Authority (Issuer)
- C=US, O=DigiCert Inc, OU=www.digicert.com, CN=DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA
- Subject Common Name (CN)
- *.beta.instagram.com
- Validity Period
- 0 days remaining (Expires: 2021-04-17T23:59:59)
- Subject Alternative Names (SANs)
- 6 domains protected
- Certificates Logged (CT)
- 3078 certs recorded
Subject Alternative Names (Sample)
beta.instagram.comcdninstagram.cominstagram.comgraph.instagram.comi.instagram.comintern.instagram.com
Valid SSL / TLS certificate active
Issued by C=US, O=DigiCert Inc, OU=www.digicert.com, CN=DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA, valid for 0 remaining days.
+10
Certificate expires soon (0 days)
-4
Key Legal & Transparency Pages
- Published Phone Numbers
- 389801252, 124024574287414, 1046894064, 1788607747, 936619743392459, 57.145.2.34
Privacy policy linked from home page
+6
Terms of service linked from home page
+5
Contact page linked from home page
+5
About page linked from home page
+3
No refund/return policy found
Reputable sites usually publish a refund/return policy.
-3
No cookie policy found
Reputable sites usually publish a cookie policy.
-2
2 social profile(s) linked
facebook, instagram
+3
Phone number published
+2
- Robots.txt Directives
- Not Found
- Sitemaps Declared
- None in robots.txt
- Disallow Rules Count
- 0 rules
View Raw robots.txt
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" id="facebook" class="no_js">
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Scan Engine Performance
Automated multi-signal inspection pipeline
Signals Analyzed
37
This scan
Sources Checked
18
Live security feeds
Scan Duration
2.61s
Ultra-fast
Last Scan
9/5/2026
Live timestamp
Overall Risk
Low Risk