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Common questions
Is nytimes.com legit or a scam?
nytimes.com was registered Jan 18, 1994 (32 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 nytimes.com?
Nobody has completed AboutUs's owner verification for nytimes.com. That's true of most sites here — it isn't itself a warning sign.
When was nytimes.com registered?
nytimes.com's registration dates to Jan 18, 1994 (32 years old), per public registration records. MarkMonitor Inc. is the registrar on record today.
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The site's bot protection blocked AboutUs's HTTPS check; all 1 of the other checks passed (Oct 14, 2026).
Registered 1994 · AboutUs's live check was blocked by the site's bot protection
The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos
The New York Times publishes breaking news, investigations, opinion, and multimedia reporting on U.S. and international affairs, politics, business, technology, science, health, arts, and sports. The organization operates newsrooms in more than 150 countries and offers both free and subscription-based access to its journalism.
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Current facts
Latest available measurements; dated entries retain their dates. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.
latest result
Domain registered Jan 18, 1994 — 32 years old.
latest result
Registrar on record: MarkMonitor Inc. — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Jul 25, 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 #159)+10
Verified continuity: 32.7 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+4
Calibration adjustment (published map)+21
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 about 14 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 14 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date.
1994
Domain registered (Jan 18, 1994).
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 21, 2006); profile edited 64 times through 2011.
2026
Checked today — The site's bot protection blocked AboutUs's HTTPS check; all 1 of the other checks passed (Oct 14, 2026).
✓ domain continuity 32 years registered– live check blocked the site's bot protection turned the check away Oct 14, 2026