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britannica.com

Category: Education, Reference

Scanned: May 6, 2026, 07:36 PM UTC · First seen: May 6, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
84 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of britannica.com Captured May 6, 2026
https://britannica.com
Screenshot of britannica.com
30 years
Extremely Popular - #614 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
AWS EC2 (us-east-1)
Ashburn, United States
cloudflare
Unknown
52.87.132.88
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
Registered June 14, 1995
Expires June 13, 2026
Name Servers ns-829.awsdns-39.net
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting AWS EC2 (us-east-1)
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
61 files scanned
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www.britannica.com/topic/consciousness 83.7 KB Flagged: high risk
www.britannica.com%3A443.http-redirect 92 B No threats
www.britannica.com%3A443/# 131.3 KB No threats
www.britannica.com/animals-nature 45.0 KB No threats
www.britannica.com/biographies 45.0 KB No threats
www.britannica.com/?cmpscreen 131.3 KB No threats
www.britannica.com/new-articles 266.5 KB No threats
www.britannica.com/arts-culture 45.0 KB No threats
www.britannica.com/# 131.3 KB No threats
www.britannica.com/0 46.8 KB No threats
launchpad-wrapper.privacymanager.io/0ccc6fe8-1870-4ad8-b47b-6d029ac116fc/launchpad-liveramp.js 2.9 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
5910
External Links
All Clean
7
Iframes
Clean
193
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
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Flagged Resources
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ijels.comFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
http://britannica.com/0Not flagged
http://britannica.com/?cmpscreenNot flagged
http://britannica.com/animal/coyote-mammalNot flagged
http://britannica.com/animal/coyote-mammal#ref482262Not flagged
http://britannica.com/animal/coyote-mammal#ref482263Not flagged
http://britannica.com/animal/eastern-wolfNot flagged
http://britannica.com/animal/red-wolfNot flagged
http://britannica.com/animals-natureNot flagged
http://britannica.com/art/Dalcroze-methodNot flagged
http://britannica.com/art/Homeric-epicsNot flagged
http://britannica.com/art/biography-narrative-genreNot flagged
http://britannica.com/art/dramatic-literatureNot flagged
http://britannica.com/art/poetryNot flagged
http://britannica.com/art/theatre-artNot flagged
http://britannica.com/arts-cultureNot flagged
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ijels.comFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
a-z-animals.comNot flagged
aaregistry.orgNot flagged
amshq.orgNot flagged
animalcorner.orgNot flagged
animaldiversity.orgNot flagged
arabic.britannicaenglish.comNot flagged
archive.nyu.eduNot flagged
archive.orgNot flagged
auto.howstuffworks.comNot flagged
bombmagazine.orgNot flagged
books.britannica.comNot flagged
britannica.co.ukNot flagged
britannica.comNot flagged
britannica.com.auNot flagged
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<iframe src%3D"https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-KRJ753NG" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display: none%3B visibility: hidden" >Not flagged
<iframe src%3D"https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-PXN95GW" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display: none%3B visibility: hidden" >Not flagged
<iframe class%3D"interactive-iframe" title%3D"interactive" width%3D"100%" height%3D"100%" src%3D"https://www.britannica.com/cdn/18/286718-101-0061172B/default.html" scrolling%3D"no" style%3D"border:none">Not flagged
<iframe class%3D"interactive-iframe" title%3D"interactive" width%3D"100%" height%3D"100%" src%3D"https://www.britannica.com/cdn/27/277227-101-F3826814/default.html" scrolling%3D"no" style%3D"border:none">Not flagged
<iframe class%3D"interactive-iframe" title%3D"interactive" width%3D"100%" height%3D"100%" src%3D"https://www.britannica.com/cdn/75/275475-101-2E43FF5A/default.html" scrolling%3D"no" style%3D"border:none">Not flagged
<iframe title%3D"google-gtm" src%3D"//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-5W6NC8" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
<iframe title%3D"google-gtm" src%3D"//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-KRJ753NG" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
britannica.com Overview

Description of britannica.com

britannica.com appears to be the official website for Encyclopaedia Britannica, a long-established reference and educational publisher. The site presents encyclopedia articles, biographies, subject guides, images, videos, quizzes, and other learning materials across topics such as history, science, literature, geography, and culture.

Based on the domain name, page metadata, and screenshot, the website is operated as a mainstream knowledge and reference platform rather than a personal blog or thin-content site. Its very high traffic ranking, long registration history dating back to 1995, and consistent branding all suggest an established educational web property with broad public use.

Safety Assessment for britannica.com

The scan results are largely favorable. At the time of this scan, 0 out of 91 security engines flagged the domain, and the site was categorized by multiple web-classification providers as education/reference content. In addition, blacklist checks referenced in the scan data did not show active listings, which generally supports a lower-risk assessment.

One malware scan did report a malicious finding tied to a specific Britannica page and a referenced external domain, indicating a possible embedded or linked object that may warrant review. However, this appears to be an isolated detection rather than a broad consensus across security engines or blacklist databases, and no external links were flagged in the link scan summary. On large content-heavy websites, occasional third-party or page-level detections can sometimes reflect transient or contextual issues rather than a site-wide compromise.

Taking the full dataset together, britannica.com appears to be a legitimate, established reference website with limited security concerns visible in this snapshot. Based on available scan data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan, though the isolated page-level malware finding may merit follow-up monitoring.

Technical Description

The domain is approximately 30 years old and uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued through Amazon infrastructure, with expiry in September 2026. The site appears to be served through Cloudflare while hosted on AWS infrastructure in the United States, a common setup for performance and traffic protection on large websites. Nameservers are hosted on AWS Route 53, and the registrar is a corporate domain provider.

DNSSEC is reported as unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses do not appear to benefit from DNSSEC validation. The main technical concern in this scan is the single malware-scanner alert associated with one page and one referenced domain; aside from that, the broader infrastructure signals appear consistent with a mature, professionally managed web property.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://britannica.com
403 https://www.britannica.com:443/
Website Insights
#614
Tranco Rank
Extremely Popular
Visitors >100M/mo
Category: Education, Reference
Rank History (30 days)
Mar 30 May 5
48 cookies detected
Essential43
Analytics4
Advertising1
Social0
41 1st party cookies
7 3rd party (trackers)
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