reddit.com

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Standard signals observed

This reflects observed technical signals, not a judgment of the website's intent or safety. Wondering if Reddit is legit? Below you'll find technical signals for reddit.com including domain age, HTTPS security, DNS records, and redirect behavior to help you decide if this website is trustworthy.

Observed signals
Domain registered 20 years ago
Valid HTTPS certificate
DNS hosted via AWS Route 53 (based on nameservers)
2 redirects observed
HSTS preloaded (browser-enforced)
Access forbidden (possible bot protection)
AI Summary Plain-language explanation of the signals

The domain reddit.com hosts an active website with DNS records managed via AWS Route 53 (inferred from nameservers). It is registered through MarkMonitor Inc., with a domain age of approximately 20 years and an expiration date set in April 2026. The site enforces HTTPS with a valid wildcard certificate issued by DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1, expiring in May 2026. The domain uses multiple IP addresses and implements HTTP to HTTPS redirects for secure access. These signals describe technical characteristics only and do not indicate intent or safety.

HTTP Response
HTTPS 2 redirects

Final URL:

https://www.reddit.com/
Redirect chain
301 http://reddit.com/ → https://reddit.com/
301 https://reddit.com/ → https://www.reddit.com/
403 https://www.reddit.com/
TLS Certificate
Valid
Yes
Covers Domain
Yes
Type
Wildcard

Expires in 112 days

Certificate details

Subject: /C=US/ST=California/L=San Francisco/O=REDDIT, INC./CN=*.reddit.com

Issuer: /C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/CN=DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1

Chain: 2 certificates

Subject Alt Names (2)
*.reddit.com
reddit.com matches
DNS Records
AWS Route 53 (inferred)

Based on nameserver patterns, DNS appears to be hosted via AWS Route 53, Amazon's enterprise-grade DNS service.

A Records
4
AAAA
4
NS
4
IP addresses & nameservers

A: 151.101.193.140, 151.101.129.140, 151.101.65.140, 151.101.1.140

AAAA: 2a04:4e42:400::396, 2a04:4e42:600::396, 2a04:4e42::396, 2a04:4e42:200::396

NS: ns-1029.awsdns-00.org, ns-1887.awsdns-43.co.uk, ns-378.awsdns-47.com, ns-557.awsdns-05.net

MX records (5)
aspmx.l.google.com
alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
aspmx2.googlemail.com
aspmx3.googlemail.com
TXT records (21)
614ac4be-8664-4cea-8e29-f84d08ad875c
MS=ms71041902
a5897185-49e1-4181-9065-51bd24737466
apple-domain-verification=qC3rSSKrh10DoMI7
atlassian-domain-verification=aGWDxGvt+oY3p7qTWt5v2uJDVJk...

+ 16 more

Domain Registration
20 years old
Registered Apr 29, 2005
Registrar MarkMonitor Inc.
Expires Apr 29, 2026
More details

Last changed: Mar 28, 2024

Status: client delete prohibited client transfer prohibited client update prohibited +3 more

Nameservers: NS-1029.AWSDNS-00.ORG, NS-1887.AWSDNS-43.CO.UK, ...

Robots.txt (Crawl directives)
Status
200 OK (1 redirect)
Crawl Access
Restricted (blocks all paths)

Final URL: https://www.reddit.com/robots.txt

These directives apply to crawlers requesting this host.

Agents
1
Rules
1
Sitemaps
0
Directive breakdown
Disallow 1
Allow 0
Raw content
8 lines View full file 
# Welcome to Reddit's robots.txt
# Reddit believes in an open internet, but not the misuse of public content.
# See https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/26410290525844-Public-Content-Policy Reddit's Public Content Policy for access and use restrictions to Reddit content.
# See https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit4researchers/ for details on how Reddit continues to support research and non-commercial use.
# policy: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/26410290525844-Public-Content-Policy

User-agent: *
Disallow: /

Robots.txt directives are advisory instructions for crawlers and do not enforce access control.

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