XDA

xda-developers.com

Scanned 14 Oct 2026Fresh927 checks

In its own wordsLooks like: Blog or news siteXDAThe world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.

XDA (xda-developers.com) looks like a blog or news site, is ranked in the top 10,000 sites and was registered in 2002. It is built with WordPress; we found no traces of an AI site builder.

Popularity

Website Traffic Checker

Among the top 10K sites.

A popularity band, not a visit count.

Top 1KTop 10KTop 100KTop 1MOutside top 1M

Tranco: #4,689 · Chrome UX Report: Top 10,000 · Majestic Million: #1,626

Each list, with its date

Source	Says	As of
TrancoA research ranking that combines several traffic and link sources, published daily.	#4,689	list of 7 Oct 2026
Chrome UX ReportRank buckets from Google’s real Chrome traffic, published monthly.	Top 10,000	Aug 2026
Majestic MillionRanks sites by how many separate networks link to them (links, not visits), published daily. CC BY 3.0	#1,626	list of 8 Oct 2026

Technology

Tech Stack Checker

Built with WordPress.

WordPressCMSShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 112
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<link rel="preload" href="https://static0.xdaimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/wm/2026/10/antigravity-saves-twice-time-compared-to-vs-code.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=432&h=288&dpr=2">
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Everything else it uses (8)

Around it: CDN, Security, Email, Analytics and more.

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Evidence · page source, line 407
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<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hls.js@latest">
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Evidence · response header
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cf-ray: a4a9d516dfa3a9c8-TPE
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reCAPTCHASecurityShow evidenceHide evidence
Evidence · page source, line 344
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…2-captcha-container\&quot; class=\&quot;g-recaptcha-container\&quot; hidden&gt;&lt;\/div&gt…
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Evidence · DNS record
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xda-developers.com MX 10 aspmx.l.google.com.
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Evidence · DNS record
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xda-developers.com TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com include:_spf.emailcampaigns.net ~all
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Evidence · page source, line 439
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<script src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CW1BQM4JMY">
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Evidence · DNS record
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xda-developers.com TXT google-site-verification=5dEWe2VJ92QC0FCSXyEg-yneBNjDjfM92SW0io0UWwg
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Evidence · DNS record
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xda-developers.com TXT facebook-domain-verification=zqdfjg0fx03qad0495u1r9ebixksm1
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Business tools can stay listed after a site stops using them.

Trust signals

Website Trust Checker

4 of 7 trust signals found on the home page.

Signals, not a judgement: missing details are common on small, honest sites.

Domain registered12 Dec 2002, 23 years agoNoted
HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
Contact detailsEmail on the home pagePartly
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Exhibit 1 · page source, line 7228Masked for privacy. An email address or phone number can belong to a person, and data protection law, such as the EU’s GDPR, asks us to keep only what we need: that the page lists one, and where.
u•••@website.com Complete Your Registration
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Privacy policyLinked from the home pageFound
TermsLinked from the home pageFound
Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNoted

Every signal we looked at

On the site

Contact pageLinked from the home page, and the page opensFound
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 detailsEmail on the home pagePartly
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Exhibit 1 · page source, line 7228Masked for privacy. An email address or phone number can belong to a person, and data protection law, such as the EU’s GDPR, asks us to keep only what we need: that the page lists one, and where.
u•••@website.com Complete Your Registration
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Company detailsName: XDAPartly
Payment providersNone on the home pageNoted
Trackers1 analytics and advertising tool: Google AnalyticsNoted

Behind the site

Security filterNot blocked by Cloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filterNotedCloudflare’s security filter and Quad9’s security filter
Domain registered12 Dec 2002, 23 years agoNoteddomain registry
HTTPSLoads over HTTPS with a valid certificateFound
Protective settings5 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 Summary

Looks like: Blog or news site.

In its own wordsXDAThe world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.

Our reading of the page, medium confidence.

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Exhibit 1 · its own title or description

XDA · XDA · The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.

Exhibit 2 · page source, line 1019

<a href="/news/">News</a>

Exhibit 3 · page source, line 1028

<a href="/category/pc-hardware/">PC Hardware</a>

Exhibit 4 · page source, line 1268

<a href="https://www.xda-developers.com/tag/android-auto/">Android Auto</a>

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Who is behind it

structured dataXDA
copyright lineValnet Inc

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Exhibit 1 · page source, line 1572

"name": "XDA"

Exhibit 2 · page source, line 7358

© 2026 Valnet Inc.

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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

Find them on

The profiles its home page links. We haven’t checked who runs them.

AI use

AI training: asks anthropic-ai, Applebot-Extended, Bytespider, CCBot and 8 more to stay away.
AI assistants: asks ChatGPT-User to stay away.

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Exhibit 1 · robots.txt, line 39

User-agent: anthropic-ai · Disallow: /

Exhibit 2 · robots.txt, line 40

User-agent: Applebot-extended · Disallow: /

Exhibit 3 · robots.txt, line 41

User-agent: Bytespider · Disallow: /

Exhibit 4 · robots.txt, line 42

User-agent: CCBot · Disallow: /

Exhibit 5 · robots.txt, line 44

User-agent: Claude-Web · Disallow: /

Exhibit 6 · robots.txt, line 45

User-agent: ClaudeBot · Disallow: /

Exhibit 7 · robots.txt, line 46

User-agent: cohere-ai · Disallow: /

Exhibit 8 · robots.txt, line 47

User-agent: Diffbot · Disallow: /

Exhibit 9 · robots.txt, line 48

User-agent: FacebookBot · Disallow: /

Exhibit 10 · robots.txt, line 49

User-agent: GPTBot · Disallow: /

Exhibit 11 · robots.txt, line 53

User-agent: omgili · Disallow: /

Exhibit 12 · robots.txt, line 55

User-agent: YouBot · Disallow: /

Exhibit 13 · robots.txt, line 43

User-agent: ChatGPT-User · Disallow: /

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What its robots.txt and robots tags ask of AI crawlers. Each crawler chooses whether to follow it.

Site name: XDA
Language: English (en)
What it tells search engines: WebSite, Organization

Named in its structured data

OrganizationXDA

Read from what the page says about itself; we haven’t checked whether it’s true.

Built with AI?

AI Website Detector

No 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

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Score breakdown

Site Score

91 of 100: strong trust signals.

How established and checkable it is; AI traces carry no weight.

TransparencyContact, policies and about page26 / 30

Track recordHow long the domain has existed25 / 25

PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20

Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections15 / 15

ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines5 / 10

Why each part scored what it did

TransparencyContact, policies and about page26 / 30contact page linked · 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 23 years ago

PopularityIts place in public rankings20 / 20Top 10K in a popularity list

Security and setupHTTPS and standard protections15 / 15loads over HTTPS · sends visitors to HTTPS · always uses HTTPS · protective settings

ConsistencyName, description and what it tells search engines5 / 10site name differs from the domain · describes itself · tells search engines what it is

A high score isn’t a promise that a business is honest. How the score works.

Domain history

Domain History

Registered in 2002.

12 Dec 2002Domain registeredRDAP
14 Oct 2026This scanCheckAnySite

The web archive couldn’t be reached; we’ll ask it again. Why can this be empty?

Changes, earlier scans and alerts

Since our previous scan: This is our first scan of the site.

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.

How we work · What each version changed · About our scanner

Questions about xda-developers.com

What is xda-developers.com?

XDA describes itself: “The world’s best source for computing news, reviews, editorials guides, and more.” It looks like a blog or news site. See the evidence

How old is xda-developers.com?

Its domain was registered on 12 Dec 2002, 23 years ago. See the evidence

What is xda-developers.com built with?

It is built with WordPress; we found 9 technologies in all. See the evidence

How popular is xda-developers.com?

It is among the top 10,000 sites, by Tranco, Chrome UX Report and Majestic Million. See the evidence

Was xda-developers.com made with AI?

We found no traces of an AI site builder. That doesn’t prove a person built it: AI coding assistants leave no traces. See the evidence

Who is behind xda-developers.com?

Its structured data names XDA. See the evidence

More sites like this: blog or news site

Automated findings from the site’s public home page and public records, as of 14 Oct 2026. They describe what we found, not the people or business behind the site, and they may be incomplete or out of date. This is information, not advice. Terms · Report an error

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.
Anything beyond the home page as it was at the time of the scan.

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