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Is medscape.com legit or a scam?
medscape.com was registered Mar 4, 1999 (27 years old), per public registration records. AboutUs doesn't label sites "legit" or "a scam": this page lists the dated registration, DNS, HTTPS, mail-authentication and safety checks we could verify, each with its source, so you can decide for yourself.
Who owns medscape.com?
Nobody has completed AboutUs's owner verification for medscape.com. That's true of most sites here — it isn't itself a warning sign.
When was medscape.com registered?
medscape.com's registration dates to Mar 4, 1999 (27 years old), per public registration records. MarkMonitor Inc. is the registrar on record today.
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Latest Medical News, Clinical Trials, Guidelines - Today on Medscape
Medscape provides medical news, clinical trial coverage, drug updates, journal articles, and continuing medical education (CME) activities for physicians. The free resource serves doctors across multiple specialties with news, clinical reference tools, and professional development content.
AboutUs Site Facts
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medscape.com
aboutus.com/medscape.comScores refreshed Oct 25, 2026Not an official or audited rating
SignalMeasured
Authority
Link-graph prominence, 0–99
91
Safety
No known risk flags
Known risk signals, not a check pass rate
90
Registered
Mar 4, 199927 years old · RDAP fetched Oct 25, 2026
Registrar
MarkMonitor Inc.
Measurements, not a verdict about the site. Authority scores draw on Open PageRank link-graph data.
Registered 27 years ago · on AboutUs since 2006 · one registrar since Jul 26, 2026 · last checked Oct 25, 2026.
Registration
RegisteredMar 4, 1999medscape.com was registered on Mar 4, 1999.Source: RDAP, fetched Oct 25, 2026
AboutUs record
AboutUs wiki pageAboutUs wiki pageJun 21, 2006 – Nov 4, 2013An AboutUs wiki page described medscape.com from Jun 21, 2006 to Nov 4, 2013 (10 edits).Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006–2023Said about itself in 2006Jul 1, 2006“Medscape is a part of WebMD Health Professional Network that includes theHeart.org and eMedicine.com. Click here for investor information, corporate management and press releases related to WebMD.”
Registrar
MarkMonitor Inc.Jul 26, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 (latest)Registrar MarkMonitor Inc. in the RDAP data AboutUs recorded, first on Jul 26, 2026 and most recently on Oct 18, 2026.Source: RDAP, fetched Oct 25, 2026
Zone file
Seen in the .com zone fileSep 8, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026 (latest)First seen in the .com zone file records AboutUs holds on Sep 8, 2026; latest sighting Sep 18, 2026. Nameservers on Sep 18, 2026: cloe.ns.cloudflare.com, tim.ns.cloudflare.com.Source: ICANN CZDS zone file, snapshot Sep 18, 2026
Certificate
Certificate from Let's EncryptSep 3, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026 (latest)Let's Encrypt certificate valid Sep 3, 2026 to Dec 2, 2026, as seen on Oct 4, 2026.Source: TLS check, Oct 4, 2026
200020102020Jan ’26Apr ’26Jul ’26← last 12 months, drawn wider
Every dated fact on this lifeline (7)
Mar 4, 1999Registration: medscape.com was registered on Mar 4, 1999.Source: RDAP, fetched Oct 25, 2026
Jun 21, 2006 – Nov 4, 2013AboutUs record: An AboutUs wiki page described medscape.com from Jun 21, 2006 to Nov 4, 2013 (10 edits).Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006–2023
Jul 1, 2006AboutUs record: “Medscape is a part of WebMD Health Professional Network that includes theHeart.org and eMedicine.com. Click here for investor information, corporate management and press releases related to WebMD.”Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006
Jun 21, 2026 – Oct 25, 2026AboutUs record: Authority and Safety last refreshed Oct 25, 2026.Source: AboutUs checks
Jul 26, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026Registrar: Registrar MarkMonitor Inc. in the RDAP data AboutUs recorded, first on Jul 26, 2026 and most recently on Oct 18, 2026.Source: RDAP, fetched Oct 25, 2026
Sep 3, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026Certificate: Let's Encrypt certificate valid Sep 3, 2026 to Dec 2, 2026, as seen on Oct 4, 2026.Source: TLS check, Oct 4, 2026
Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006
Current AboutUs recordJun 21, 2026 – Oct 25, 2026 (latest)Authority and Safety last refreshed Oct 25, 2026.Source: AboutUs checks
Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026Zone file: First seen in the .com zone file records AboutUs holds on Sep 8, 2026; latest sighting Sep 18, 2026. Nameservers on Sep 18, 2026: cloe.ns.cloudflare.com, tim.ns.cloudflare.com.Source: ICANN CZDS zone file, snapshot Sep 18, 2026
All 4 safety checks passed (Oct 25, 2026).
Automated safety checks
DNS (passed)
HTTPS (passed)
Page metadata (passed)
Security headers (passed)
Current facts
Latest available measurements; dated entries retain their dates. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.
latest result
Domain registered Mar 4, 1999 — 27 years old.
latest result
Registrar on record: MarkMonitor Inc. — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Jul 26, 2026).
Authority 91/100— ahead of 91% of the August 2026 scored sampleClear
Why this authority score
91 is a percentile: higher than 91% of sites we score.
How it's calculated
Prominence (Tranco rank #2,984)+10
Verified continuity: 27.6 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+5
Calibration adjustment (published map)+20
Model score: 46/99 — what these reason lines add up to.
Published Authority (percentile): 91/100 — this site's rank against the August 2026 scored sample. Public Authority is capped at 99.
Safety evidence
No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded less than a day ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded less than a day ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
What medscape.com said about itself, 2006
Quoted from the site's AboutUs wiki page in each year it changed (1 version). These are the page's own words at the time, not AboutUs's assessment. New words · dropped words
2006
Medscape is a part of WebMD Health Professional Network that includes theHeart.org and eMedicine.com. Click here for investor information, corporate management and press releases related to WebMD.
Now
Medscape provides medical news, clinical trial coverage, drug updates, journal articles, and continuing medical education (CME) activities for physicians. The free resource serves doctors across multiple specialties with news, clinical reference tools, and professional development content.
AboutUs summary of the current website, Sep 30, 2026.
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2013 record.
1999
Domain registered (Mar 4, 1999).
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 21, 2006); profile edited 10 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“MedScape.com Offers specialists,physicians & other health professionals”