wikipedia.org
Looks Normal
Standard signals observed
This reflects observed technical signals, not a judgment of the website's intent or safety. Wondering if Wikipedia is legit? Below you'll find technical signals for wikipedia.org including domain age, HTTPS security, DNS records, and redirect behavior to help you decide if this website is trustworthy.
The domain wikipedia.org is actively hosting a website with DNS records pointing to the IP address 208.80.154.224 and nameservers under wikimedia.org. Registered for 24 years via MarkMonitor Inc., its current registration extends until January 2027. The site enforces HTTPS with a valid wildcard certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, expiring in March 2026, and uses two HTTP to HTTPS redirects to secure connections. These signals describe technical characteristics only and do not indicate intent or safety.
Final URL:
https://www.wikipedia.org/
Redirect chain
http://wikipedia.org/
→
https://wikipedia.org/
https://wikipedia.org/
→
https://www.wikipedia.org/
https://www.wikipedia.org/
Expires in 38 days
Certificate details
Subject: /CN=*.wikipedia.org
Issuer: /C=US/O=Let's Encrypt/CN=E8
Chain: 2 certificates
Subject Alt Names (41)
*.m.mediawiki.org
*.m.wikibooks.org
*.m.wikidata.org
*.m.wikimedia.org
*.m.wikinews.org
*.m.wikipedia.org
*.m.wikiquote.org
*.m.wikisource.org
+ 33 more
IP addresses & nameservers
A: 208.80.154.224
AAAA: 2620:0:861:ed1a::1
NS: ns0.wikimedia.org, ns1.wikimedia.org, ns2.wikimedia.org
MX records (2)
TXT records (3)
yandex-verification: 35c08d23099dc863v=spf1 include:_cidrs.wikimedia.org ~allgoogle-site-verification=AMHkgs-4ViEvIJf5znZle-BSE2EPNFqM...More details
Last changed: Dec 17, 2025
Status: client delete prohibited client transfer prohibited client update prohibited
Nameservers: ns0.wikimedia.org, ns1.wikimedia.org, ...
Status: 301 Moved Permanently
URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/robots.txt
Redirects: 3 (cross-host)
Robots.txt redirects to a different host. Per RFC 9309, robots.txt must be served from the same host to be valid.