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genius.com

Category: Entertainment

Scanned: May 12, 2026, 10:08 PM UTC · First seen: May 12, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 92 · Times Scanned: 1
99 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
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https://genius.com
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31 years
Extremely Popular - #904 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)
Not listed (92 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Cloudflare, Inc.
Toronto, Canada
cloudflare
Unknown
104.18.23.208
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Amazon Registrar, Inc.
Registered August 5, 1994
Expires May 27, 2032
Name Servers cody.ns.cloudflare.com
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Cloudflare, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 92 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
4 files scanned
No threats
4
Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
0
High Risk
0
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
genius.com/undefined 10.7 KB No threats
genius.com/# 10.7 KB No threats
genius.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray=9facbcc4db9c2945 180.4 KB No threats
genius.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray=9facbcc48fcbaccb 181.0 KB No threats
External Links & Domains
6
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
2
Referenced Domains
All Clean
0
Flagged Resources
None Detected
http://genius.com/!content-type!zcauf!dxkwy!obyyi!bpqwa!aherw!body!pkpkb!ctqvq!zgktx!eiook!hcdce!class%3DNot flagged
http://genius.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray%3D9facbcc48fcbaccbNot flagged
http://genius.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/b/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray%3D9facbcc4db9c2945Not flagged
http://genius.com/data:image/svg+xml%3Bbase64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAxMDAgMTUiPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik0xMS43IDIuOXMwLS4xIDAgMGMtLjgtLjgtMS43LTEuMi0yLjgtMS4yLTEuMSAwLTIuMS40LTIuOCAxLjEtLjIuMi0uMy40LS41LjZ2LjFjMCAuMS4xLjEuNot flagged
http://genius.com/undefinedNot flagged
https://twitter.com/geniusNot flagged
genius.comNot flagged
twitter.comNot flagged
genius.com Overview

Description of genius.com

Genius.com appears to be a long-established entertainment website focused on song lyrics, music knowledge, and artist-related editorial content. The domain name, web-classification data, and strong public visibility are consistent with a platform where users can read lyrics, explore annotations, and access music culture content tied to songs, albums, and performers.

Based on the domain history and infrastructure details provided, the site appears to be operated as a mature, mainstream web property rather than a newly created or temporary project. Its very old registration date, high traffic ranking, and entertainment-oriented categorization suggest an established online service with broad public recognition.

Safety Assessment for genius.com

The scan results are favorable at the time of this scan. No detections were reported by 0 out of 92 security engines, the malware scan indicated no flagged files, and the reviewed external links, referenced domains, and iframe checks did not show flagged items. In addition, multiple blacklist and threat-database checks were reported as clean.

Contextual signals also reduce concern. The domain has existed for decades, ranks highly in public traffic measurements, and is categorized by multiple web-classification providers as entertainment-related content. These factors are generally more consistent with a legitimate, established website than with short-lived abuse infrastructure.

Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The site is served through Cloudflare infrastructure and resolves to an IP address associated with that network, which may provide performance and protective edge services. The TLS certificate is valid and issued by a mainstream certificate authority, with an expiry date in 2026. Nameservers are also hosted through Cloudflare, indicating a centralized CDN and DNS setup.

One minor technical note is that DNSSEC is reported as unsigned, which means DNS responses may not benefit from DNSSEC validation. That does not by itself indicate malicious activity, but it is a security-hardening feature some operators choose to enable. No direct technical security issues were identified in the provided scan data at the time of this scan.

HTTP Redirect Chain
307 https://genius.com/
403 https://genius.com/
Website Insights
#904
Tranco Rank
Extremely Popular
Visitors >100M/mo
Category: Entertainment
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 6 May 11
1 cookie detected
Essential1
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
1 1st party cookie
0 3rd party (trackers)
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