Website reputation report

nationalgeographic.com

Last checked 5 days ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

nationalgeographic.com is currently classified in the News & Media category based on observed public pages. An About page was also found. The sampled pages were marked as English-language. Recurring page-metadata topics include national geographic, world, surprising.

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

70/100Safety Score
70%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History95 Infrastructure92 Website Security95 Security Hygiene35 Transparency51 Reputation50 Operational Stability85
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about nationalgeographic.com

Updated Sep 26, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on nationalgeographic.com. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: Learn everything you might’ve forgotten from history class about the American Revolution, just in time for America’s birthday.

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Oct 10, 1995. Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc..

Recorded expiry date: Oct 9, 2027. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200 in about 1000 ms.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Mar 25, 2027.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 70/100. Evidence Confidence: 70%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on nationalgeographic.com

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

National GeographicExplore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration. Crash Course: American Revolution | National GeographicLearn everything you might’ve forgotten from history class about the American Revolution, just in time for America’s birthday. National Geographic Society | Impact | National GeographicWe support a diverse, international community of changemakers — National Geographic Explorers — who use the power of science, exploration, education, and storytelling to illuminate The Reconnaissance Plane That Helped Win World War II | National GeographicNimble and fast, Spitfire PR planes ran vital photo missions for Allied forces. The Expert's Guide to Helping Injured Birds During the Fall Migration | National GeographicEvery year billions of birds die from glass window collisions, or from house cat attacks. These incidents can be avoided, and injured birds can be taken care of. What Does It Take to Move 2,000 Rhinos? | National GeographicA threatened herd. An audacious plan. Inside Africa’s wildest conservation gambit. Fighting to Save the Pangolin, the World’s Most Wanted Animal | National GeographicRelentlessly hunted for its scales, the mysterious armored pangolin is vanishing throughout Africa. Now scientists are trying to unlock the secrets that could help save it. Discovering Where the Nile Really Starts | National GeographicIn Africa’s lush highlands, the longest waterway in the world originates from a surprising place. Inside the mission to map the source of the ancient river. Can the Bone-Eating African Bearded Vulture be Saved? | National GeographicTo bring one of the world’s largest vultures back from the brink, Shannon Hoffman is searching cliffs, collecting eggs, and raising chicks by hand. A Surprising New Way to Protect Mountain Gorillas | National GeographicTo keep Uganda’s gorillas healthy, an innovative veterinarian is focusing on their neighbors first.

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on nationalgeographic.com

5 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

national geographicTitle, H1, Meta description10 sampled pages
worldTitle, H1, Meta description5 sampled pages
surprisingTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
thatTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
africaMeta description3 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Verify before sensitive actions

Check the exact URL and context before payments, credentials, or downloads.

Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
95/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
92/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
35/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
51/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
85/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v1

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Partial analysis. Only the first 512 KiB of the page were inspected.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domainnationalgeographic.com
RegistrarCSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
RegisteredOct 10, 1995
Domain age30 years
ExpiresOct 9, 2027
Registry statusesclient transfer prohibited · server delete prohibited · server transfer prohibited · server update prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address18.66.102.115
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNAmazon CloudFront
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Endpoint18.66.102.115
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFAmazon CloudFront · Not detected
DNS surface20 records · 4 nameservers · 1 mail exchangers
Protection signals0 security headers · 0 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size586,213 bytes
HTTP check duration1,000 ms
Cookies observedUnavailable
Script resourcesUnavailable · Unavailable external hosts
Frames and sampled checksUnavailable frames · Unavailable resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Amazon, commonName=Amazon RSA 2048 M04
Valid fromSep 9, 2026
Valid untilMar 25, 2027
Certificate names*.abcnews.com · *.abcnews.go.com · *.abcotvs.com · *.abcotvs.net · *.geo.hosted.abcotvs.com · *.goodmorningamerica.com · *.natgeo.com · *.natgeofe.com · *.nationalgeographic.com · *.us-east-1.aws.hosted.abcotvs.com · *.video.nationalgeographic.com · 6abc.com · abc11.com · abc13.com · abc30.com · abc7.com · abc7chicago.com · abc7news.com · abc7ny.com · abcnews.com · abcnews.go.com · editions.geo.hosted.abcotvs.com · natgeo.com · natgeofe.com · nationalgeographic.com · ouramerica.abc7.com · player.goodmorningamerica.com · preview.6abc.com · preview.abc11.com · preview.abc13.com · preview.abc30.com · preview.abc7.com · preview.abc7chicago.com · preview.abc7news.com · preview.abc7ny.com · preview.goodmorningamerica.com · preview.kids.nationalgeographic.com · r.6abc.com · r.abc11.com · r.abc13.com · r.abc30.com · r.abc7.com · r.abc7chicago.com · r.abc7news.com · r.abc7ny.com · www.6abc.com · www.abc11.com · www.abc13.com · www.abc30.com · www.abc7.com · www.abc7chicago.com · www.abc7news.com · www.goodmorningamerica.com

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A18.66.102.115TTL —
A18.66.102.23TTL —
A18.66.102.38TTL —
A18.66.102.6TTL —
NSns106.twdcns.co.ukTTL —
NSns106.twdcns.comTTL —
NSns106.twdcns.netTTL —
NSns106.twdcns.orgTTL —
MX5 nationalgeographic-com.mail.protection.outlook.comTTL —
TXT9195-5BC8-D200-7A47-EFEA-C1F2-B395-F11ATTL —
TXTadobe-idp-site-verification=012b7d24aff9766444b9232173abb52ef026139e50aac77c49e02bd5d0dc3916TTL —
TXTatlassian-domain-verification=5lqJwtfJPMHqC/aGvT/7s2BR53IHCs9P6vFjCQYA5nkQ4mvoHKTqNTW7gucscGW7TTL —
TXTbryjbbw9c7tlwwfcvhbrh2mbx5f489q9TTL —
TXTfacebook-domain-verification=s2vntb2m7i6eo2t3r7wrfwehg5ojkeTTL —
TXTfastly-domain-delegation-fdeltDD-10.11.22TTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=3ddAnvA03i2p9Lp8gi0kSQeeasEPjz3905WhMhbWSNUTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=5WNnmPMKPkvtFdhx94xNnsjdVQhTlvYGo0g0iF2nh7YTTL —
TXTMS=ms92025546TTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:spf.disney.com -allTTL —
TXTzendeskverification=fc192359b34448e4TTL —

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

0 observed

Header evidence is unavailable. Missing data is not treated as a clean result or proof of compromise.

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation

No Set-Cookie header was observed on the sampled homepage response. Other pages may set cookies separately.

Detected stack

Technologies

Not confidently detected

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

JavaScript advisory analysis was not recorded for this scan.

About this website

What the site says about itself

Learn everything you might’ve forgotten from history class about the American Revolution, just in time for America’s birthday.

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleNational Geographic
First headingUnavailable
DescriptionExplore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.
Canonical URLhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Final URLhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=utf-8 · 1000 ms
Languageen
Structured typesBreadcrumbList · ImageObject · ItemList · ListItem · NewsMediaOrganization · WebPage · WebSite

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.nationalgeographic.com/

The chain is shown exactly as observed by the scanner. A redirect is not itself a malware finding, but unexpected domains or an HTTP downgrade deserve review.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

Safety ScoreNo comparable score
HTTP statusUnavailable → 200
Final URL changedYes
Technologies addedNone observed
Technologies removedNone observed

This comparison uses persisted scan evidence only. A changed signal can reflect a real website change, a different response or newly available evidence.

Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
deep-harbor-arc-492

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

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Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of nationalgeographic.com
Earlier browser capture retained because this scan did not produce a usable replacement. It is not fresh scan evidence.

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Questions about nationalgeographic.com

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Is nationalgeographic.com safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 70/100 with 70% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on nationalgeographic.com?

External threat-provider coverage was unavailable for this scan, so malware status is unverified.

When was nationalgeographic.com registered?

The public registry record shows Oct 10, 1995. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did nationalgeographic.com have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does nationalgeographic.com describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.