Is theverge.com safe?

Very Likely Safe

No major red flags found. This looks like a legitimate, established website.

Checked Nov 13, 2026

Trust score

Why: Main reasons: domain registered 28+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; no impersonation patterns detected. Minor issues: no terms of service found; no contact page found.

Identity & Age100/100

Impersonation Risk100/100

Red Flags100/100

Transparency72/100

Security97/100

Email100/100

Positive highlights

Domain registered 28+ years agoLong-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
Not flagged by Google Safe BrowsingNo malware, phishing, or unwanted-software match in Google's live threat database.
HTTPS is enforcedAll redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.
Valid SSL / TLS certificate activeIssued by C=US, O=Amazon, CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M01, valid for 136 remaining days.
Site responded with 200Final URL: https://www.theverge.com/. Response time 115ms.
No impersonation patterns detectedDomain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.
Not listed on URLhaus malware blocklist
Fast response (115ms)
Not present in PhishStats phishing feed
HSTS is setTells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.

Negative highlights

No terms of service foundReputable sites usually publish a terms of service.
No contact page foundReputable sites usually publish a contact page.
Large response served uncompressedEnable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.

Note: Registered via Amazon Registrar, Inc..

Note: 5 technologies detected. WordPress, Next.js, Svelte, Google Analytics, Cloudflare

Key facts about theverge.com

Website: theverge.com
Popularity: Not checked
Domain created: Nov 11, 1998 (28.0 years old)
Domain expires: Nov 10, 2027
Registrar: Amazon Registrar, Inc.
Owner details: Public in WHOIS
IP address: 151.101.129.91
Hosting / CDN: Cloudflare
SSL certificate: Amazon · valid until Mar 29, 2027
Email security: SPF ✓ · DMARC ✓ (reject)
Threat blocklists: Not listed (clean)
Technology: WordPress, Next.js, Svelte, Google Analytics, Cloudflare

Summary

95/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (28.0 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns.

No malware/phishing on feedsGood reputationHTTPS enabled

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Domain Information

Registration timeline, age calculation, registrar details, and ICANN status.

Verified

Registrar Name: Amazon Registrar, Inc.
Creation Date: November 11, 1998 (28.0 years ago)
Last Updated: October 6, 2026
Registry Expiry Date: November 10, 2027
WHOIS Privacy Protection: Publicly Visible
Domain Status Codes: client transfer prohibited

ICANN Status Badges

client transfer prohibited

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Domain registered 28+ years ago

Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.

+15

Registered via Amazon Registrar, Inc.

Owner information disclosed

The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.

HTTP Headers & Security

Full HTTP response headers, HSTS, Content Security Policy (CSP), and security baselines.

Warning

Security Header Baseline

Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing

Content-Security-PolicyMissing

X-Frame-OptionsMissing

X-Content-Type-OptionsMissing

Referrer-PolicyMissing

Permissions-PolicyMissing

Recommended Missing Headers

missing: X-Frame-Optionsmissing: X-Content-Type-Optionsmissing: Referrer Policymissing: Permissions Policy

All Response Headers (23)

age: 345
alt-svc: h3=":443";ma=86400,h3-29=":443";ma=86400,h3-27=":443";ma=86400
cache-control: no-store,private
cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC
cf-ray: a59edee90f1eb86e-CMH
connection: close
content-security-policy: frame-ancestors https://platform.theverge.com https://*.theverge.com https://platform.theverge.com https://*.theverge.com 'self'
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 15:39:42 GMT
etag: W/"10h2em948blkiou"
server: cloudflare
set-cookie: _vm_consent_type=opt-out; expires=Sat, 14 Nov 2026 15:39:42 GMT; path=/;
strict-transport-security: max-age=31556952; preload
transfer-encoding: chunked
vary: Accept-Encoding, x-user-state, x-user-state
via: 1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish
vm-cyclone-community-id: 815a6122-a71c-47a0-a311-32f264c80c8a
x-cache: HIT, HIT
x-cache-hits: 20, 1
x-middleware-rewrite: /resource/homepage
x-powered-by: Next.js
x-served-by: cache-iad-kiad7000122-IAD, cache-cmh1290107-CMH
x-timer: S1794584383.898718,VS0,VE2

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HSTS is set

Tells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.

Content Security Policy is set

Restricts which scripts and resources the page can load.

Missing X-Frame-Options

Prevents clickjacking by disallowing framing.

-3

Missing X-Content-Type-Options

Blocks MIME-sniffing browser attacks.

-2

Missing Referrer Policy

Controls what referrer information is sent with requests.

-2

Missing Permissions Policy

Restricts access to powerful browser features (camera, mic, etc.).

-2

DNS Records

Encrypted DoH resolution: A, AAAA, MX mail servers, authoritative NS, and TXT verification.

Resolved

IPv4 Addresses (A): 151.101.129.91, 151.101.1.91, 151.101.193.91, 151.101.65.91
IPv6 Addresses (AAAA): None
Mail Servers (MX): aspmx.l.google.com (Priority: 1), alt1.aspmx.l.google.com (Priority: 5), alt2.aspmx.l.google.com (Priority: 5), alt3.aspmx.l.google.com (Priority: 10), alt4.aspmx.l.google.com (Priority: 10)
Authoritative Nameservers (NS): ns-11.awsdns-01.com, ns-1312.awsdns-36.org, ns-1883.awsdns-43.co.uk, ns-637.awsdns-15.net
TXT Records Found: 5 TXT verification records

A Records (IPv4)

151.101.129.91151.101.1.91151.101.193.91151.101.65.91

TXT Verification Records

anthropic-domain-verification-5dtm88=DrVVVyygi5p6TiB0RCU0TesvY

google-site-verification=Q6PJWPj8v7jRr7N43MKxX-esSNrzG2vN5qmU9Y2TKe4

google-site-verification=hZ2imB0V3ktjG_tWP0pZCF3X00RLmZyFpglelMnHBlY

slack-domain-verification=xsISVtSUOzZ0mWjMmP86Ib67jMbAH2HbeIKjIkEl

v=spf1 ip4:205.220.178.19 ip4:205.220.166.19 a:mail.voxmedia.com include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:helpscoutemail.com ~all

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4 address record(s) resolved

4 authoritative nameservers

WHOIS & Identity Lookup

Domain ownership status, registry lifecycle, nameservers, and privacy redaction.

Found

Registrable Domain: theverge.com
Registrar Organization: Amazon Registrar, Inc.
WHOIS Privacy Status: Public Registration Data
Registry Status Codes: client transfer prohibited
Delegated Authoritative Nameservers: ns-11.awsdns-01.com, ns-1312.awsdns-36.org, ns-1883.awsdns-43.co.uk, ns-637.awsdns-15.net
Registration Lifecycle: Registered: 1998 → Expires: 2027

Nameservers (NS)

ns-11.awsdns-01.comns-1312.awsdns-36.orgns-1883.awsdns-43.co.ukns-637.awsdns-15.net

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Domain registered 28+ years ago

Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.

+15

Registered via Amazon Registrar, Inc.

Owner information disclosed

The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.

Email Security & Deliverability

SPF record validation, DMARC policy enforcement, DKIM selectors, and MX reputation.

Protected

SPF Record: v=spf1 ip4:205.220.178.19 ip4:205.220.166.19 a:mail.voxmedia.com include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:helpscoutemail.com ~all
DMARC Policy Mode: Policy: REJECT
DMARC Raw Record: v=DMARC1; p=reject; pct=100; rua=mailto:zicaptxt@ag.dmarcian.com
DKIM Selectors Detected: google, s1, s2

Email Protection Summary: This domain has strong email authentication configured to prevent spammers from sending emails impersonating this brand.

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SPF record published

DMARC published (reject)

DKIM configured (google, s1, s2)

Threat Intelligence & Blocklists

Multi-source malware feeds (URLhaus), phishing checks (PhishStats, Safe Browsing), and typosquats.

Clean

URLhaus Malware

Clean / Not Listed

PhishStats Feed

Clean / Not Listed

Google Safe Browsing

Clean / Verified

Root Domain Label: theverge
Top-Level Domain (TLD): .com (Standard TLD)
Punycode Obfuscation: No (Standard ASCII)
Homoglyph / Lookalike Script: No mixed scripts
Brand Match Analysis: No recognized brand impersonation
Typosquatting Risk: Clean

No impersonation patterns detected

Domain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.

Technology Stack & Metadata

Detected CMS, JavaScript frameworks, analytics tags, CDN providers, and page metadata.

Detected

Detected Technologies by Category

cms

WordPress

framework

Next.js

Svelte

analytics

Google Analytics

cdn

Cloudflare

Page Metadata & Fingerprint

HTML Title: The Verge
Meta Description: The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.
Document Language: en-US
Character Encoding: utf-8
Viewport Setting: width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no
Generator Software: —

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5 technologies detected

WordPress, Next.js, Svelte, Google Analytics, Cloudflare

Built on a modern framework

Mobile viewport configured

Page Performance & Compression

Server response time, content payload size, Brotli/Gzip compression, and caching rules.

115ms

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: 115 ms
Payload Body Size: 936 KB
Compression Status: Uncompressed
Cache Directives: no-store,private

Large response served uncompressed

Enable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.

-3

AI Content Safety & Red Flags

High-pressure language, payment gateway safety, disposable domain analysis, and deceptive tactics.

Safe

AI Content Evaluation

95/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (28.0 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Main reasons: domain registered 28+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; no impersonation patterns detected. Minor issues: no terms of service found; no contact page found.

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: 16,900 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.

Server & Hosting Infrastructure

Primary IP address, web server software, CDN edge network, and redirect hop chain.

cloudflare

Primary Web Server: cloudflare
CDN / Cloud Provider: Cloudflare
Primary IP Address: 151.101.129.91
HTTP Status Code: 200 OK
Final Landing Destination: https://www.theverge.com/
Redirect Hop Count: 1 hop

Redirect Hop Chain

1.https://theverge.com/ → https://www.theverge.com/

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Site responded with 200

Final URL: https://www.theverge.com/. Response time 115ms.

HTTPS is enforced

All redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.

+10

Fast response (115ms)

Served through Cloudflare

Sites behind a major CDN benefit from DDoS protection and edge caching.

SSL / TLS Certificate

Active Certificate Authority, Common Name, validity period, expiration countdown, and SANs.

Secure

Certificate Authority (Issuer): C=US, O=Amazon, CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M01
Subject Common Name (CN): zephr-prd.theverge.com
Validity Period: 136 days remaining (Expires: 2027-03-29T23:59:59Z)
Subject Alternative Names (SANs): 40 domains protected
Certificates Logged (CT): 100 certs recorded

Subject Alternative Names (Sample)

zephr-prd.theverge.comnetwork.qa-9.theverge.complatform.qa-10.theverge.complatform.qa-8.theverge.complatform.qa-5.theverge.comnetwork.qa-6.theverge.comnetwork.qa-8.theverge.complatform.qa-7.theverge.complatform.qa-6.theverge.comnetwork.qa-7.theverge.comnetwork.qa-5.theverge.complatform.qa-4.theverge.comnetwork.qa-4.theverge.complatform.qa-3.theverge.complatform.qa-fastly.theverge.comnetwork.qa-3.theverge.complatform.qa-2.theverge.complatform.qa-1.theverge.comnetwork.qa-2.theverge.comnetwork.qa-fastly.theverge.comnetwork.qa-1.theverge.complatform.release.theverge.comnetwork.release.theverge.comtollbit.theverge.comcdn.cstatic.neteater.commeridian.netracked.comrecode.netsbnation.comtheverge.comvox-cdn.comvoxcreative.comvoxfieldguide.comvoxmedia.comvoxops.netrs-stripe.theverge.complatform.sandbox-3.theverge.complatform.staging.theverge.comnetwork.staging.theverge.com+20 more

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Valid SSL / TLS certificate active

Issued by C=US, O=Amazon, CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M01, valid for 136 remaining days.

+10

Content & Transparency Policies

Linked privacy policy, terms of service, about page, social channels, and published contacts.

Warning

Key Legal & Transparency Pages

privacy PageFound

terms PageNot linked

contact PageNot linked

about PageFound

refund PageNot linked

shipping PageNot linked

cookies PageNot linked

Verified Social Channels

twitter facebook instagram linkedin tiktok

Published Phone Numbers: 549923288395304, 2011-11-01, 0.03673769287289, 99.926524614254, 1080 1080, 1200 1200

No terms of service found

Reputable sites usually publish a terms of service.

-4

No contact page found

Reputable sites usually publish a contact page.

-4

About page linked from home page

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

5 social profile(s) linked

twitter, facebook, instagram, linkedin, tiktok

Phone number published

Robots.txt & Sitemap Discoverability

Search engine crawler directives, indexability, and declared XML sitemaps.

Present

Robots.txt Directives: Present & Configured
Sitemaps Declared: https://theverge.com/sitemaps/google_news, https://theverge.com/sitemaps
Disallow Rules Count: 118 rules

View Raw robots.txt


User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: A6-Indexer
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: AI2Bot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: AI2Bot-DeepResearchEval
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: aiHitBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Anchor Browser
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: ApifyBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: ApifyWebsiteContentCrawler
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: betaBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLEXBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: botify
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: brands-bot-logo
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Brightbot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: calculon
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: ChatGLM-Spider
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: CloudVertexBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: collection@infegy.com
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Cotoyogi
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Crawl4AI
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: CrunchBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: deepcrawl
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: DeepSeekBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: DirBuster
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: DTS
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: EasouSpider
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: FirecrawlAgent
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: GlutenCrawler
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: GrapeshotCrawler
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: iaskspider
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: ICC-Crawler
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: ImagesiftBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: img2dataset
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: JackCrawl
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Jetslide
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: linkapedia_bot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Mediatoolkitbot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: MegaIndex
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: meta-externalfetcher
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Microsoft BITS
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Microsoft URL Control
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Microsoft-WebDAV-MiniRedir
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: news-please
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Novellum
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: NTENTbot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Nutch
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: omgili
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Omgilibot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: OpenLinkProfiler
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Primalbot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: python-requests
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Re-Animator
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Riddler
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: SafeDNSBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-agent: SBIntuitionsBot
Allow: /sp/
Disallow: /

User-

robots.txt published

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Scan Engine Performance

Automated multi-signal inspection pipeline

v5.1.0 Engine

Signals Analyzed

This scan

Sources Checked

Live security feeds

Scan Duration

4.63s

Full live scan

Last Scan

11/13/2026

Live timestamp

Overall Risk

Low Risk

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