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theatlantic.com

Category: News

Scanned: May 13, 2026, 09:42 PM UTC · First seen: May 13, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 92 · Times Scanned: 1

99 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis

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Screenshot of theatlantic.com Captured May 13, 2026

https://theatlantic.com

Domain Age 30 years

Popularity Rank Extremely Popular - #952 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)

Threat Databases Not listed (92 checked)

SSL Certificate ✓ Valid (TLS)

Hosting Provider Fastly, Inc.

Server Location Montreal, Canada

Web Server cloudflare

CMS Platform Next.js

IP Address 151.101.2.133

Domain & WHOIS Information

Registrar Markmonitor Inc.

Registered August 15, 1995

Expires August 14, 2027

Name Servers ns-1221.awsdns-24.org

DNSSEC Unsigned

Hosting Fastly, Inc.

Reputation & Threat Check 92 security engines checked

0 of 92 engines flagged this website No security vendors flagged this site at the time of scanning

Not flagged

Direct Threat Database Sources

Google Not listed Spamhaus DBL Not listed SURBL Not listed Spamhaus ZEN Not listed Barracuda Not listed SpamCop Not listed Phishtank Not listed QBMA Not listed

View detailed engine results on VirusTotal

File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine

2 files scanned

No threats

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world.http-redirect 69 B No threats

theatlantic.com/index.html 347.1 KB No threats

External Links & Domains

228

External Links

All Clean

Iframes

Clean

Referenced Domains

All Clean

Flagged Resources

None Detected

http://theatlantic.com/archive/Not flagged

http://theatlantic.com/atlantic-across-america/Not flagged

http://theatlantic.com/audioNot flagged

http://theatlantic.com/audio/Not flagged

http://theatlantic.com/books/Not flagged

http://theatlantic.com/category/ai-watchdog/Not flagged

http://theatlantic.com/culture/Not flagged

http://theatlantic.com/economy/Not flagged

http://theatlantic.com/education/Not flagged

http://theatlantic.com/family/Not flagged

http://theatlantic.com/feed/all/Not flagged

http://theatlantic.com/feed/best-of/Not flagged

http://theatlantic.com/free-daily-crossword-puzzle/Not flagged

http://theatlantic.com/games/Not flagged

http://theatlantic.com/health/Not flagged

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01.cdn.mediatradecraft.comNot flagged

accounts.theatlantic.comNot flagged

atlanticbrandpartners.comNot flagged

c.amazon-adsystem.comNot flagged

cdn.privacy-mgmt.comNot flagged

cdn.theatlantic.comNot flagged

flipboard.comNot flagged

micro.rubiconproject.comNot flagged

policies.google.comNot flagged

securepubads.g.doubleclick.netNot flagged

support.theatlantic.comNot flagged

theatlantic.comNot flagged

twitter.comNot flagged

www.facebook.comNot flagged

www.instagram.comNot flagged

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theatlantic.com Overview

Description of theatlantic.com

Theatlantic.com appears to be the official website of The Atlantic, a long-established American magazine and digital publication focused on news, politics, culture, technology, health, and public affairs. The page metadata and on-site navigation indicate a broad editorial offering that includes articles, podcasts, videos, newsletters, archives, and magazine content.

Based on the domain name, site presentation, and classification data, this website appears to operate as a mainstream news and media platform rather than a transactional or utility service. The domain has been registered since 1995, which is consistent with an established publisher, and the homepage screenshot shows a professional editorial layout with current-affairs headlines and subscription options associated with a major media outlet.

Safety Assessment for theatlantic.com

The scan results show no detections from 0 out of 92 security engines, and the malware scan reported no flagged files among the sampled content at the time of this scan. In addition, checked blacklist and threat-database sources were reported as clean, and the external-link review did not identify any flagged outbound links, referenced domains, or iframes in the provided scan data.

Other contextual indicators also support a lower-risk assessment: the domain is approximately 30 years old, has a very strong web-traffic presence based on its Tranco ranking, and is categorized by multiple web-classification providers as a news or news-and-media website. The screenshot and metadata are consistent with a legitimate editorial publication and do not show common signs of phishing, malware delivery, fake giveaways, or scam storefront behavior.

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

Technical Description

The site is using a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by a mainstream certificate authority, with the certificate shown as valid until 2026-08-18. The server stack appears to involve major content-delivery and edge infrastructure providers, with the web server identified as Cloudflare and hosting associated with Fastly infrastructure. The resolved IP geolocates to Montreal, Canada, though large CDN-backed sites may serve content from different edge locations depending on the visitor.

DNSSEC is reported as unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses may not benefit from that additional layer of authenticity protection. No immediate technical security issues were indicated in the provided scan results, and the domain’s long registration history and enterprise registrar are consistent with a professionally managed web property.

HTTP Redirect Chain

301 https://theatlantic.com/

200 https://www.theatlantic.com/

Website Insights

Popularity

#952

Tranco Rank

Extremely Popular

Visitors >100M/mo

Category: News

Rank History (30 days)

Apr 6 May 12

56 cookies detected

Essential50

Analytics4

Advertising2

Social0

54 1st party cookies

2 3rd party (trackers)

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