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Defense.gov | Key Trends

Online Status

Online

Server IP address resolved: Yes
Http response code: 200
Response time: 0.47 sec.
Last Checked: 01/22/2025

Defense.gov attracts 13,209 unique visitors daily, generating 27,211 pageviews. The estimated value of defense.gov is 478,033 USD. Each visitor views approximately 2.20 pages on average.

According to Majestic's traffic estimates, defense.gov ranks 938 globally, with the majority of its visitors coming from United States, where it holds the 7,342 position.

Defense.gov is hosted by AKAMAI-AS - Akamai Technologies, Inc., US in Hong Kong; however, migrating the server to United States could further improve page load times for the majority of users.

See the list of other websites hosted by AKAMAI-AS - Akamai Technologies, Inc., US.

Defense.gov is registered with the .GOV top-level domain. Explore additional websites within the .GOV zone.

The last inspection on (October 13, 2024), confirms that defense.gov holds a valid and current SSL certificate issued by DigiCert Inc expiring on July 11, 2025. Click the "Refresh" button in the Safety Information section for updated SSL details. See the list of websites using SSL certificates issued by DigiCert Inc.

According to Google Safe Browsing, Google Safe Search, Symantec and Web of Trust defense.gov appears to be a safe domain.

Based on Google's Mobile-Friendly test, defense.gov is optimized for mobile and tablet devices, although the web page loading speed could be improved.

Defense.gov | General Site Information

Global Rank

26,872

Average Load Time

1.36sec

Links In Count

8,599

Website Value

$446,760

Audience Geography. Where are defense.gov visitors located?

Country	Visitors
United States US	59.4%
China CN	7.3%
Japan JP	5.9%
India IN	2.4%
United Kingdom GB	2%
Australia AU	1.5%
Brazil BR	1.3%
Canada CA	1.3%
Italy IT	1.3%
Other	17.6%

Country	Pageviews
United States US	64.4%
China CN	5.3%
Japan JP	5%
Canada CA	2.1%
India IN	2%
United Kingdom GB	1.8%
Brazil BR	1.2%
Italy IT	1.1%
Germany DE	1%
Other	16.1%

Country	Rank
Afghanistan AF	2584
Croatia HR	5808
United States US	7342
Australia AU	22359
South Africa ZA	22474
Canada CA	25125
Pakistan PK	27259
Japan JP	27943
China CN	28801
United Kingdom GB	35847
Brazil BR	37134
Italy IT	37827

Where do visitors go on defense.gov?

Subdomain	Pageviews
dod.defense.gov	33.49%
media.defense.gov	20.5%
defense.gov	18.68%
militarypay.defense.gov	10.47%
archive.defense.gov	3.84%
comptroller.defense.gov	2.65%
dodcio.defense.gov	1.4%
business.defense.gov	1.02%
policy.defense.gov	0.89%
other	7.09%

Subdomain	Pageviews per User
defense.gov	2.4
militarypay.defense.gov	2.2
dod.defense.gov	2.2
policy.defense.gov	2
confluence.defense.gov	2
valor.defense.gov	2
innovation.defense.gov	2
prhome.defense.gov	2
archive.defense.gov	1.8
comptroller.defense.gov	1.6
other	1.01

Subdomain	Reach
dod.defense.gov	31.97%
media.defense.gov	29.25%
defense.gov	16.48%
militarypay.defense.gov	9.9%
archive.defense.gov	4.61%
comptroller.defense.gov	3.45%
dodcio.defense.gov	2.56%
business.defense.gov	1.44%
search.defense.gov	1.18%
policy.defense.gov	1.06%
other	4.22%

How popular is defense.gov?

Period	Global Rank	Global Rank Delta
past 3 months	26872	5289
past month	27870	-304
past week	32529	-1548
yesterday	42947	21490

Days	Pageviews Rank	Pageviews Rank Delta	Pageviews per Million	Pageviews per Million Delta	Pageviews per User	Pageviews per User Delta
90	36743	6750	181	-21.65%	2.06	5%
30	37798	-1240	175	3%	2.1	4%
7	45911	252	14	-0.781%	1.9	-9.346%
1	68752	36436	92	-59.669%	1.6	-18.46%

Days	Reach Rank	Reach Rank Delta	Reach per Million	Reach per Million Delta
90	24867	5246	325	-25.07%
30	26042	111	31	-1.03%
7	29773	-2438	27	9%
1	37409	17758	21	-50.562%

Defense.gov | Safety and Security Details

Overview

Last Updated: 01/22/2025

Overall result - defense.gov is safe.

We gather website safety and reputation data and compare it with available third-party sources so we calculate own safety and trustworthiness rate based on information that we get.

Norton Connect Safe

Last Updated: 03/21/2024

defense.gov is safe.

Norton ConnectSafe evaluates defense.gov for any unsafe and insecure content. The results are critical for families with young children.

Google Safe Search

Last Updated: 10/14/2016

defense.gov is safe.

SafeSearch is used as a parental control tool to filter out any inappropriate for your children search results on your devices: phones, tablets or personal computers.

Google Safe Browsing

Last Updated: 01/09/2019

defense.gov is safe.
Malware: not found.
Phishing: not detected.
Unwanted software: not found.
Harmfull applications: not found.

Google Safe Browsing notifies when websites are compromised by malicious actors. These protections work across Google products and provide a safer online experience.

Site Advisor

Last Updated: 02/22/2021

defense.gov is safe.

McAfee assesses defense.gov for a meaningful set of security threats. Featured dangers from annoying pop-ups to hidden Trojans, that can steal your identity, will be revealed. McAfee does not analyze defense.gov for mature or inappropriate content, only security checks are evaluated.

Web of Trust

Last Updated: 01/09/2019

defense.gov child safety is very good.

The WOT calculates reputation of the defense.gov. This reputation system receives ratings from users and information from third-party sources, assesses the defense.gov for safety features and confirms, whether defense.gov is suitable for children.

Defense.gov | SSL Certificate Information

SSL Checker Tool

Domain	stats.defense.gov
Issuer Organization	DigiCert Inc
Issuer	DigiCert TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1
Algorithm	RSA-SHA256
Valid form	07/09/2024
Expiration	07/11/2025
Signed	Certificate is not self signed
Additional Domains	stats.defense.gov media.defense.gov static.defense.gov www.defense.gov

Defense.gov | Server and Hosting Details

Server Location

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Defense.gov ASN Information

ASN Lookup Tool

ASN ID: 16625
ASN Title: AKAMAI-AS - Akamai Technologies, Inc., US

Last Update: 07/16/2024

ASN Whois

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ASNumber: 16625
ASName: AKAMAI-AS
ASHandle: AS16625
RegDate: 2000-05-29
Updated: 2012-03-02
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/autnum/16625

OrgName: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
OrgId: AKAMAI
Address: 150 Broadway
City: Cambridge
StateProv: MA
PostalCode: 02142
Country: US
RegDate: 1999-01-21
Updated: 2018-02-14
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/AKAMAI

OrgAbuseHandle: NUS-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: NOC United States
OrgAbusePhone: +1-617-444-2535
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@akamai.com
OrgAbuseRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NUS-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: SJS98-ARIN
OrgTechName: Schecter, Steven Jay
OrgTechPhone: +1-617-274-7134
OrgTechEmail: ip-admin@akamai.com
OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/SJS98-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: IPADM11-ARIN
OrgTechName: ipadmin
OrgTechPhone: +1-617-444-0017
OrgTechEmail: ip-admin@akamai.com
OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/IPADM11-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: ZIPKI-ARIN
OrgTechName: Zipkin, Justin
OrgTechPhone: +1-617-444-9713
OrgTechEmail: ip-admin@akamai.com
OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/ZIPKI-ARIN

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Defense.gov | Domain Name Information

WHOIS

WHOIS Lookup Tool

Domain Whois

Domain Name: defense.gov
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.nic.gov
Registrar URL: https://get.gov
Updated Date: 2024-01-08T02:57:49Z
Creation Date: 2002-10-03T20:29:58Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2025-09-30T04:00:00Z
Registrar: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Registrar IANA ID: 8888888
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:
Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibited
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Security Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
Security Email: pubwebhd@defense.gov
Name Server: asia2.akam.net
Name Server: asia3.akam.net
Name Server: eur6.akam.net
Name Server: ns1-116.akam.net
Name Server: ns1-95.akam.net
Name Server: usc5.akam.net
Name Server: use2.akam.net
Name Server: use9.akam.net
DNSSEC: signedDelegation
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2024-09-10T23:58:56Z

DNS Records

DNS Lookup Tool

Host	A Record	TTL
defense.gov	23.6.109.44	20

Host	MX Record	Priority	TTL
defense.gov	alt4.aspmx.l.google.com	10	300
defense.gov	alt1.aspmx.l.google.com	5	300
defense.gov	alt2.aspmx.l.google.com	5	300
defense.gov	alt3.aspmx.l.google.com	10	300
defense.gov	aspmx.l.google.com	1	300

Host	NS Record	TTL
defense.gov	use9.akam.net	300
defense.gov	ns1-95.akam.net	300
defense.gov	asia3.akam.net	300
defense.gov	asia2.akam.net	300
defense.gov	ns1-116.akam.net	300
defense.gov	eur6.akam.net	300
defense.gov	use2.akam.net	300
defense.gov	usc5.akam.net	300

Host	TXT Record	TTL
defense.gov	v=spf1 mx ip4:52.222.29.245/32 include:_spf.google.com -all	300
defense.gov	google-site-verification=6dXp_kwBjmZhtI9uU0HORAv6_LGaxSlnkyozKqpbg_w	300

hadar.dma.mil
TTL: 300
Email address: cop.hadar.dma.mil
Serial: 1556726289
Refresh: 10800
Retry: 3600
Expire: 12096000
Minimum: 3600

Defense.gov | HTML Validation Report

HTML Validation Tool

Errors

Bad value “https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,600|Roboto+Condensed:400,700” for attribute “href” on element “link”: Illegal character in query: “|” is not allowed.

Bad value “” for attribute “target” on element “a”: Browsing context name must be at least one character long.

Bad value “https://www.dvidshub.net/search?filter[type]=video” for attribute “href” on element “a”: Illegal character in query: “[” is not allowed.

Bad value “button” for attribute “type” on element “a”: Subtype missing.

Element “style” not allowed as child of element “div” in this context. (Suppressing further errors from this subtree.)

Duplicate ID “anch_186”.

Duplicate ID “anch_188”.

Attribute “alt” not allowed on element “a” at this point.

The “for” attribute of the “label” element must refer to a non-hidden form control.

Warnings

The “name” attribute is obsolete. Consider putting an “id” attribute on the nearest container instead.

The first occurrence of ID “anch_186” was here.

The first occurrence of ID “anch_188” was here.

The document is not mappable to XML 1.0 due to two consecutive hyphens in a comment.

Defense.gov | Desktop Performance Insights

Last tested: 08/13/2016

Desktop

Desktop Speed

60%

Leverage browser caching

Optimize images

Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content

Minify JavaScript

Enable compression

Minify CSS

Minify HTML

Desktop Resource Breakdown

Total Resources	234
Number of Hosts	21
Static Resources	135
JavaScript Resources	58
CSS Resources	24

Defense.gov | Mobile Performance Insights

Last tested: 08/13/2016

Mobile

Mobile Usability

98%

Size tap targets appropriately

Mobile Speed

50%

Leverage browser caching

Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content

Minify JavaScript

Enable compression

Optimize images

Minify CSS

Mobile Resource Breakdown

Total Resources	239
Number of Hosts	21
Static Resources	140
JavaScript Resources	57
CSS Resources	23

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