Sheet DS-00003 · .UK

Domain statistics for gov.uk

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Surveyor's notes

Its home page loads at www.gov.uk over a secure HTTPS connection, served from the FASTLY - Fastly, Inc. network (registered in United States).

The Wayback Machine first captured its home page in May 2002; it ranks 309 in the Tranco list of the top million sites.

For email, has an SPF record, has a DMARC policy of "reject". It supports IPv6.

Surveyed 4 October 2026, 02:29 (UK time). Results are kept for 24 hours.

—Age
—Renewal due
#309Tranco rank
2002First archived
validHTTPS
£25,000–£100,000Rough worth

Key to symbols

Good Present, valid or working
Worth a look Missing, weak or unusual
Problem Failed, expired or misconfigured
Information A fact, neither good nor bad
Not recorded Not found, not applicable or no answer
Being surveyed Queued or running

Registration

No registration data

Registered: —
Registration ends: —
Last updated: —
Registrar: Nominet UK
Status codes: server update prohibited The registry has locked the domain against changes.
server delete prohibited The registry has locked the domain against deletion.
server transfer prohibited The registry has locked the domain against transfer.
Nameservers: dns1.nic.uk
dns2.nic.uk
dns3.nic.uk
dns4.nic.uk
nsa.nic.uk
nsb.nic.uk
nsc.nic.uk
nsd.nic.uk
DNSSEC: Signed (the registry publishes a DS record)

What this means These dates come from the registry's RDAP record (source: rdap.nominet.uk). "Registered" is when the current registration began — if a domain lapsed and was registered again, the clock restarts. We never show personal registrant details. See what domain age means.

Archive history

Archived

First capture: 26 May 2002 24 years, 4 months ago
Latest capture: 1 Oct 2026

Months each year with at least one capture of the home page (0–12). Source: Wayback Machine CDX index.

Year by year

Year	Months captured
2002	6
2003	8
2004	9
2005	3
2006	2
2012	12
2013	12
2014	12
2015	12
2016	12
2017	12
2018	12
2019	12
2020	12
2021	12
2022	12
2023	12
2024	12
2025	12
2026	10

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What this means The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine saves copies of web pages. The first capture shows roughly when a site first appeared on the web — it can be later than registration (nothing published yet) or earlier (an older owner). See the Wayback Machine guide.

Popularity and traffic

In the Tranco list

Tranco rank: #309 of the top million (listed as www.gov.uk)
Traffic (rough estimate): 5 million – 500 million visits a monthA deliberately wide band based only on the rank band (top 1,000). Not measured.

Rank from the Tranco list (list ID Y83KG, 4 Oct 2026), a research ranking by Le Pochat et al. that averages several popularity sources over 30 days.

What this means A rank shows how popular a site is compared with others — 1 is the most popular. Turning a rank into visitor numbers is guesswork, so we show a very wide band and explain the method on our methodology page.

Estimated worth

Rough estimate

£25,000 – £100,00088 points

For interest only — not a valuation. A domain is worth what a buyer will pay; this simple formula can't see trademarks, backlinks, sales history or demand.

How the points were added up
Factor	Points	Why
Length	+20	The name part is 3 characters long; shorter names are scarcer.
Ending	+9	Domain ending .uk.
Dictionary word	+15	"gov" is an English dictionary word.
Archive history	+3	The Wayback Machine has captures of the home page.
Long archive history	+5	First captured in 2002.
Popularity	+30	Ranked 309 in the Tranco top-million list.
Live website	+4	The home page loads.
HTTPS	+2	A valid, trusted certificate.
Total	88	Mapped to a £ band on our methodology page.

What this means Read how domain value is judged for the factors professionals look at.

DNS and email

SPF and DMARC set

A (IPv4): 151.101.64.144
151.101.0.144
151.101.192.144
151.101.128.144
AAAA (IPv6): 2a04:4e42:200::144
2a04:4e42:400::144
2a04:4e42:e00::144
2a04:4e42:600::144
2a04:4e42:a00::144
2a04:4e42::144
2a04:4e42:c00::144
2a04:4e42:800::144
www: CNAME → www-cdn.production.govuk.service.gov.uk
Nameservers: dns4.nic.uk
nsa.nic.uk
nsb.nic.uk
nsc.nic.uk
nsd.nic.uk
dns1.nic.uk
dns2.nic.uk
dns3.nic.uk
Mail (MX): none
SPF: v=spf1 -allEnds with -all; about 0 of the 10 DNS lookups SPF allows are used at the top level (includes can add more).
DMARC: v=DMARC1;p=reject;sp=none;np=reject;adkim=s;aspf=s;fo=1;rua=mailto:dmarc-rua@dmarc.service.gov.ukPolicy: reject; aggregate reports requested
CAA: none — any certificate authority may issue certificates
TXT: 5 TXT records
d1v9gv6rnax070.cloudfront.net
security_contact=https://vulnerability-reporting.service.security.gov.uk
_globalsign-domain-verification=a5p69EoJN9T_qv6CU2Y_FkAocR4FJpRN84165hHR25
#Timestamp: 1791077100
v=spf1 -all
IPv6: Yes — the site has IPv6 addresses
DNSSEC validation: Answers were validated by our resolver

What this means DNS records tell the internet where a domain's website and email live. SPF lists the servers allowed to send its email and DMARC tells receivers what to do with messages that fail checks — both help stop spoofing. DKIM keys live under selectors we cannot guess, so they are not shown. Read DNS records explained and SPF, DKIM and DMARC.

Hosting network

Network identified

IP address: 151.101.64.144 one of 14 addresses
Network: FASTLY - Fastly, Inc., US
AS number: AS54113
IP block: 151.101.64.0/22
Network country: United StatesWhere the network is registered — not necessarily where the server sits.
Reverse DNS: none
CDN / platform hint: Fastly

What this means The hosting network is the autonomous system (AS) that announces the website's IP address on the internet — often a hosting company or a content delivery network (CDN). Looked up through Team Cymru's IP-to-ASN service.

Search engines

Not checked automatically

We don't check Google or Bing automatically: neither offers a free API for this, and we don't scrape search results. You can check yourself with a site: search:

Common Crawl: Found in the September 2026 IndexCommon Crawl is an open, free web archive — a rough sign of whether crawlers reach the site. Sites can block its crawler (CCBot) in robots.txt.

Check on Google Check on Bing

What this means A site: search shows a sample of the pages a search engine has indexed — the count is only an estimate. For a definite answer for your own site, use Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools. See how to check Google indexing.

The name itself

Name facts

Name part: gov 3 characters
Whole domain: gov.uk 6 characters
Characters: 3 letters, 0 digits, 0 hyphens
Internationalised (IDN): No — plain ASCII
Dictionary: "gov" is a dictionary word
Pronounceable: Not by our simple test
Ending: .uk A country-code ending

What this means Short, easy-to-say names without hyphens or digits are easier to remember and type. Domain names can be up to 63 characters per label; in DNS, non-ASCII names are stored as "xn--" Punycode.

Website

Website loads

Status: 200 OK
Final address: https://www.gov.uk/ Visit site
HTTPS: Loads over HTTPS
HTTP → HTTPS: Plain HTTP redirects to HTTPS
Redirects (HTTPS): 301 https://gov.uk/
200 https://www.gov.uk/
Redirects (HTTP): 301 http://gov.uk/
301 https://gov.uk/
200 https://www.gov.uk/
Response time: 68 ms to first byteMeasured once from our server in the UK, for the final page only.
Page weight (HTML): 84 KBThe HTML document only — images, scripts and styles are not counted.
Server header: nginx
Page title: Welcome to GOV.UK
Meta description: GOV.UK - The best place to find government services and information.
Language: en
Canonical: https://www.gov.uk/
Robots directives: none (indexable by default)
Generator / CMS hints: none detected
Open Graph tags: Present (3 tags) — links shared on social media get a title and preview
robots.txt: Found · lists 1 sitemap
sitemap.xml: Found (a sitemap index)

What this means We load the home page once over HTTPS and once over plain HTTP, following up to five redirects, and read only the page's headers and head tags — we don't store the page. A missing title or description is worth fixing for search results; a robots "noindex" keeps a page out of search engines.

SSL certificate

Valid certificate

Checked host: www.gov.uk
Trusted: Yes — the chain verifies against standard root certificates
Name match: The certificate covers www.gov.uk
Issuer: GlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign RSA OV SSL CA 2018
Subject: www.gov.uk
Valid from: 26 Nov 2025
Valid until: 28 Dec 2026 85 days left
Lifetime: 397 days
Names covered (SANs): 13
Show some
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*.direct.gov.uk
*.publishing.service.gov.uk
*.cabinet-office.gov.uk
assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk
service.gov.uk
data.gov.uk
Connection: TLSv1.3 TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

What this means A TLS certificate proves the server is entitled to use the name and encrypts the connection. Certificates now last months rather than years, so automatic renewal matters. Read SSL certificates explained.

Security headers

Well protected

6/6 recommended security headers present on the home page.

Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS): Set — remembered for 365 days, preload requestedTells browsers to use HTTPS only.
Content-Security-Policy: SetLimits where scripts and other content can load from.
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniffStops browsers guessing file types.
Frame protection: SetX-Frame-Options or CSP frame-ancestors — prevents clickjacking.
Referrer-Policy: SetControls what address is passed on when visitors click away.
Permissions-Policy: SetTurns off browser features the site doesn't use.

What this means These response headers are defences a site can switch on in its server settings. Missing ones are common and not proof of a problem, but they are cheap to add.

Other endings

2 apparently free

gov.com Registered since 1996
gov.co.uk Apparently available Check at NameSilo
gov.net Registered since 1996
gov.org Registered since 1997
gov.info Apparently available Check at NameSilo

What this means "Apparently available" means the registry's RDAP service has no record of the name. Some names are reserved or premium-priced, so confirm at a registrar before relying on it.