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goodreads.com

Category: Books & Literature

Scanned: May 2, 2026, 05:24 PM UTC · First seen: May 2, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
98 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
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Screenshot of goodreads.com Captured May 2, 2026
https://goodreads.com
Screenshot of goodreads.com
23 years
Extremely Popular - #459 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Amazon Technologies Inc. (us-east-1)
Ashburn, United States
Server
Unknown
44.215.118.51
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar Markmonitor Inc.
Registered December 9, 2002
Expires December 9, 2026
Name Servers ns-1373.awsdns-43.org
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Amazon Technologies Inc. (us-east-1)
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
13 files scanned
No threats
13
Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
0
High Risk
0
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
www.goodreads.com.http-redirect 86 B No threats
www.goodreads.com/adprefs 56.2 KB No threats
www.goodreads.com/advertisers 63.1 KB No threats
www.goodreads.com/# 53.5 KB No threats
s.gr-assets.com/assets/webfontloader-b4c655e7cda84eb33da89e500feedc0c.js 11.9 KB No threats
s.gr-assets.com/assets/application-ca7c13666db9fd7c3632e15833537c2f.js 966.8 KB No threats
s.gr-assets.com/assets/fb_dep_form-e2e4a0d9dc062011458143c32b2d789b.js 1.4 KB No threats
www.goodreads.com/about/us 57.5 KB No threats
www.goodreads.com/about/terms 72.8 KB No threats
www.goodreads.com/about/privacy 60.5 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
280
External Links
All Clean
2
Iframes
Clean
110
Referenced Domains
3 Flagged
3
Flagged Resources
Detected
niluferozmekik.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
rewirethewest.comFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
www.khassab.netFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
http://goodreads.com/?error%3Dfrom_recsNot flagged
http://goodreads.com/?ref%3Dnav_homeNot flagged
http://goodreads.com/aNot flagged
http://goodreads.com/about/ccpaNot flagged
http://goodreads.com/about/contact_usNot flagged
http://goodreads.com/about/cookies_noticeNot flagged
http://goodreads.com/about/pressNot flagged
http://goodreads.com/about/privacyNot flagged
http://goodreads.com/about/privacy1Not flagged
http://goodreads.com/about/privacy2Not flagged
http://goodreads.com/about/privacy3Not flagged
http://goodreads.com/about/termsNot flagged
http://goodreads.com/about/usNot flagged
http://goodreads.com/about:blankNot flagged
http://goodreads.com/adprefsNot flagged
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niluferozmekik.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
rewirethewest.comFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
www.khassab.netFlagged: Generic Malicious Object
45.media.tumblr.comNot flagged
CKEDITOR.env.ieNot flagged
app.thestorygraph.comNot flagged
asianpacificheritage.govNot flagged
bgu.academia.eduNot flagged
bit.lyNot flagged
bloggycomelately.comNot flagged
booknest.euNot flagged
cootsreviews.comNot flagged
dryofg8nmyqjw.cloudfront.netNot flagged
eepurl.comNot flagged
emmareadstoomuch.substack.comNot flagged
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<iframe frameborder%3D"0" allowtransparency%3D"0" class%3D"cke_dialog_ui_input_file" role%3D"presentation" id%3D"',o.frameId,'" title%3D"',n.label,'" src%3D"javascript:void(']%3Breturn e.push(CKEDITOR.env.ie?"(function(){"+encodeURIComponent("document.open()%3B("+CKEDITOR.tools.fixDomain+")()%3Bdocument.close()%3B")+"})()":"0"),e.push(')">Not flagged
<iframe id%3D"'+this.update.id+'_iefix" style%3D"display:none%3Bposition:absolute%3Bfilter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(opacity%3D0)%3B" src%3D"javascript:false%3B" frameborder%3D"0" scrolling%3D"no">Not flagged
goodreads.com Overview

Description of goodreads.com

Goodreads appears to be a long-established social reading and book discovery platform centered on finding, reviewing, rating, and discussing books. The homepage screenshot shows features for browsing titles, discovering recommendations, joining a reading challenge, and signing in with email or major account providers, which is consistent with a mainstream reader community site rather than a simple informational page.

Based on the domain name, branding, and visible content, the site appears to serve readers, authors, and publishers by offering book recommendations, community reviews, reading lists, and literary news. The presence of Goodreads branding and Amazon-linked sign-in options suggests it is operated as part of a larger commercial ecosystem focused on books and reader engagement.

The domain has been registered since 2002 and has a very strong web popularity ranking, which supports the view that this is a mature, widely used online service. Its content and structure are consistent with a legitimate book-focused community and media platform.

Safety Assessment for goodreads.com

The scan results appear favorable overall. At the time of this scan, 0 out of 91 security engines flagged the domain, malware scanning reported no flagged files among the sampled pages, and blacklist checks were reported as clean across the checked sources. The domain also has a very high trust score in the provided data, a long registration history, and a strong traffic ranking, all of which are generally reassuring indicators.

One point worth noting is that the page referenced a small number of external domains that were flagged elsewhere in the scan context. Because these were referenced domains rather than confirmed malicious files hosted on goodreads.com itself, they may reflect third-party content, embedded resources, historical links, or non-critical page references rather than a direct compromise of the main site. No threats were detected in the scanned files on the domain itself at the time of this scan.

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

Technical Description

The site is using a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued through Amazon infrastructure, with certificate validity extending into September 2026. Hosting appears to be on Amazon Technologies infrastructure in the us-east-1 region, and the nameservers are consistent with AWS-managed DNS. This setup is typical of a large, professionally hosted web platform.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but does mean DNS responses do not benefit from that additional layer of authenticity protection. Aside from that, the technical indicators provided do not show major concerns: the domain is long-lived, registrar management appears enterprise-grade, and no direct malware-hosting evidence was reported in the scanned files.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://goodreads.com
200 https://www.goodreads.com/
Website Insights
#459
Tranco Rank
Extremely Popular
Visitors >100M/mo
Category: Books & Literature
Rank History (30 days)
Mar 23 May 1
2 cookies detected
Essential2
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
2 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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