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/ 100 BETA
Low Risk Technology
.com websites

medium.com looks legitimate based on our checks.

Likely safe. As always, check the address bar before entering sensitive data.

Security check
None detected
Visitors
Very Popular
Website age
28 years
Hosted in
United States
Last updated

About medium.com

medium.com went online 28 years ago. It is hosted in United States. Its content suggests it is a Technology website. It is one of the most visited websites worldwide (#200). None of the security databases we monitor list it. Its connection is encrypted (padlock in the address bar) — good, though scam sites can have this too. On the website we noticed: no imprint, legal notice or company information; no contact page, e-mail address or phone number; no privacy policy.

Key facts

Online since
May 27, 1998
Website age
28 years
Category
Technology
Hosted in
United States
Secure connection
Yes
Registered with
Amazon Registrar, Inc.
Page title
Attention Required! | Cloudflare

What we checked

Website age 28 years

The domain has existed for 28 years. Long-lived domains are less likely to be throwaway scam sites, although old domains can be bought or hijacked.

Visitors Very Popular

This site ranks #200 among the most visited websites worldwide (Tranco list). Scam sites rarely reach this level of traffic.

Security databases None detected

No security vendor or threat feed we check currently lists this domain. New scams are often not listed yet, so treat this as one signal among many.

Hosting country United States

The website is hosted on a server in United States. The hosting location says little on its own, but it should fit where the business claims to be.

Registered with Amazon Registrar, Inc.

The domain is registered through Amazon Registrar, Inc.. If you were scammed, the registrar can receive abuse reports and may suspend the domain.

Technical details for experts
Server address
162.159.152.4
Network
AS13335 · CLOUDFLARENET
Certificate
DV Google Trust Services
Certificate expires
Dec 4, 2026
Last changed
May 16, 2026
Response code
403
DNS A
162.159.152.4
162.159.153.4
DNS AAAA
2606:4700:7::a29f:9804
2606:4700:7::a29f:9904
DNS MX
1 aspmx.l.google.com
10 aspmx2.googlemail.com
10 aspmx3.googlemail.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
DNS NS
alina.ns.cloudflare.com
kip.ns.cloudflare.com
DNS TXT
07ecf60c9da442a9b3bcce99190ff60a
Domain Verification for Digicert (10/05/2022)y7ncgbyk39tw482zsbwcnfx0t775d85j
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apple-domain-verification=Ls6JkesM8aOd8xyQ
cursor-domain-verification-54pwxn=8yHL5J3FELu0JwETv8iGeZt4A
dropbox-domain-verification=d7wsnlvbz6l3
facebook-domain-verification=eqviiajbkkhum35vciytgngt69oan0
google-site-verification=QuRrrbvTtvFC0uq2BLr_CcuuuDEiNGDJjI7XkPV3s60

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