archiveofourown.org
In its own wordsHome | Archive of Our OwnAn Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown
archiveofourown.org is ranked in the top 1,000 sites and was registered in 2007. It is built with Ruby on Rails and jQuery; we found no traces of an AI site builder.
Popularity
Website Traffic CheckerAmong the top 1K sites.
A popularity band, not a visit count.
Top 1KTop 10KTop 100KTop 1MOutside top 1M
Tranco: #1,098 · Chrome UX Report: Top 1,000 · Majestic Million: #8,026
Each list, with its date
| Source | Says | As of |
|---|---|---|
| TrancoA research ranking that combines several traffic and link sources, published daily. | #1,098 | list of 7 Oct 2026 |
| Chrome UX ReportRank buckets from Google’s real Chrome traffic, published monthly. | Top 1,000 | Aug 2026 |
| Majestic MillionRanks sites by how many separate networks link to them (links, not visits), published daily. CC BY 3.0 | #8,026 | list of 8 Oct 2026 |
Technology
Tech Stack CheckerBuilt with Ruby on Rails, jQuery and jQuery UI.
Ruby on RailsFrameworkShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 36Popular sites using Ruby on Rails Is this wrong? Report it<meta name="csrf-param" content="authenticity_token">
jQueryJavaScript libraryShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 346Popular sites using jQuery Is this wrong? Report it<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js">
jQuery UIJavaScript libraryShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 347Popular sites using jQuery UI Is this wrong? Report it<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.0/jquery-ui.min.js">
Everything else it uses (5)
Around it: CDN, Security, DNS, SEO.
Google Hosted LibrariesCDNShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 346Popular sites using Google Hosted Libraries Is this wrong? Report it<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js">
CloudflareCDNShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · response headerPopular sites using Cloudflare Is this wrong? Report itcf-ray: a4a5ea7a5f316650-AMS
Cloudflare Bot ManagementSecurityShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · response headerPopular sites using Cloudflare Bot Management Is this wrong? Report itset-cookie: __cf_bm=…
Cloudflare DNSDNSShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS recordPopular sites using Cloudflare DNS Is this wrong? Report itarchiveofourown.org NS shubhi.ns.cloudflare.com.
Google Search ConsoleSEOShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · DNS recordPopular sites using Google Search Console Is this wrong? Report itarchiveofourown.org TXT google-site-verification=8XHLhpSftMZE52eO6nnlVCaSzY23nWWf9PwDpGepz9E
Trust signals
Website Trust Checker3 of 7 trust signals found on the home page.
Signals, not a judgement: missing details are common on small, honest sites.
- Domain registered30 May 2007, 19 years agoNoted
- HTTPSLoads over HTTPS, but plain HTTP doesn’t send visitors therePartly
- Contact detailsNo email or phone on the home pageNot found
- Privacy policyLinked from the home pageFound
- TermsLinked from the home pageFound
- Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filterNoted
Every signal we looked at
On the site
- Contact pageNo link found on the home pageNot found
- About pageLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
- Privacy policyLinked from the home pageFound
- TermsLinked from the home pageFound
- Refund or returns policyNo link found on the home pageNot found
- Contact detailsNo email or phone on the home pageNot found
- Company detailsNo company name or address foundNot found
- Payment providersNone on the home pageNoted
- TrackersNone found on the home pageNoted
Behind the site
- Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filterNotedCloudflare’s security filter
- Domain registered30 May 2007, 19 years agoNoteddomain registry
- HTTPSLoads over HTTPS, but plain HTTP doesn’t send visitors therePartly
- Protective settings4 of 6 in placeFound
- Email protectionProtected against forged emailFoundDNS records
A second opinion on its security setup: Mozilla’s HTTP Observatory grades the site when you open it. Ten checks before you buy · A signal looks wrong? Report it
What it is
Website SummaryIt calls itself “Home | Archive of Our Own”.
In its own wordsHome | Archive of Our OwnAn Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
The page doesn’t show enough to say what kind of site it is (a shop, a blog, an app…).
Who is behind it
- WikidataArchive of Our Own
Wikidata: Owned by Organization for Transformative Works.
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Exhibit 1 · Wikidata
Is this wrong? Report itQ27764876: Archive of Our Own
Each name is quoted from its source. A brand and the company that owns it often go by different names.
More about it: Wikidata, profiles, AI use, page facts
In Wikidata
- Archive of Our Own: nonprofit online fanfiction repository operated by the Organization for Transformative Works · service on Internet, fiction repository · since 2008
Wikidata, the free knowledge base behind Wikipedia, lists this domain as the official website of this item. Volunteers write it; each item shows its sources.
Find them on
The profiles its home page links. We haven’t checked who runs them.
AI use
- AI training: asks CCBot and GPTBot to stay away.
- AI assistants: asks ChatGPT-User to stay away.
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Exhibit 1 · robots.txt, line 30
User-agent: CCBot · Disallow: /
Exhibit 2 · robots.txt, line 33
User-agent: GPTBot · Disallow: /
Exhibit 3 · robots.txt, line 36
Is this wrong? Report itUser-agent: ChatGPT-User · Disallow: /
What its robots.txt and robots tags ask of AI crawlers. Each crawler chooses whether to follow it.
- Site name
- Not given
- Language
- English (en)
- What it tells search engines
- None
Read from what the page says about itself; we haven’t checked whether it’s true.
Built with AI?
AI Website DetectorNo AI builder traces found.
Coding tools such as Cursor leave no traces, so this doesn’t mean a person made it.
AI traces: None found
How we know
AI site builders leave traces in the sites they make. We look for the traces of 53 of them and show every match with the line it came from, so you can check it yourself.
We test this on 2,312 sites whose makers we know, and publish what we get wrong.
How we test it · Every builder we know · How to tell if a site was built with AI
Score breakdown
Site Score80 of 100: strong trust signals.
How established and checkable it is; AI traces carry no weight.
TransparencyContact, policies and about page18 / 30
Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25
PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20
Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections10 / 15
ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines7 / 10
Why each part scored what it did
TransparencyContact, policies and about page18 / 30no contact page link · email and phone not both given · privacy policy linked · terms linked · no payments seen, so no refund policy needed · about page linked
Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25domain registered 19 years ago
PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20Top 1K in a popularity list
Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections10 / 15loads over HTTPS · doesn’t send visitors to HTTPS · doesn’t insist on HTTPS · protective settings
ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines7 / 10site name matches the domain · describes itself · doesn’t tell search engines what it is
A high score isn’t a promise that a business is honest. How the score works.
Domain history
Domain HistoryRegistered in 2007; first archived in 2008.
- Domain registeredRDAP
- First captured by the web archiveInternet Archive
- First certificate issuedCertificate Transparency
- First scanned by usCheckAnySite
- This scanCheckAnySite
Changes, earlier scans and alerts
- Since our previous scan
- No changes since 10 Oct 2026.
| Scanned | Score | AI traces | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
| shown above | 80 | None found | Top 1K |
| 80 | None found | Top 1K |
Findings can change when a site changes or when we update our signatures; each scan keeps the version it used.
How we scanned it
Only from what anyone can see: the site’s public pages and public records.
- Politely. Our scanner, CheckAnySiteBot, says who it is and follows the site’s robots.txt.
- With sources. Every fact above says where it came from and when.
- Without guessing. When we couldn’t check something, we say so.
This scan, in numbers
927 checks on 14 Oct 2026, with version 0.5.0 of our checks and version 1.1 of the score.
More sites near it in popularity
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What this scan can’t tell you
- Whether the business is real, honest or delivers what it sells.
- Whether a site was made with AI when no traces were left: coding assistants and hand edits leave none.
- How many people visit: we show popularity bands from public lists, not visits.
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