Sheet DS-00027 · .ORG.UK

Domain statistics for ofcom.org.uk

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Surveyor's notes

ofcom.org.uk was registered on 31 May 2000, which makes it 26 years, 4 months old, and its registrar is CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. The current registration runs until 31 May 2027 (238 days away).

Its home page answers with status 403 at www.ofcom.org.uk over a secure HTTPS connection, served from the EPISERVER_AS - Optimizely AB network (registered in Sweden).

The Wayback Machine first captured its home page in May 2001; it ranks 14,492 in the Tranco list of the top million sites.

For email, it receives email (1 mail server), has an SPF record, has a DMARC policy of "reject". It supports IPv6.

Surveyed 4 October 2026, 03:09 (UK time). Results are kept for 24 hours.

26 yrsAge
238 daysRenewal due
#14,492Tranco rank
2001First archived
validHTTPS
£1,000–£5,000Rough 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

Registered

Registered: 31 May 2000 26 years, 4 months ago
Registration ends: 31 May 2027 238 days to go
Last updated: 27 May 2026
Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc
Status codes: client transfer prohibited The registrar has locked the domain against transfer to another registrar (a common security setting).
Nameservers: ns1.netnames.net
ns2.netnames.net
ns5.netnames.net
ns6.netnames.net
DNSSEC: Not signed

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: 17 May 2001 25 years, 4 months ago
Latest capture: 24 Sep 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
2001	1
2002	4
2003	10
2004	11
2005	12
2006	12
2007	12
2008	12
2009	12
2010	11
2011	12
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: #14,492 of the top million
Traffic (rough estimate): 50,000 – 5 million visits a monthA deliberately wide band based only on the rank band (top 100,000). 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

£1,000 – £5,00059 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	+13	The name part is 5 characters long; shorter names are scarcer.
Ending	+3	Domain ending .org.uk.
Pronounceable	+4	Letters only, with a balance of vowels and consonants.
Age	+15	Registered 26 years, 4 months ago (by the registry's current record).
Archive history	+3	The Wayback Machine has captures of the home page.
Long archive history	+5	First captured in 2001.
Popularity	+14	Ranked 14,492 in the Tranco top-million list.
HTTPS	+2	A valid, trusted certificate.
Total	59	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): 217.114.94.2
AAAA (IPv6): none
www: CNAME → www.ofcom.org.uk.dxcloud.episerver.net
Nameservers: ns5.netnames.net
ns6.netnames.net
ns1.netnames.net
ns2.netnames.net
Mail (MX): 5 ofcom-org-uk.mail.protection.outlook.com
SPF: v=spf1 ip4:185.84.1.120 ip4:185.84.1.121 ip4:185.84.1.202 ip4:146.101.78.115 ip4:207.82.80.115 ip4:164.39.36.115 ip4:162.247.160.0/21 ip4:51.105.16.176/28 ip4:20.108.90.64/28 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:_spf.createsend.com include:servers.mcsv.net -allEnds with -all; about 4 of the 10 DNS lookups SPF allows are used at the top level (includes can add more).
DMARC: v=DMARC1; p=reject; pct=100; rua=mailto:secops@ofcom.org.uk, mailto:dmarc-rua@dmarc.service.gov.uk; ruf= mailto:secops@ofcom.org.uk, mailto:dmarc-ruf@dmarc.service.gov.uk;fo=1Policy: reject; aggregate reports requested
CAA: none — any certificate authority may issue certificates
TXT: 16 TXT records
facebook-domain-verification=5ueypeo4znf6rqrbqm2neaxfup1x2i
LD6RiTIZlhIpjsDDNyqy4w0GcjZffsmPyY4+BrlAgBYXnZ5LkCaghoiwMSmHZ52sDsvGrBKwQAY8pOhbGG/9eQ==
adobe-idp-site-verification=1ef9d93781c176548922738115ed11e6895119b4be29f8c9e4989ff9df2f71f3
figma-domain-verification=5bea28a359035532809d92d6ee70a6f35bb6d3820a0a6097e31340f23ef8c92a-1714516631
v=spf1 ip4:185.84.1.120 ip4:185.84.1.121 ip4:185.84.1.202 ip4:146.101.78.115 ip4:207.82.80.115 ip4:164.39.36.115 ip4:162.247.160.0/21 ip4:51.105.16.176/28 ip4:20.108.90.64/28 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:_spf.createsend.com include:servers.mcsv.net -all
MS=ms32592140
MS=ms41786388
00D58000000H42o=1TBP30000000Evp
1zv458c7jd50720hknljks12mqk560br
hnv9y7786y8zwqwkpx664n5jw8xgjg07
jrrnr5bt5hg6gtk97s0mqjw0tdhyjqly
vj2j3gnyqmm0shs2jc7r7llvq31gn1rm
ZOOM_verify_Wn0l37o_Tlq9akV8QNP6yA
hibp-verify=dweb_xb16vsrkm59shcz670aio4q7
apple-domain-verification=H4s09S6X2K4FKHGd
miro-verification=40904871ffd1929e8357920dcb9b041c9aaf7784
IPv6: Yes — the site has IPv6 addresses
DNSSEC validation: Not validated (unsigned, or not checked)

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: 217.114.94.2 one of 5 addresses
Network: EPISERVER_AS - Optimizely AB, SE
AS number: AS30811
IP block: 217.114.94.0/24
Network country: SwedenWhere the network is registered — not necessarily where the server sits.
Reverse DNS: none
CDN / platform hint: Cloudflare

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.

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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: ofcom 5 characters
Whole domain: ofcom.org.uk 12 characters
Characters: 5 letters, 0 digits, 0 hyphens
Internationalised (IDN): No — plain ASCII
Dictionary: Not a dictionary word (or not one in our list)
Pronounceable: Yes, by our simple vowel/consonant test
Ending: .org.uk A second-level ending under a country code (like .co.uk)

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 returned status 403

Status: 403 ForbiddenMany sites show automated visitors like our lookup bot a block or "checking your browser" page — people using a normal browser may see the real site. The details below describe the page our bot was given.
Final address: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/
HTTPS: Loads over HTTPS
HTTP → HTTPS: Plain HTTP redirects to HTTPS
Redirects (HTTPS): 301 https://ofcom.org.uk/
403 https://www.ofcom.org.uk/
Redirects (HTTP): 301 http://ofcom.org.uk/
403 https://www.ofcom.org.uk/
Response time: 66 ms to first byteMeasured once from our server in the UK, for the final page only.
Page weight (HTML): 5.4 KBThe HTML document only — images, scripts and styles are not counted.
Server header: cloudflare
Page title: Just a moment...
Meta description: none
Language: en-US
Canonical: none
Robots directives: meta: noindex,nofollowThis page asks search engines not to index it.
Generator / CMS hints: none detected
Open Graph tags: Not present
robots.txt: Couldn't read it (status 403)
sitemap.xml: Not at /sitemap.xml

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.ofcom.org.uk
Trusted: Yes — the chain verifies against standard root certificates
Name match: The certificate covers www.ofcom.org.uk
Issuer: Google Trust Services · WE1
Subject: www.ofcom.org.uk
Valid from: 17 Sep 2026
Valid until: 16 Dec 2026 73 days left
Lifetime: 90 days
Names covered (SANs): 1
Show some
www.ofcom.org.uk
Connection: TLSv1.3 TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

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

5/6 recommended security headers present on the home page.

Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS): Not setTells 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

0 apparently free

ofcom.com Registered since 2003
ofcom.co.uk Registered since 2000
ofcom.uk Registered since 2019
ofcom.net Registered since 2011
ofcom.org Registered since 2008
ofcom.info Registered since 2018

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.