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buzzfeed.com

Category: Entertainment

Scanned: May 19, 2026, 08:50 PM UTC · First seen: May 19, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 92 · Times Scanned: 1
100 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
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Screenshot of buzzfeed.com Captured May 19, 2026
https://buzzfeed.com
Screenshot of buzzfeed.com
23 years
Very Popular - #1,254 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (92 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Fastly, Inc.
Montreal, Canada
nginx
Next.js
151.101.130.114
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Markmonitor Inc.
Registered August 7, 2002
Expires August 7, 2026
Name Servers ns-1015.awsdns-62.net
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Fastly, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 92 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
13 files scanned
No threats
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www.buzzfeed.com.http-redirect 84 B No threats
cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js 2.6 KB No threats
www.buzzfeed.com/bestoftheinternet 825.3 KB No threats
www.buzzfeed.com/ca 861.0 KB No threats
www.buzzfeed.com/archive 971.3 KB No threats
www.buzzfeed.com/books 801.8 KB No threats
www.buzzfeed.com/arcade 1.0 MB No threats
www.buzzfeed.com/cocoabutter 828.7 KB No threats
www.buzzfeed.com/au 862.4 KB No threats
www.buzzfeed.com/buzzchat 689.2 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
2188
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
97
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
1
Flagged Resources
Detected
optout.aboutads.infoFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://buzzfeed.com/aaronhirschNot flagged
http://buzzfeed.com/abbyzinmanNot flagged
http://buzzfeed.com/abigail_whittingtonNot flagged
http://buzzfeed.com/about/privacy#section-13Not flagged
http://buzzfeed.com/ai-ui/widgets/embedderNot flagged
http://buzzfeed.com/ajanibazileNot flagged
http://buzzfeed.com/alanavalkoNot flagged
http://buzzfeed.com/alanna_marshallNot flagged
http://buzzfeed.com/alexalisitzaNot flagged
http://buzzfeed.com/alexandraemanuelliNot flagged
http://buzzfeed.com/alexnaidusNot flagged
http://buzzfeed.com/alicelahodaNot flagged
http://buzzfeed.com/alicelaporteNot flagged
http://buzzfeed.com/alpacagaloreNot flagged
http://buzzfeed.com/amberusherNot flagged
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Showing first 500 of 2188 entries.
optout.aboutads.infoFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
a-us.storyblok.comNot flagged
aax.amazon-adsystem.comNot flagged
abeagle-public.buzzfeed.comNot flagged
adssettings.google.comNot flagged
advertise.buzzfeed.comNot flagged
amplify.outbrain.comNot flagged
audigent.comNot flagged
bsky.appNot flagged
buzzfeed-privacy.my.onetrust.comNot flagged
buzzfeed.comNot flagged
buzzfeed.com.brNot flagged
bzfd.itNot flagged
c.amazon-adsystem.comNot flagged
c.aps.amazon-adsystem.comNot flagged
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buzzfeed.com Overview

Description of buzzfeed.com

buzzfeed.com appears to be the primary website for BuzzFeed, Inc., a long-established digital media and entertainment publisher. Based on the domain name, page title, and visible homepage content, the site offers trending articles, quizzes, celebrity coverage, videos, recipes, and other shareable editorial content aimed at a broad consumer audience.

The homepage layout shown in the scan is consistent with a mainstream media platform, with navigation for quizzes, shopping, trending news, celebrity content, and interactive features. Independent web-classification sources also categorize the domain in entertainment-related segments, which aligns with BuzzFeed's public-facing brand and publishing model.

Safety Assessment for buzzfeed.com

The scan results are broadly reassuring. At the time of this scan, 0 out of 92 security engines flagged the domain, and the checked blacklist and threat-database sources reported clean status. The domain is also very mature, with a registration age of more than 23 years, which generally reduces the likelihood of opportunistic abuse compared with newly created domains.

A malware scan referenced one generic suspicious heuristic tied to an external domain, but no scanned files on buzzfeed.com itself were flagged, and no blacklist listings were reported. In context, that isolated heuristic appears low-confidence and is not corroborated by the broader scan data. Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The site was served over a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by GlobalSign, with expiry extending into 2026. The web server appears to use nginx and is hosted through Fastly infrastructure, which is commonly used by high-traffic websites for content delivery and performance. The domain's strong age, established registrar, and high Tranco ranking are all consistent with a well-known production website.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses may not benefit from that additional layer of authenticity protection. No major technical security concerns were evident from the provided scan data beyond that, and the hosting and certificate setup appear consistent with a large media platform at the time of this scan.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://buzzfeed.com/
200 https://www.buzzfeed.com/
Website Insights
#1,254
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Entertainment
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 13 May 18
41 cookies detected
Essential40
Analytics0
Advertising1
Social0
34 1st party cookies
7 3rd party (trackers)
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